| Japan is an island nation in East Asia. The “Land of the Rising Sun” is a country where past meets the future. In the middle of a modern skyscraper you might discover a sliding wooden door which leads to a traditional chamber with tatami mats, calligraphy and tea ceremony. On average it takes about 10 years of intensive training to become a fugu (blowfish) chef. There are over 200 volcanoes in Japan and many earthquakes each year. |  |
Long, long ago there lived in Kyoto a brave soldier named Kintoki. Now he fell in love with a beautiful lady named Yama-uba and married her. Not long after this,...
Long, long ago, there lived in the province of Shinshin in Japan, a traveling monkey-man, who earned his living by taking round a monkey and showing off the animal's tricks....
Many, many years ago there lived in Nara, the ancient Capital of Japan, a wise State minister, by name Prince Toyonari Fujiwara. His wife was a noble, good, and beautiful...
Long, long ago there lived a man called Sentaro. His surname meant "Millionaire" but, although he was not so rich as all that, he was still very far removed from...
Long, long ago, there lived an old farmer and his wife who had made their home in the mountains of Japan, far from any town. Their only neighbor was a...
Long, long ago there lived, in Japan a brave warrior known to all as Tawara Toda, or "My Lord Bag of Rice." His true name was Fujiwara Hidesato, and there...