Stories

A peach-born hero gathers animal friends and heads to Ogre Island.

A rolling rice ball leads to a hidden world of mice.

A clever wolf tricks seven young goats while their mother is away.

A peach-born hero gathers animal friends and heads to Ogre Island.

A strong mountain boy grows through friendship and courage.

A poor old man shows kindness to snow-covered Jizo statues.

One piece of straw leads to a chain of lucky exchanges.

A kind old man is rewarded, while greed brings trouble.

A cheerful dance with ogres changes one old man’s fate.

A rolling rice ball leads to a hidden world of mice.

A fisherman visits a sea palace and returns to a changed world.

A crab’s friends gather to punish a greedy monkey.

A rescued crane repays kindness with beautiful weaving.

A tiny girl from bamboo grows into a princess with a secret.

A slow turtle wins by never giving up.

A hardworking ant prepares while a grasshopper only sings.

A mistreated girl reaches the ball with a little magic.

A girl in a red hood meets a wolf on the forest path.

Magic beans carry Jack to a giant castle in the sky.

A clever wolf tricks seven young goats while their mother is away.

A legendary king, his knights, and the sword Excalibur.

Robin Hood helps the poor from deep in Sherwood Forest.

A young swordsman joins three friends in royal adventure.

Young Ikkyu solves impossible demands with clever wit.

Two hunters enter a strange restaurant with dangerous rules.

A sinner in hell reaches for one fragile spider’s thread.

A baby fox enters a human town to buy warm mittens.

A red ogre longs for friends, and a blue ogre helps.

A rakugo trickster says the thing he fears most is manju.

A baby receives a very lucky name that is far too long.

A soba payment trick works once, then fails hilariously.

A poor man makes a dangerous bargain with the Death God.

Two honest men and a wise judge solve a money dispute.

A blind biwa monk is called by ghosts of the Heike.

A strange human-faced dog races through the night.

A masked woman asks one question before revealing her secret.

An Edo-period encounter reveals a face with nothing there.