Is The Mermaid A Monster?

In Japanese mythology, they certainly are.

It is said in Japan, that eating mermaid meat can give eternal youth.

Here I have a mermaid off the coast of Kanagawa, thatfs a little Southwest of Tokyo. Mt. Fuji is in the background, the mermaid is looking like an Asian surfer girl. Friends have complained that theyfve never seen a tan mermaid. I donft think it is a problem.

The shapes of the waves and the mountain were borrowed from Katsushika Hokusai's woodblock print.