A review by qalminator
Japanese Fairy Tales by Yei Theodora Ozaki

4.0

Quite enjoyable to see fairy tales from a non-western culture. Some themes are still common (animal adventures and "just so" stories; problems with stepmothers; childless couples receiving miraculous children), but with a slightly different flavor. My favorite difference is that instead of having a fairy kingdom in fairy mounds, there's a dragon king with a kingdom under the sea which serves much the same function; I'm particularly amused that no one worries about how mortal visitors are supposed to breathe down there: they just do.