The best known place where it has been claimed Kappa reside is in the waters of "Tōno " in the Iwate Prefecture. The nearby In Tōno, there is a Buddhist temple that has komainu dog statues with depressions on their heads reminiscent of the water-retaining dish on the kappa's heads, said to be dedicated to the "kappa" which according to legend helped extinguish a fire at the temple. The Kappa is also venerated at the "Sogenji" Buddhist temple in the Asakusa district of Tokyo where according to tradition, a mummified arm of a Kappa is enshrined within the chapel hall since 1818.