Learn Japanese with Stories Bundle #2 [10 Volumes] [Digital Books + Audios]

Learn Japanese with Stories Bundle #2 [10 Volumes] [Digital Books + Audios]

Name: Learn Japanese with Stories Bundle #2 [10 Volumes] [Digital Books + Audios]
Brand: The Japan Shop
SKU: 7044690247841
Price: 39.00 USD
Availability: InStock

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Every sentence, word by word

Notes and a grammar spotlight

Every word explained

Kanji in Focus

Exercises after each story

Word lists by JLPT level

📖 Flip through a free sample, with audio

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Description

What you get

10 eBooks + audio + Anki flashcards + app access

It's a digital bundle, so nothing is shipped. Right after checkout we email you a link to download:

10 eBooks as PDFsRead on a computer or tablet, or print a story.

The same eBooks as ePubsFor phones, tablets and e-readers.

Audio for every storyRead by Yumi, a native speaker, at slow and natural speed.

Anki decksOne deck per story, so you review as you read.

Makoto+ app unlock codesEvery story opens in the app, sentence by sentence.

How you'll use it

Read, listen, review, practice

ReadRead a story one sentence at a time, with a note on every word.
ListenPlay it at slow speed, then at natural speed, and read along.
ReviewGo over the story's words in its own Anki deck.
PracticeAnswer the exercises, then reread the story in the Makoto+ app.

Start with Volume 11, or jump to any story you like.

10eBooks

2audio speeds per story

1Anki deck per story

11–20volumes

LevelN4

JLPT N5 to N4, CEFR A1 to A2 · Best after Genki I

What's inside

10 eBooks, Volumes 11 to 20

Tricksters, kitsune and tall tales, from Kachi Kachi Yama to the trickster Kicchomu.

Step 1

Tricksters and kitsune

Kachi Kachi Yama, the Celestial Maiden, Princess Uriko, Hikoichi and the Kitsune, Kicchomu's first tales and Hikoichi Strikes Back.
Step 2

Kicchomu's tall tales

The Bowl-Wearing Princess, the Wisdom of Oooka Echizen, six more Kicchomu stories and Bunbuku Tea Kettle.
Your goal: reading real Japanese

In the app too

Read and listen in the Makoto+ app

Hikoichi and the Young Lord open in the Makoto+ app: the story's picture and its first sentence with furigana, a play button, and a Normal or Slow audio switch

Word details in the Makoto+ app for 賢い (かしこい, clever; wise): its pitch accent with a Listen button, a note, the dictionary meaning, and the kanji 賢 to tap for stroke order

All 10 books unlock in the Makoto+ Japanese Explorer app for iPhone, iPad and Android, and on the web. Here is Hikoichi, from Volume 1, in the app, and what you see when you tap a word: its meaning, its pitch accent to play, and its kanji. Your unlock codes come with the download.

Hear every sentence at normal or slow speed
Turn furigana on or off
Tap any word for its meaning, pitch accent and kanji
Save words and quiz yourself
Pick up where you left off in every book

What learners say

5.0from 4 reviews

“These are such great stories and easy to learn. So stress free learning while having fun”
Barry D.

“As funny, motivating and interesting as the 1st one! Great job!”
Pascal

Read all 4 reviews

Who it's for

You know hiraganaReady to read real stories, with help on every word.

Textbook graduatesFinished Genki I? Pick up where graded readers leave off.

Story loversFolktales, ghosts and tricksters every Japanese child knows.

Pay once, keep them forever
Free updates forever
Instant download
60-day money-back guarantee

Add Volumes 1 to 10 for $20 more

The Complete Bundle is this bundle plus Bundle 1, all 20 volumes and two bonus books, for $59. That's $19 less than buying both.

See the Complete Bundle

Questions

What do I get?

Volumes 11 to 20 as PDF and ePub files, MP3 audio of every story at slow and natural speed, and an Anki deck for each story.

How do I download it?

Right after checkout we email you a download link. Download everything at once on a computer, or open single books on your phone or tablet. You don't need Dropbox or any other account.

Can I read them on my phone or Kindle?

Yes. The ePub files work in Apple Books, Google Play Books and most reading apps, and the PDFs open anywhere. Our eBook guide walks you through each device.

Which books unlock in the Makoto+ app?

All ten. Every story opens in the app, and your unlock codes come with the download.

What level is it?

Upper beginner, about JLPT N5 to N4. You should be able to read hiragana. In the line-by-line section every kanji has furigana.

Do I need Bundle 1 first?

No. Each story stands on its own. If you'd like both, the Complete Bundle has all 20 volumes for less.

Is a printed version included?

No, this is the digital bundle. Several of these books are also sold as paperbacks.

What if it isn't right for me?

Tell us within 60 days and we'll swap it for a better-fitting bundle or refund you in full.

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Pay once and keep it forever
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A library you join

Makoto+ membership

Free, monthly or yearly plans
Interactive stories in the Makoto app: about a dozen free, dozens with Samurai, up to 200 with Shogun
Stories in the membership rotate monthly
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Many learners do both. The free Makoto+ Japanese Explorer App (iPhone/iPad and Android) puts them side by side: the books you own and the stories in your membership, in one library.

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Samurai or Shogun member? See which stories you can already read in the app

If you are a Shogun member, you can read these 2 stories in the Makoto+ Japanese Explorer app right now:

Learn Japanese with Stories 16 - The Bowl-Wearing PrincessThe Bowl Princess

Learn Japanese with Stories 20 - Bunbuku Tea-KettleBunbuku Chagama

Stories in your membership rotate monthly and don't include downloads like PDFs, ePubs, MP3s or Anki decks. If you just want to read these stories in the app, they're already yours. Buying the bundle keeps all of its stories in the app for good, plus all the downloads.

Not a Makoto+ member? Become one to save up to 20% on this bundle AND get access to up to 200 stories as part of your membership.

Current as of November 2026.

Try before you buy

Read a Kicchomu story free

Flip through the opening pages of Kicchomu's Ferryboat from Volume 17, exactly as they appear in the book, then hear the story read at slow and natural speed.

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Kicchomu's Ferryboat Slow speed

Kicchomu's Ferryboat Natural speed

Every story in the bundle comes the same way: line by line with notes, then the whole story, then in English, with audio at both speeds.

Fun means you don't realise you are learning

These are such great stories and easy to learn. So stress free learning while having fun

Thank you for your kind words, Barry! We're glad you're enjoying the stories and finding them easy to learn. Let me know if you have any suggestions for making them even more fun. :)

Funny, motivating and interesting.

As funny, motivating and interesting as the 1st one!
Great job!...

Thank you! We'll add more to this bundle soon.

Did you know...

That this bundle is just as good as bundle 1?
Well, now you do because I just told you.
If you like to bundle 1 then you should try out bundle 2.
Don be a slacker like me!
Keep pumping that brain with learning Iron to get all those GAINZZZ!

Haha--great review. :) Thank you and let us know if you have any questions as you go through it. More eBooks will be added to this bundle soon.

Stories Bundle 2 First Four Titles

I am a retired upper beginner hoping to advance to intermediate eventually but not beyond that. I do not study full time but do it more as a hobby. For the last two years I have really focused on learning [****] including all the Joyo Kanji, more so than studying vocabulary, grammar, audio and reading. I have studied them everyday without fail. Because I now have such a good foundation with the Kanji it is more enjoyable to study the other aspects of the language found in these files, even the reviews of the Kanji.

I really appreciate how all of these bundles including the newly released Stories Bundle 2 help me learn. Every aspect of the learning process is provided right in these text and sound files. I typically study at my computer with the pdf and sound files.

These tools really are useful!

Thank you! I had a similar experience. The more kanji I learned, the more interesting other aspects of Japanese became.

BTW, I'm not sure why '2200 Kanji' was bleeped out ([****]). Sorry about that.

5 stars: 4 (100%)
4 stars: 0 (0%)
3 stars: 0 (0%)
2 stars: 0 (0%)
1 star: 0 (0%)

Fun means you don't realise you are learning

These are such great stories and easy to learn. So stress free learning while having fun

Thank you for your kind words, Barry! We're glad you're enjoying the stories and finding them easy to learn. Let me know if you have any suggestions for making them even more fun. :)

Funny, motivating and interesting.

As funny, motivating and interesting as the 1st one!
Great job!...

Thank you! We'll add more to this bundle soon.

Did you know...

Haha--great review. :) Thank you and let us know if you have any questions as you go through it. More eBooks will be added to this bundle soon.

Stories Bundle 2 First Four Titles

These tools really are useful!

Thank you! I had a similar experience. The more kanji I learned, the more interesting other aspects of Japanese became.

BTW, I'm not sure why '2200 Kanji' was bleeped out ([****]). Sorry about that.

Given this bundle has a "JLPT N4" tag (same as the Yokai bundle) and the 1st bundle doesn't, how would you rank all 3 bundles level-wise? Are they around the same level or is there any difference?
Thank you!

The Japan Shop

I was just using the N4 as a rough "about this level"--I hope that didn't cause confusion. But most of our reader bundles (Learn Japanese with Stories bundle #1 and #2, Yokai, History, Japan's Jidai, etc.) are about that upper beginner to lower intermediate level. They have some N3 level vocabulary and grammar--the history bundle has a lot of names and terms that are, while important, not beginner friendly--and N5 material too, but I'd say if you've learned the basics (N5), you are ready to use any of them. They all have detailed vocabulary and grammar explanations.

Of course, if you buy a bundle and find it too easy or too hard, just contact me for a refund or I can swap it out for a bundle better suited for you.

Please take a look at the options and let me know if you have any questions.
https://www.thejapanshop.com/collections/bundles-offer

My wife and I are learning. Are these files going to be sharable? I've never bought digital books before but if I can buy them and both of us could use the same files on seperate devices that would be great

The Japan Shop

Yes! You will receive a link to a Dropbox folder which you and your wife can use on any of your devices (computers, laptops, Kindles, iPads, smartphones, etc.). We just ask you don't share the link with others outside your family.

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