Once Upon Time in JAPAN
Once Upon Time
in Japan
Translated by
Roger Pulvers & Juliet Winters Carpenter
Illustrated by
Manami Yamada
Tomonori Taniguchi
Nao Takabatake &
Takumi Nishio
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NHK JAPAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION
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Contents
translated by Roger Pulvers illustrated by Manami Yamada
translated by Roger Pulvers illustrated by Manami Yamada
translated by Roger Pulvers illustrated by Manami Yamada
translated by Roger Pulvers illustrated by Tomonori Taniguchi
Sleepyhead Taro and the Children
translated by Roger Pulvers illustrated by Nao Takabatake
translated by Juliet Winters Carpenter illustrated by Nao Takabatake
translated by Juliet Winters Carpenter illustrated by Takumi Nishio
translated by Juliet Winters Carpenter illustrated by Takumi Nishio
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A Second Childhood BY ROGER PULVERS
I have a very personal and nostalgic tie to stories such as the ones you have
