@kyota.ko: THE Japanese folktale: Momotarō —————— ▶︎ Hi, I’m Kyota Ko, the author of Amazon Best Sellers: —Folk Tales of Japan (audiobook available) —Underdogs of Japanese History (audiobook available) —Horror Tales of Japan —Love Tales of Ancient Japan —Zainins of the Tokyo Islands Please check out my books on Amazon or my homepage ☺️: https://kyotako.myportfolio.com/ #folktale #folklore #japaneseculture #momotaro #storytime

James :

There is an anime of this peachboy riverside it’s awesome

BingoBongo181 :

Dog? Monkey? Pheasant? Sounds kind of familiar. . .

PlaguePuppet :

momotaro= comes out of a peach, becomes a hero, gets to stay with his loving parents kaguya= comes out of a bamboo stalk, is forced to be a princess, gets kidnapped by moon people never to see her parents again.

Kvothe McDagda :

fushi_1 :

why does everyone have a folktale about a old childless couple getting a magical/supernatural child

Zenkaiger12345 :

this one ?

Rick C-415 :

Starbucks is the village's treasure 🤣

Lucy_D.King! :

I can’t be the only one who thought of Don Brothers?

Anthony Edwards :

Correct me if I'm wrong, so is the entire story a metaphor for standing up against plunderers and people stealing and taking over territories? Requiring natural enemies to join together and fend them off?

baubleBee :

oh these guys make a lot more sense now

¯\_(𝓡𝗲ひ𝐛𝑒𝕟)_/¯ :

so the Onis stole Starbucks??

lupinjay010 :

My goats

Kraujas :

We have a story like that in the west. the boy is named James

DyingCharisma :

if I ever visit Japan..im just gonna start singing momotaro in the streets to see if anyon will join me

♤Vinny♤Caesar♤ :

I know this from Maid Sama

Snipe :

when does the golden dragon, white tiger and purple shark appear? do they come in the sequel?

Lewis Dunham :

This is the best version i’ve heard by far. The meat sauce stain was just beautiful.

youcancallmeNoah :

so... the oni stole Starbucks?

cookopotamus :

Onigashima?! damn you Oda!

Sweet_archangel :

I have this version of the book.