Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Over the past two days, we told you the story of Hikoichi and the tengu. Today we bring you another mukashi banashi, but this one is in a format we haven’t used before. Tune in to hear Chigusa tell the tale of Nezumi no Yomeiri, The Mouse’s Marriage, in English! Give your brain a break and just sit back and enjoy some Japanese culture. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com for a link to the Japanese if you can’t resist!
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13 Responses to “Holiday Special - A Mousy Marriage”
JapanesePod101.com says:
January 5th, 2007 at 6:30 pm
Mina-san, this story and other great stories can be found at http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/folk.html.
Sweden no Iso says:
January 5th, 2007 at 7:39 pm
It seems that there is a problem with the audio file. I cannot listen to or download this lesson 
JapanesePod101.com says:
January 5th, 2007 at 8:22 pm
Mina-san, apologies for the delay, but everything should be in order now. 
よろしくお願いします。
mikuji says:
January 5th, 2007 at 9:03 pm
For those who would rather read stories in the original language see following links:
http://www.e-hon.jp/demo1/index1.htm
Japanese only
http://www.geocities.co.jp/HeartLand-Gaien/7211/
in English andJapanese - also includes songs and other material
and a general list of related links:
http://dir.kids.yahoo.co.jp/Around_the_World/Mythology_and_Folklore/
お読みを楽しんでください
mikuji
PS: you can find more links for yourself by copying and pasting 日本の昔話 in Google!
chris masood says:
January 6th, 2007 at 12:02 am
wow this story sounds familiar either way i felt like a kid lol 
Adam says:
January 6th, 2007 at 6:28 am
An intereting story….certainly no wierder than some of the fairy/folk tales I grew up with (darn those brothers Grimm)
So do the Japanese refer to things like..the sun and..walls…as ‘mr. sun/wall’ which I suppose would turn out to be ’sun/wall-san’ ?
(Off-topic but I just found out this year’s year 10s will be allowed to take Japanese at my school, so I shall tell the ones I know about this place to share the knowledge)
Sindy says:
January 6th, 2007 at 7:19 am
JP101 Crew and Listeners! 
Adam-san Yes invite them everyone who is interest in learning Japanese or turning Japanese like me is welcome to the site!
Great Story, I like it! Specially the english voice of Chigusa-san! I agree with Chris-san this story is very familiar to Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse. Sweet! 
S_R_C
Alan says:
January 6th, 2007 at 4:12 pm
mikujiさん、Thanks for the links. I liked the really big text on the first one, as it really helps get a feel for the shapes of new kanji.
Hugo says:
January 6th, 2007 at 10:35 pm
Great history, really good, thanks guys! 
Mijukiさん, thanks a lot for the links! 
Greetings to all!
Lulu-chan says:
January 12th, 2007 at 8:49 am
CHigusa-san did a great job telling the story. ^____^
楽しかたですね！
Ｍｉｋｕｊｉ－さん、紙のＬｉｎｋｓありがと！
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