214-Japanese Folklore: Take Your Lumps
Two short stories from Japan.
199-Japanese folklore: Moonlight
A story from Japanese folklore of Princess Moonlight, from Japanese folklore, where a bamboo cutter finds one of those magical heaven babies in a bamboo stalk and it changes his life, and the whole empire, forever.
162-47 Ronin: Wanderers
47 warriors lead one of the greatest (true) revenge stories ever told.
161-Japanese Folklore: Karma
The stories of a lost dumpling and two young people finding love among the ashes.
149-Japanese Fairy Tales: Son of a Peach
The story of Momotaro, the son of a peach
143-Japanese Folktales: Crabby
Life lessons from a monkey and a crab
74-Japanese Folklore: Do You Really Want to Live Forever?
The story of Sentaro the Millionaire* and his quest to live forever
73-Japanese Folklore: I will find you
A young woman's father is taken, and she decided to go to the edges of the known world to get him back, to a faraway island harboring a dark and terrible secret.
57-Japanese Fairy Tales: Faithful
This week, there are two stories from Japanese folklore. The first has to do with a butterfly that just won't give up trying to land on the face of a dying man. The second is of a monk-in-training who just doesn't want to stop partying. The creature is Hedley Cow, and she will [...]
45-Rumpelstiltskin: Let’s Make a Deal
Three stories of people making deals. The first is from Japanese folklore, and it's about making the most of what you have...even when what you have is a dirty piece of straw and a fly friend. The second story is about a man who made a deal with the devil...and all the stupid (maybe brilliant?) decisions [...]