Learn Japanese with Stories AUDIOBOOK BUNDLE [5 Volume Bundle] [DIGITAL DOWNLOAD]

This bundle includes FIVE full-length audiobooks — twelve complete Japanese stories you can listen to and learn from anywhere.

These are the audiobook versions of our Learn Japanese with Stories collection found here. Everything is a digital download — listen and learn without any written material (though the complete eBook of each volume is included if you'd like to read along).

THE FIVE AUDIOBOOKS (TWELVE STORIES)

1. Hikoichi (4 stories) — 2:36:39
2. Momotaro & the Tortoise and the Hare (2 stories + 3 bonus culture chapters) — 2:01:41
3. The Inch-High Samurai & Kaguya-hime, the Moon Princess — 1:42:45
4. The Mouse Bride & Ikkyuu-san — 44:08
5. The Cut-Tongue Sparrow (Shitakiri Suzume) & Kobutori-jiisan — 1:06:35

HOW IS THIS DIFFERENT FROM OUR REGULAR EBOOK BUNDLE?

This bundle covers the same material as our Learn Japanese with Stories eBook bundle. But with this Audiobook Bundle, you don't need any written material (a PDF of each book is included, but never required). You can listen and learn anywhere, anytime. In our regular eBook bundle, the audio is limited to slow- and normal-speed readings — here, every line and every word is explained aloud.

Each of these audiobooks sells on Audible and elsewhere for $6–10. Get all five for one discounted price. Pay once and get every future update free — including the newly re-recorded, expanded editions of the remaining volumes as they roll out.

聞き取り練習しましょう。
Let's practice listening comprehension.

EACH STORY, TAUGHT IN LAYERS

So your understanding builds naturally:

1. Vocabulary preview — key words in Japanese, then English
2. Slow reading — the full story, slow and clear
3. Line-by-line — one Japanese sentence at a time, each followed by its English meaning
4. Natural speed — the whole story again; feel how much more you catch
5. Comprehension questions — answer aloud to check yourself
6. Full English version — to lock it all in

The fuller six-part format above is featured in the newly updated Volumes 1 & 2; Volumes 3–5 currently use our classic slow / line-by-line / natural / English format and are being upgraded now.

You'll receive a download link immediately after purchase. Want to drill a particular section? You'll get MP3s for every section of every story. Just want to press play? You'll also get a single all-in-one audiobook file (and a chaptered M4B for phones). A PDF of each book is included too — but the audiobook is designed so you don't need it.

A look at the first story in Volume 1 (the video format is very close to the audiobook).

EVERY STORY IN THE COLLECTION

All five audiobooks, twelve complete stories:

• Hikoichi and the Young Lord
• Hikoichi and the Hanami
• Hikoichi and the Living Umbrella
• Hikoichi and Tengu's Straw Raincoat
• Momotaro, the Peach Boy
• Usagi to Kame (the Tortoise & the Hare)
• The Inch-High Samurai
• Kaguya-hime, the Moon Princess
• The Mouse Bride
• Ikkyuu-san and the Tiger in the Folded Screen
• The Cut-Tongue Sparrow (Shitakiri Suzume)
• Kobutori-jiisan

Impress your Japanese friends with your knowledge of Japanese folktales while polishing your grammar and vocabulary. 日本語を磨こう！ Let's polish our Japanese!

WHAT YOU GET WITH EVERY STORY

• An easy, fun introduction to Japanese folklore — the classic stories every Japanese person knows and loves, but few Westerners have even heard of.
• The most famous Japanese tales in real Japanese. Yes, you can understand real Japanese today with these stories. (We don't recommend this for true beginners.)
• Every single line and word is explained and defined, out loud.
• No written material required — listen while walking the dog, doing the dishes, or falling asleep. (A PDF of each book is still included.)
• Build vocabulary, absorb grammar patterns, sharpen your listening, and polish your pronunciation by shadowing the narrators.
• MP3s as individual tracks, a single all-in-one file, and a chaptered M4B — plus the complete eBook PDF.

Perfect for the beginner (but not absolute beginner) to intermediate learner. Buy now and every future update is yours free, forever.