Noto Province
Minakata also conjectured that in some parts of the country, "mizuchi" eventually came to be regarded as creatures of the "kappa" kind. This is because the "kappa" creatures are known locally by many names that sound much like "mizuchi", such as "mizushi" (former Noto Province, Ishikawa Prefecture), "medochi" (Nanbu region, parts of Iwate, Aomori, Akita), "mintsuchi" (Ezo, now Hokkaido).