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The Mermaid’s Feast / Mom and Daughter Slay a Demon / The Pheasant and the Crow
2013-09-29
25 min
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1
The Old Man Who Made the Dead Trees Blossom / The Man Who Bought Dreams / The Rat Sutra
2012-04-01
25 min
A dog rewards a kind master, a man buys a dream, and an old woman's gift is repaid.
2
Little One Inch / The Rolling Rice Ball / The Cow’s Marriage
2012-04-08
25 min
A small [child] shows the biggest bravery, an old man’s accidental gift is repaid, and a lazy man gets the cow.
3
The Old Man and His Bump / The Transforming Hood / The Love Potion
2012-04-15
25 min
An old man with a bump dances for a demon band, a fox gets tricked, and a love potion backfires horribly.
4
Strong Tarou / The Village of the Nightingales / Hirabayashi
2012-04-22
25 min
A couple creates a child from dirt, a woodcutter breaks his promise, and in the last tale we learn the meaning of "Hirarin, Heirin, Tairarin, Tairabayashi and Ippachijuu no Mokumoku, and Hitotsutoyattsudetokkikki".
5
Urashima Tarou / The Monkey Buddha / Comparing Treasures
2012-04-29
25 min
A fisherman is given a gift that turns about to be a curse, monkeys worship a Buddha without getting their butts wet, and a merchant learns what is important in life.
6
Kintarou / The Two Squid / The Three Cry
2012-05-06
25 min
We learn the tale of Sakata no Kintoki, a lord learns more than expected, and sometimes you have to cry to move on.
7
The Fish Wife / The Rich Pond Snail / The Lying Girl
2012-05-13
25 min
A fisherman learns to appreciate what he has, a couple is blessed with an unusual child, and a lying boy meets a lying girl.
8
The Carpenter and Oniroku / The Bear and the Fox / The Priest and the Child Cross the River
2012-05-20
25 min
A demon puts a carpenter in an unwanted deal, a fox learns of karma, and what is more important - honesty or obedience.
9
Shippei-Tarou / The Son Who Went Up to Heaven / Who’s the Laziest?
2012-05-27
25 min
A priest saves a town from sacrificing another daughter, a lazy man learns hard work, and a lazier man learns nothing.
10
Sannen-Netarou / The Last Lie / Happy, Splendid, Wonderful!
2012-06-02
25 min
A good for nothing saves the day, a liar gets the last laugh, and we learn the importance of names.
11
The Wife Who Wouldn’t Eat / The Snot-Nosed Boy / The Priest and the Boy Who Had to Pee!
2012-06-09
25 min
A man learns to look beyond the surface of a person, a flower seller forgets to keep his promise, and everything is sacred.
12
The Furuya Forest / The Traveler’s Horse / A Crow in the Dark of Night
2012-06-16
25 min
A thief is scary, a wolf is scary, but the worst is the Furuya Flora; two children fight a witch, and a painter learns a lesson.
13
The Teapot Raccoon Dog / The Razor Fox / Sosou Soukurou
2012-06-23
25 min
A raccoon repays a debt but learns a lesson, a fox thinks five steps ahead, and Mr. Careless needs to slow down.
14
Orihime and Hikoboshi / The Old Woman’s Skin / Potato Rolling
2012-06-30
25 min
The origin of the Tanabata festival is told, a snake causes a calamity, and manners are important.
15
The Fire Man / Rat Sumo / The Priest and the Kid’s Pupupatapata
2012-07-07
25 min
A man is repaid for an accidental gift but greed ruins all, an old couple sponsors a rat, and two kids trick a sneaky priest.
16
The Straw Headman / The God of the Bathroom / Niou and Dokkoi
2012-07-14
25 min
An unlucky man goes west, a god of luck gets a bum rap, and Japan challenges China in a strong man contest.
17
The Winged Robe of Heaven / The Child Kidnapped by Eagles / The Konnyaku Interrogation
2012-07-21
25 min
A lie does not build a family, a mother never stops searching, and a traveling priest searches for the answer.
18
The Painted Wife / Left Behind / If You Pick Up Money
2012-07-28
25 min
A man fights for his wife, a haunt ditch, and more money more problems.
19
Ubasute Mountain / The Letterbearer of the Water God / The Lucky Samurai
2012-08-05
25 min
An old is thrown away, a man delivers a letter for a water god, and a fake samurai gets lucky.
20
Princess Kaguya / The Demon’s Little Sister / Scary Sweet Buns
2012-08-12
25 min
An elderly couple is blessed with a daughter born from a bamboo stalk, a little boy’s sister has become a real demon, and a worker is terrified of meat buns.
21
Umisachihiko and Yamasachihiko / The Day the Kappa Came / King Enma Screws Up
2012-08-19
25 min
Two brothers exchange jobs, a kappa waits 14 years, and three souls get a second chance.
22
Three Axes / The Monkey’s Groom / The Tengu and the Thief
2012-08-26
25 min
Did you drop the gold axe or the silver axe? A man makes a deal with a monster, and a Tengu is tricked.
23
The Farting Wife / The Cat and the Teapot Lid / Chakurikakifu
2012-09-02
25 min
A new bride is explosive, a hunter gets lucky, and a man tries a new strategy to sell his wares.
24
Mouse Takes a Groom / The Pebble Letter / The Silence Contest
2012-09-09
25 min
Mother and Father Mouse hunt for the best husband, a wife and husband communicate without words, and a couple battles for the last rice ball.
25
The Listening Hood / The Dog and Cat’s Treasure / The Ghost’s Poem Reading
2012-09-16
25 min
A man listens to the world around him, a dog and cat rescue their master, and a ghost is lost in rhyme.
26
Tanokyuu / Tee-tee the Little Monk / The Fake Jizo Statue
2012-09-23
25 min
Tanokyuu tricks a snake and gets a reward, monsters pick a fight with the wrong monk, and a monk and raccoon do battle.
27
Orihime and Hikoboshi / The Village of the Nightingales / The Monkey Buddha
2012-09-30
25 min
The origin of the Tanabata festival is told (repeat from episode 14), a woodcutter breaks his promise (repeat from episode 4), and monkeys worship a Buddha without getting their butts wet (repeat from episode 5).
28
The Tengu’s Cloak / Grannie Demon Is My Matchmaker / King Enma Is Hachigoro-don
2012-10-07
25 min
Invisibility comes with a price, a demon repays a kindness, and always carries some Yaki-Gobou when you die.
29
The Horse Mountain Woman / The Shrimp Goes to Ise / What Sickness?
2012-10-14
25 min
A mountain woman overeats, there is always someone bigger, and a man shouldn't eat.
30
The Cat Wife / The Gonzo Bug / The Long-Nose Fan
2012-10-21
25 min
A cat wants to replay her master, a greedy man trips to much, and a lazy man fans too much.
31
The Mountain Pear Hunter / The Old Woman in the House / The Centipede Gets the Doctor
2012-10-28
25 min
Rustle Rustle Don't Go, a bully gets his, and a walking stick breaks a bone.
32
The Rich Charcoal Maker / The Tree That Grows Gold / The Priest’s Towel
2012-11-04
25 min
Money gets up and walks away, everybody farts, and true kindness is always repaid.
33
Straw Bale Touta / The Fox Gives Birth / Cling and Hold
2012-11-11
25 min
The fearsome warrior Fujiwara Touta Hidesato fears nothing, a village doctor changes his way, and... Please! Cling! Please! Hold!
34
The Three Brothers / The Wolf’s Eyebrows / Dokkoisho
2012-11-18
25 min
Three brothers learn the best use of money, wolves won’t eat a good man, and dokkosiho is delicious!
35
The Treasure Gourd / The White Rabbit of Inaba / The Bald Wife
2012-11-25
25 min
A thief gets tricked, a rabbit plays tricks, and a brother’s revenge for a trick goes too far.
36
The Crane Repays a Debt / Slaying the Demon of Ooeyama / The Water of Youth
2012-12-02
25 min
A crane repays a fisherman, a group of heroes defeat a demon, and moderation is key.
37
The Three Charms / The Kid and the Cat Picture / The God of Poverty
2012-12-09
25 min
A kid learns to trust his priest, a priest learns to believe in a child’s dream, and the gods have to go.
38
The City Rat and the Country Rat / Oshira-sama / The Tortoise and the Hare
2012-12-16
25 min
A country rat tries out the big city, a father learns a hard lesson, and it’s tortoise vs. hare.
39
The Jizo Statue with the Hat / The Mortar That Made Salt / A Guest on New Year’s Eve
2012-12-23
25 min
The gods repay a kindness, greed gets you nowhere, and a true act of kindness is always rewarded.
40
Momotaro / Princess Flowerpot Head / The Story of the Twelve Signs of the Zodiac
2013-01-06
25 min
A couple finds a baby, a young girl lives with a flowerpot on her head, and how the zodiac got its animals.
41
We Stopped the War / The Giant Snake and the Hunter / Otter’s House
2013-01-13
25 min
A nation tricks a war hungry nation, a hunter tricks a snake, and an otter tricks a fox.
42
The Snake Boy / The Kappa and the Straw Shoes / The Fava Bean, Straw, & Charcoal
2013-01-20
25 min
A couple raise a snake, a kappa gets married, and a Fava Bean, Straw, and Charcoal take a trip to Ise.
43
The Wind God and the Children / The Lacquer Brothers / The Ama no Jyaku and the Child
2013-01-27
25 min
Children learn how to seasons come in, a brother’s greed leads to ruin, and the Amanojaku gets tricked.
44
Blessings of Heaven and Earth / The Leaf Hachibei / The Ginger Wife
2013-02-03
25 min
An honest man gets rewarded by a liar, a husband white lie turns into a great whale, and a couple tries the ginger trick.
45
The Bridge Where You Buy Miso / The Cat Congregation / The Old Man Who Swallowed Birds
2013-02-10
25 min
A giving man waits by a bridge, a monk witness his cat give a moving speech, and Chichinpuyopuyo Pupuyopuyo.
46
The Hiding Snow / The Three Riddles / The Deep Voice
2013-02-17
25 min
Is it a gift from Buddha or is it stealing? The answers you sneak can come in many forms and give your friend the benefit of the doubt.
47
The Farting Priest / The Demon Mask That Wept / Starfire
2013-02-24
25 min
A priest gains the power to control farts, a mother-in-law's true colors are shown, and brothers want to cook with a star.
48
The Seven Swans / The Mysterious Love Poem / `O` Is Hard
2013-03-03
25 min
A sister saves her brothers; a love is found, lost, and found again; and you put an "o" in front of everything to be polite.
49
The Cry That Split the Night / Octopuses Don’t Have Bones / The Former Dog
2013-03-10
25 min
A dog is loyal no matter what, the Queens wants monkey livers, and a dog wishes to be human.
50
The Thousand League Sandals / The Mountain Priest & the White Wolf / The Days Pass So Fast
2013-03-17
25 min
Three brothers run from a demon, a priest spends a night in a tree, and the Sun, Moon, and Thunder come to an agreement.
51
Yamata no Orochi / The Satori Woman and the Bucket Maker / Return the Smell
2013-03-24
25 min
Susano has to prove his worth, a Satori woman finds her man, and a cheapo meets his match.
52
The Rich Charcoal Maker / Grannie Demon Is My Matchmaker / What Sickness?
2013-03-31
25 min
Money gets up and walks away (repeat from episode 32), a demon repays a kindness (repeat from episode 28), and a man shouldn’t eat (repeat from episode 29).
53
Mother’s Crystal / The Rolling Rice Ball / The Golden Arches
2013-04-07
25 min
A mother provers her love, and old man’s accidental gift is repaid, and a man gets greedy with his prayers.
54
Bat / The Old Man and His Bump / Lunch Works
2013-04-14
25 min
The bat flys at dusk, an old man with a bump dances for a demon band, and lunch, works.
55
Snake and Fox Repay a Debt / The Old Man Who Made the Dead Trees Blossom / The Pheasant and the Crow
2013-04-21
25 min
A good deed is repaid ,a dog rewards a kind master, a bumpkin gets the last laugh.
56
Tears Overflow / Strong Tarou / The Skylark and the Water of Youth
2013-04-28
25 min
A man learns about the importance of community, a couple creates a child from dirt, and a skylark ruins everything.
57
Mom and Daughter Slay a Demon / Kintarou / The Farting Girl
2013-05-05
25 min
A mother fights for her daughter, we learn the tale of Sakata no Kintoki, and toot causes great embarrassment.
58
The Radish Samurai / The Furuya Forest / The Golden Horse Poop
2013-05-12
25 min
A radish saves, a thief is scary, a wolf is scary, but the worst is the Furuya Flora, and can a horse poop gold?
59
When the Moon’s Ring Disappears / The Rat Sutra / A Punch As a Reward
2013-05-19
25 min
A young girl is thrown into the river, a man buys a dream, and a king learns a lesson.
60
The Mermaid’s Feast / The Fox and the Bear / The Beginning of Man
2013-05-26
25 min
A simple trip leads to an unfortunate life, a fox learns of karma, the Fire god is lonely.
61
The Red Thread / The Cow’s Marriage / Beyond the Mirror
2013-06-02
25 min
A man fights fate, the lazy man gets the cow, and a son sees his father.
62
The Carp Wife / The Snot-Nosed Boy / The Giant Beanstalk
2013-06-09
25 min
A man marries a unique woman, a flower seller forgets to keep his promise, and a farmer makes it rain.
63
The Monkey Repays a Debt / Little One Inch / The Gourd Boy
2013-06-16
25 min
Monkey steals a baby, the smallest shows the biggest bravery, a unique shapped baby growns into a unique man.
64
The Female Fox / Hirabayashi / The Wild Warrior and the Ox Cart
2013-06-23
25 min
Monkey steals a baby, Hirarin, Heirin, Tairarin, Tairabayashi and Ippachijuu no Mokumoku, and Hitotsutoyattsudetokkikki , and legendary heros can`t catch a break.
65
The Dragonfly Rich Man / The Fish Wife / Ikkyuu-san’s Funny Story
2013-06-30
25 min
Dainichi Nyorai guides a family, a fisherman learns to appreciate what he has, and a young monk learns not to judge a book by its cover.
66
Monkey Masamune / The Days Pass So Fast / The Woodcutter & the Mountain Grannie
2013-07-07
25 min
A runner saves a group of monkeys at an expensive cost, the Sun, Moon, and Thunder come to an agreement, and a Woodcutter gets the last laugh.
67
Minister Yuriwaka / The Fire Man / The Priest and the Boy and the Poisonous Mochi
2013-07-14
25 min
A southern ruler named Yuriwaka is abandoned on an island. An old man brings home a boy named "Fire Man". A stingy priest tells the children at his temple that his snacks are made of poison, but...
68
The Talking Fish / Urashima Tarou / The Demon’s Handprint
2013-07-21
25 min
A stranger comes to a fishing village, which plans to catch lots of fish through poisoning the river. As the villagers debate, they are warned against this by a traveling priest. A fisherman saves a little turtle and is taken to an undersea palace. Two boys go to ask the fire god to help them with a demon who`s been raiding their village.
69
The Swallow with the Broken Leg / Left Behind / The Legend of the Nine-Headed Dragon
2013-07-28
25 min
An old man saves a broken swallow, who rewards him with a magic watermelon seed. A man encounters a terrifying ghost at a haunted stream. A traveling priest visits a village where an evil dragon is devouring virgin sacrifices.
70
Filial Devotion in Dreams / Rat Sumo / A Story of Stolen Melons
2013-08-04
25 min
Two men are visited in dreams by their dead fathers.. Rats fight it out in the sumo ring. A mysterious old man makes magic with watermelons.
71
The Tree in the Pot / Princess Kaguya / The Monk and the Fox
2013-08-11
25 min
A fallen lord sacrifices his prized possessions for a traveling monk. A princess is found in a stalk of bamboo. A priest tricks a fox, and finds himself confronted by the lost souls of hell.
72
Earless Houichi / Niou and Dokkoi / Badger Disaster
2013-08-18
25 min
A musician is haunted by the spirits of fallen samurai. Two massive men duel for supremacy. A transforming badger runs a con at a mountain pass.
73
A Story of Futons / Chakurikakifu / The Dancing Bones
2013-08-25
25 min
The ghostly voices of children cry out at night from a haunted bed. A man tries a new strategy to sell his wares. The dancing bones of a murdered man bring fame and wealth to the one who killed him.
74
Dandarabochi and the Giant Sandals / The Painted Wife / The Fox in the Bag
2013-09-01
25 min
A titan lays seige to a small fishing village. An evil lord steals a man`s beautiful wife. Friends of a lord plot to take back his money from a fox haunting a graveyard.
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The Puppet Master / The God of the Bathroom / The Whale and the Sea Cucumber
2013-09-08
25 min
A puppet master visits a strange temple. A goddess is punished for her dalliances. An arrogant whale loses a race.
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Unspeaking Okiku / Ubasute Mountain / The Sumo Wrestler’s Little Sister
2013-09-15
25 min
A girl sings a song, and her father is sacrificed. A son is tasked with taking his mother to the mountains, where she will left to die. A tense hostage situation at a sumo wrestler`s dojo.
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Monkey Crab / The Straw Headman / Head Lake
2013-09-22
25 min
Crabs seek revenge upon a monkey for wounding their mother, and are aided by a mortar and cow poop. A divine oracle leads a man to riches. A man`s head becomes the scene of strange happenings.
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The Mermaid’s Feast / Mom and Daughter Slay a Demon / The Pheasant and the Crow
2013-09-29
25 min
79
The Little Chestnut / The Day the Kappa Came / The Oryuu Willow
2013-10-06
25 min
A massive pumpkin grows from a tiny vine, and a man is very happy. Parents hear from the mountain god and water god that their child will be stolen by Kappas on his twelfth birthday. A huge willow stands in front of a tea shop. The son of the shop saves it from being cut down.
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The Silver Temple / The Pebble Letter / The Famous Blade Kisenbamaru
2013-10-13
25 min
Midon the fisherman is wounded and can`t go fishing. He borrows money from a samurai, but can`t pay it back. A wife gets mad at her drunkard husband and returns to her parents. But she misses her husband now that she`s left him. A young servant named Sutekichi loves katanas. He wants his own, so he pays a blacksmith with a thousand logs to make one for him.
81
The Sparrow with the Severed Tongue / The Horse Mountain Woman / The Dance of the Cats
2013-10-20
25 min
An old man loved a swallow, but when it eats his wifes glue, she cuts out its tongue. He goes deep into the mountains to find her... A packdriver buys a good horse in town, and then some mackeral to give to the god of horses. Shinkichi works at a soy sauce shop, but since he`s so careless everyone treats him like a child.
82
The Ear Statue / The Centipede Gets the Doctor / Benten’s Swamp
2013-10-27
25 min
A statue by the river reminds a boy of his dead mother. His stepmom tells him that if the statue will eat a rice ball, he can have one too, so off he goes. The insect children are playing in the depths of the forest when walking stick falls from a tree and starts to cry. One late night, a pack driver is returning home when he meets a beautiful woman.
83
The Village of the Dragonflies / The White Rabbit of Inaba / The Fortune Telling Competition
2013-11-03
25 min
A fisherman`s wife dies from illness, and he meets a woman who looks just like her on the rocks of a cape. The white rabbit who lives on the island of Inaba tries to trick the crocodiles to let him cross the sea, but they strip off his skin. Doujimaru is said to be the son of the white fox, and to have inherited his mother`s mysterious powers.
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The Three Masks / The Tengu’s Cloak / The Flying Door
2013-11-10
25 min
A young servant girl is given a demon mask as a goodbye present, and goes to a new place to work. A young boy learns that if you put on a Tengu`s cape you`ll be invisible. He steals the cape from the Tengu, and now he can play all the tricks he wants, but... "We`ve saved this money up for the future. Don`t waste it," an old husband tells his silly wife... but then, a pair of thieves come when he`s not home.
85
The Old Woman and the Giant Octopus / Dokkoisho / The Tengu of Ashitaka Mountain
2013-11-17
25 min
An old woman cuts off the leg of an octopus on the beach, and gets rich by selling it at the market. A groom is given botamochi rice balls at his bride`s village. He wants his mom to make them, so he keeps saying "botamochi" on the way home, but then he trips and rises up saying, "dokkoisho! A strong-willed and hardworking mother goes all alone to Ashitaka Mountain, where a Tengu lives. But she doesn`t come back.
86
The Mysterious Blacksmith / The Fox Gives Birth / Senkamejo
2013-11-24
25 min
"If I can make a hundred swords in a night, give me your daughter," a traveler says, and locks himself in a blacksmith`s forge. There was a mean doctor who lived in a village. One night, he goes to a mansion to save a young girl who`s having a hard birth. Senkamejo grew up spoiled by her mother, and was the prettiest girl in town, but selfish and arrogant. One day she hears that a beautiful statue of Kannon-sama is at the temple, and she and her mother go to see it.
87
The Cracking Mountain / The Three Charms / The Kappa and the Handwashing Basin
2013-12-01
25 min
A raccoon badly injures a kind old woman. The rabbit hears about this from her husband, and angrily avenges her. A child is picking up chestnuts in the forest, and before he knows it it`s night. A demon grannie catches him. A new hand washing basin has been put in the village shrine. But the kappa used this stone to sit on and think or keep watch.
88
The Ghost Well / The Man Who Bought Dreams / Tougorou the Potato Digger
2013-12-08
25 min
A mysterious woman visits a candy store every night. The owner follows her after she leaves, but she disappears into a grave... A traveling merchant buys his partner`s dream of treasure for a lot of money. The beautiful daughter of a rich man is sent to marry tougorou the potato digger. Tougorou is lonely and miserable and poor in the mountains, but one day...
89
Sacrificial Inari / The Crane Repays a Debt / The Monster in the Cotton Hat
2013-12-15
25 min
A field worker named Manzou gets a small field with a shrine from the rich man. A charcoal-maker takes pity on a crane being sold by the road, and pays money to free it. An old man loves to fish at night at a waterfall. He gets old and decides to retire, and gives his fishing pole to a young man.
90
The Joroku Statue / The God of Poverty / The Carp in the Basin
2013-12-22
25 min
A huge rock saves a village from a flood. The villagers use it to make a giant statue, but the statue is too big to carry to the temple. But then the statue... A poor old man goes to sell balls of thread for new years. Gorouhei, a poor man, trades an old basin from his family for rice.
91
The Gold Horse of New Year’s Eve / The Jizo Statue with the Hat / Odote-sama
2013-12-29
25 min
A couple works hard but is still poor, and meets the new year with a sigh. On new years, a man can`t sell his hemp so he trades it for an umbrella. An honest cow-herd meets a strange monster who can read thoughts.
92
The Safflower Ship / Twelve Signs of the Zodiac / Sent Salt
2014-01-05
25 min
There is a splendid picture of a rooster in the room where the crimson flower merchant says. And they say that it crows at midnight. God creates the calendar to rule the world, and wants the animals to protect it. The animals all rush to God`s temple on new years. But the rat lies to the cat. Zenzaemon, of Kishou Swamp, is sent to learn the secrets of salt-making from Akou Province and is caught. But official Ooishi Kuranosuke is moved by his devotion to his homeland, and lets him go.
93
The Deer Springs / Tail Fishing / Hachiroutarou
2014-01-12
25 min
A woodcutter meets a wounded deer in the mountains. He saves it from a hunter and watches until its wounds are healed... The Fox comes to see the river otter, who is good at catching fish. He takes fish from the river otter but never gives any himself. And so the River Otter comes up with an idea... A young man in the village of Matagi, Hachirou Tarou, goes to the mountains with two of his friends, but as he gets ready for dinner he gives into his hunger and eats their fish.
94
Herring and Grannie / The Wind God and the Children / Will of the Spider
2014-01-19
25 min
An old woman loses her husband in a storm, but a statue of a god washes up with his boat and she worships it. One day in early spring, as the children are playing, a young man suddenly appears. A young carpenter is trying to build a bridge across a river, but every storm that comes washes it away.
95
Snake Lake / The Deep Voice / The Priest, the Kid, and the Fava Bean Tree
2014-01-26
25 min
Governot Shimada has come to Kazusa, where there is no water and the harvest is dependant on the rain. Two men tie a pipe between their houses so they can talk even when they`re snowed in. Even though they were alone, they could cheer each other up by talking, but then they stop getting answers... The priest tries to raise a fava bean tree to help the starving villagers, but the kids at the temple eat it.
96
Sumo Inari / The Fava Bean, Straw, and Charcoal / The Man of the East & the Man of the West
2014-02-02
25 min
The lord of a poor province is sad to see how weak his sumo wrestlers are for this year`s tournament, but they all defeat even the strongest wrestlers. A fava bean, a piece of straw, and a piece of charcoal all bounce out of an old woman`s kitchen and decide to visit Ise. There are two men who live on the east and west side of town, and each night they come to a bar to drink. They always drink the same drink, and insult each other.
97
The Stink Vine / Shippei-Tarou / Half-Naked Buhyou
2014-02-09
25 min
The stinkvine weed smelled terrible, and the big tree always made fun of it. To save a girl from a demon, a traveling monk goes to find the one thing it fears, "Shippeitarou." Buhei is a man proud of his strength.
98
The Wispering Vinegar / The Old Man Who Swallowed Birds / The Tengu and the Sky Journey
2014-02-16
25 min
There is a man who can hear the voices of the vinegar he makes. A bird gets its leg stuck in a rice ball. There was a young man who was afraid of nothing.
99
The Snow Woman / Oshira-sama / The 600-Year-Old Woman
2014-02-23
25 min
A young woodcutter seeks shelter from a blizzard with his master. A young woman has a horse she loves. After the battle between the Heike and the Genji, a young girl finds a conch shell on the beach that she feeds to her mom.
100
Cowlove Pass / Momotarou / Seibei the Soba Eater
2014-03-02
25 min
Cowherd Okaru took care of a young black calf that transformed into a handsome young man when it was three years old. Momotarou is born from a peach, and raised by an old couple into a strong young boy. Seibei is known as a man who loves to eat soba noodles.
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