Of Dragon Kings and Demon Centipedes
<p>It’s 6 AM and my dog and I are watching the sun rise over Lake Biwa, Japan’s largest lake, located in Shiga prefecture.</p>
<p>The light looks like a dying fire in the morning with its deep shades of red mixed with dark grey. Though beautiful, the legends surrounding this lake range from the heroic to the monstrous.</p>
<p>Did you know that it wasn’t the gods that made the lake? It was the <em>daidarabotchi (大太郎法師)</em>. A giant Buddhist monk the size of a mountain with pitch-black skin and a tongue that hangs loosely out of its mouth. It dug out the basin with its hands.</p>
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