Japanese Fairy Tale Audiobooks

This is a collection of Japanese fairy tales in audiobook format translated by Yei Theodora Ozaki and based on a version written in Japanese by Sadanami Sanjin.

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The White Hare and the Crocodiles

A hare deceives many crocodiles, then mocks them, and the crocodiles pull out all of his fur in retaliation. The hare is suffering, and a fairy man comes along and tells him to bathe in the sea and lie in the sun to recover his fur, but the man was spiteful and his advice only increases the hare’s pain. A Japanese fairy tale translated by Yei Theodora Ozaki. Presented as a free Lit2Go audiobook by FCIT.

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The Tongue-Cut Sparrow

A fairy sparrow teaches a cross old woman a lesson. A Japanese fairy tale translated by Yei Theodora Ozaki. Presented as a free Lit2Go audiobook by FCIT.

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The Story of Urashima Taro, the Fisher Lad

How disobedience ruined the life of Urashima Taro. A Japanese fairy tale translated by Yei Theodora Ozaki. Presented as a free Lit2Go audiobook by FCIT.

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The Story of the Old Man Who Made Withered Trees To Flower

A childless couple love their dog very dearly, and the dog finds gold coins buried under their tree. The old man is grateful and loves his dog even more. The man has a very jealous and hateful neighbor, who tries to copy his neighbor’s luck by borrowing the dog and making him dig. A Japanese fairy tale translated by Yei Theodora Ozaki. Presented as a free Lit2Go audiobook by FCIT.

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The Story of the Man Who Did Not Wish To Die

How Sentaro was taught not to covet unending life. A Japanese fairy tale translated by Yei Theodora Ozaki. Presented as a free Lit2Go audiobook by FCIT.

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Good Life

Life Is Good

The Story of Princess Hase

How Princess Hase was conceived and lived her good life. A free Lit2Go audiobook by FCIT.

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The Story of Prince Yamato Take

A story of how Prince Take got his name and many of his daring deeds. A Japanese fairy tale translated by Yei Theodora Ozaki. Presented as a free Lit2Go audiobook by FCIT.

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The Stones of Five Colors and the Empress Jokwa

A Chinese Empress quells an uprising and then has to mend the heavens and the pillars that hold up the sky. A Japanese fairy tale translated by Yei Theodora Ozaki. Presented as a free Lit2Go audiobook by FCIT.

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The Shinansha, Or the South Pointing Carriage

How the Emperor Kotei invented many useful things, defeated his enemy, and went to Heaven on the back of a Dragon. A Japanese fairy tale translated by Yei Theodora Ozaki. Presented as a free Lit2Go audiobook by FCIT.

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The Sagacious Monkey and the Boar

An old monkey is to be sent to the butcher by his master, since his age has caused him to stop performing as well as he used to. The monkey overhears this plan and goes to a boar for advice. The boar comes up with a plan: The boar will steal the couple’s child, and the monkey will run after him and rescue the child, thus earning the family’s love and respect for the rest of his days. free Lit2Go audiobook by FCIT.

The Quarrel of the Monkey and the Crab

The monkey and the crab were playing along the river. The monkey finds a persimmon seed and the crab a rice dumpling; the monkey convinces the crab to exchange the items. The crab grows a tree from the seed, and asks the monkey to help him pick the fruit. The monkey is greedy, and eats all the fruit and then throws hard seeds at the crab, killing him. The crab’s son plans revenge on the monkey, eventually killing him. A Lit2Go audiobook.

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Bravest Warriors

The Warrior

Brave

The Ogre of Rashomon

A brave warrior fights an ogre, cutting off his arm. The ogre runs away, and the warrior keeps the arm as a prize. Later, the warrior’s old nurse appears at his door and pleads to see the arm. He lets her, and she grabs it, turning into the ogre. The ogre thus gets away with his arm, and is scared enough of the warrior that he never troubles the city again. A Japanese fairy tale translated by Yei Theodora Ozaki. Presented as a free Lit2Go audiobook by FCIT.

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My Lord Bag of Rice

A Japanese warrior defends the Dragon King by killing his enemy, the monster centipede. In gratitude the Dragon King gives the warrior several presents, including a bag of rice that never runs out, and he comes to be known as My Lord Bag of Rice. A Japanese fairy tale translated by Yei Theodora Ozaki. Presented as a free Lit2Go audiobook by FCIT.

Momotaro, Or the Story of the Son of a Peach

An old woman finds a large peach in a river, and when she and her husband cut it open to eat it, they find a child inside. They are overjoyed to now have a son to ease their lonely days. When the boy is fifteen, he goes off to rid the land of devils who live on an island, and takes a dog, a monkey, and a pheasant with him. He is victorious over the devils and returns home to live happily with his parents. A Japanese fairy tale translated by Yei Theodora Ozaki. A free Lit2Go audiobook.

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The Mirror of Matsuyama

A husband gives his wife a mirror, and when she is on her deathbed, she gives it to her daughter. The daughter thinks she sees her mother’s soul in it and spends much time staring into it after her father remarries. The stepmother begins resenting the daughter’s relationship with her father and starts to hate her; she thinks the daughter is doing black magic to curse her, and she tells the father of it. A Japanese fairy tale translated by Yei Theodora Ozaki. Presented as a free Lit2Go audiobook.