Enlight Bell from the Dragon Palace This happened a very, very long time ago. A huge bell hung on the belfry in the Sennenji Temple in Shimonoseki. Its ringing carried far throughout the area and always made people happy. Every morning ... Fairy Tales Japanese Fairy Tales Enlight
Enlight Carelessness One man wanted to play the flute, but he did not have a flute. He went to the shop to buy himself a flute. In the shop, he spent a long time choosing and examining one flute after another, blowing int... Fairy Tales Japanese Fairy Tales Enlight
Enlight Crow and clouds For a long time, cats and crows have been considered sworn enemies. And this is why it happened. There lived one crow in the world. How passionately she loved to carry all sorts of things and hide the... Fairy Tales Japanese Fairy Tales Enlight
Enlight Two frogs A long time ago, when the city of Kyoto was still the capital of Japan, there lived a frog in Kyoto. She lived not just anywhere, but near the temple, in a small, half-dry well in the palace. It was g... Fairy Tales Japanese Fairy Tales Enlight
Enlight Old heroic woman Mochi (omoti) is a dish made from Japanese rice. Boiled rice is placed in a wooden tub and beaten for a very long time with a special mallet (pestle). The result is a delicious, homogeneous white visc... Fairy Tales Japanese Fairy Tales Enlight
Enlight Wonderful Wanderer This happened a very, very long time ago. There lived a rich man in a village. He had money and all kinds of goods, apparently and invisible. And everything would have been fine if that rich man had n... Fairy Tales Japanese Fairy Tales Enlight
Enlight Kuzma and the fox Once upon a time there lived a farmer with his wife, and they had a son named Kuzma. He was a good boy, but he was lazy and didn’t want to work. One day the farmer’s wife said: “We don’t need such a s... Fairy Tales Japanese Fairy Tales Enlight
Enlight White Heron Temple This happened many, many years ago. There was a small village among the mountains and forests. People lived there cheerfully and richly. They made friends with white herons: they were visible and invi... Fairy Tales Japanese Fairy Tales Enlight
Enlight Vow of silence One day, four monks locked themselves in a cell in a mountain temple, vowing to remain silent for seven days. Only a servant boy had access to them and brought everything he needed. As night came, the... Fairy Tales Japanese Fairy Tales Enlight
Enlight Red lacquer cup Once upon a time, a long time ago, in a small house behind the mountain there lived a lonely woodcutter. He was very poor, he cut down trees in the forest and thus survived from day to day. One evenin... Fairy Tales Japanese Fairy Tales Enlight
Enlight The most clever liar In the old days, there lived three famous liars in the cities of Edo, Osaka and Kyoto. As soon as all three get together, they immediately begin to lie in a race. One says: “I recently tore the sky fr... Fairy Tales Japanese Fairy Tales Enlight
Enlight About how a man turned into a turtle A long time ago, a husband and wife lived in the same village. They lived poorly. That husband was lazy, he didn’t like peasant labor, and all he did was wander around the yard all day. And his wife w... Fairy Tales Japanese Fairy Tales Enlight
