Japanese Folktales gathers old stories passed down for generations, read slowly and softly by Andrew Bond to help you fall asleep.
These are the classic tales of Japan: foxes and tanuki who take human shape, humble farmers who stumble into magic, and spirits who live in rivers, mountains, and old bamboo groves. Kindness is often rewarded, greed is often punished, and the strange always turns out to have its own quiet logic. Each story is short, simple, and easy to follow, with the unhurried rhythm of tales told beside a fire.
Each tale becomes a soft path down toward sleep — good for anyone who loves world folklore in the spirit of the Grimms or Aesop, with nothing to remember from one night to the next. Andrew Bond's reading stays calm and unhurried throughout.
