Kachi-kachi Yama
![The climactic scene of Kachi-kachi Yama, in which the rabbit strikes the already-sinking tanuki with an oar, and reveals his vendetta; detail from a Japanese painting circa 1890s-1900s](/Images/godic/202501/28/Rabbit's_Triumph_-_climax_of_the_Kachi-kachi_Yama.markings_of_Ogata_Gekko.detail_-_image_for_k-k_y_article.version_1.wittig_collection_-_painting_225042.png")
![Statue illustrating the story of Kachi-kachi Yama at Tenjō-Yama Park Mt. Kachi Kachi Ropeway.](/Images/godic/202501/28/Kachi-kachi_Yama_at_Tenjō-Yama_Park_Mt._Kachi_Kachi_Ropeway5042.jpg")
Kachi-kachi Yama(かちかち山, kachi-kachi being an onomatopoeia of the sound a fire makes and yama meaning "mountain", roughly translates to "Fire-Crackle Mountain"), also known as Kachi-Kachi Mountain and The Farmer and the Badger, is a Japanese folktale in which a tanuki (Japanese raccoon dog) is the villain, rather than the more usual boisterous, well-endowed alcoholic.