Enlight Hole in shoji Once on the very eve of the New Year, a rice merchant knocked on the house of a poor man: - Good evening! -Who's there? - It's me, the rice merchant. Today is the last day of the year, it's time for y... Fairy Tales Japanese Fairy Tales
Enlight The Carpenter and the Demon Oniroku In ancient times, there was a village on the banks of a large river. People lived there cheerfully and richly. Only they had one problem: they would build a bridge across the river - strong, beautiful... Fairy Tales Japanese Fairy Tales
Enlight Swallows and gourds Kosuke and Otsukiti lived next door. The Kosuke family was greedy and dishonest, but in the Otsukiti family everyone was honest and kind. Kosuke was very rich and Otsukiti was very poor. It was spring... Fairy Tales Japanese Fairy Tales
Enlight Urashima Taro In ancient times, in the province of Tango, in the village of Mizunoue, there lived a fisherman named Urashima Taro. Every day he swam out to sea in the morning to fish, and returned home in the eveni... Fairy Tales Japanese Fairy Tales
Enlight Boastful Genbei In one village there lived a peasant named Genbei. The neighbors did not like Genbei: he was very boastful. If trouble happened to someone, Genbei would laugh and say: - This will never happen to me! ... Fairy Tales Japanese Fairy Tales
Enlight How the devils cured an old man A long time ago, there lived an old man in a village. And this old man had a huge lump on his right cheek. It dangled to the side and always disturbed him. One day an old man went into the forest to g... Fairy Tales Japanese Fairy Tales
Enlight Spirit of Plague Once upon a time lived in the village of Tonoshiromura, on the island of Ishi-gaki, a kind fisherman. That village stood on the very shore of the sea. Every evening, when the Heavenly River appeared a... Fairy Tales Japanese Fairy Tales
Enlight I know it myself A long time ago, there lived in a village a fox named Yamada. She really loved to play mischief and play pranks. So people had to cajole her: either on the way from the city of sweets they would leave... Fairy Tales Japanese Fairy Tales
Enlight Magic Cauldron A long time ago there lived an old man. How passionately he loved to drink tea and always made the tea himself. And he looked after the tea utensils with great care. One day an old man came into the s... Fairy Tales Japanese Fairy Tales
Enlight How a hare swam across the sea Once upon a time there lived a hare, and he had a cherished desire - to swim across the sea, to visit a distant sea island. But the bunny didn’t know how to swim, and he didn’t have a boat. The hare t... Fairy Tales Japanese Fairy Tales
Enlight Mouse Sumo This happened a long time ago. An old man and an old woman lived in the same mountain village. They worked all day, but their wealth did not increase. One day in the spring, an old man went to the mou... Fairy Tales Japanese Fairy Tales
Enlight Yamori On the edge of the village of Toyama, almost right next to the forest, lived an old man and an old woman. One autumn evening they sat and warmed themselves by the stove. The rain was pattering on the ... Fairy Tales Japanese Fairy Tales
