Folklore

Taketori Monogatarti: The tale of the bamboo cutter

One day while working amid a grove of bamboo near his home in the countryside, an old bamboo cutter comes across a glowing tree. Moving closer, a ...

Tsuru no ongaeshi: Stork's return of a favour

Once upon a time somewhere in Japan, there was a poor young man who once working on his farm. Suddenly, a white Japanese crane came down from the s...

Bunbuku chagama: The magic kettle

Long long ago, there was a temple which named “Morinji” at Tatebayashi. One day, a man was walking in the woods. He found a raccoon caught in a tra...