Japan Folklore

  Long long ago there lived a kind-hearted old farmer and his wife. The two made friends with a rabbit that lived in the mountains nearby, a...

Tanabata is a festival that is celebrated every year on July 7 (or August 7 in some places). When this time of year comes around, people wri...

  Long, long ago in a faraway village by the sea, a young fisherman named Urashima Taro lived a modest life with his old mother. One fall, t...

Once upon a time there was a boy who lived with his mother on Mt. Ashigara. His name was Kintaro, and he was very strong from the day he was...

  Once upon a time, there lived a wealthy mouse family. Their only daughter was a good-natured young mouse, and Father Mouse and Mother Mous...

  Once upon a time there lived a young man named Yosaku. Not having a farm of his own, he wandered from village to village, helping other fa...

Long, long ago in Japan, there lived a poor woodsman. One day, he was cutting bamboo in a grove when he came upon one stalk of bamboo glowin...

A long, long time ago an old man and his wife lived in a remote corner of Japan. They had no children and were a little lonely. Every day th...