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).

🎧 Hear a Sample

A few minutes from each of the two newly re-recorded audiobooks.

Sample — Hikoichi Audiobook

Sample — Momotaro Audiobook

NEW · 2026 Freshly Re-Recorded & Expanded

We're rebuilding this entire collection from the ground up. Volumes 1 (Hikoichi) and 2 (Momotaro & the Tortoise and the Hare) are now fully updated, with Volumes 3–5 being re-recorded and following soon. Every update is free — buy once and receive them all as they're released.

What's new in the updated editions:

Brand-new narration — every story freshly recorded by Clay & Yumi.
More ways to learn each story — a vocabulary preview, a slow reading, line-by-line with English, natural speed, comprehension questions, and a full English retelling.
More bonus tracks — extra listening and review practice.
A single chaptered audiobook file (M4B) — jump between chapters and pick up right where you left off on your phone.
The complete eBook (PDF) included — read along or dig deeper (never required).
A “Play All” playlist and a “How to Listen” guide — so you're listening in under a minute on any device.

THE FIVE AUDIOBOOKS (TWELVE STORIES)

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

Recommended level: upper beginner to intermediate. These audiobooks make listening to native material easier and less intimidating, but they may be too frustrating for true beginners. Just starting out? No problem — we have a bundle just for you. Meet the Beri-Beri-Shoshinsha Beginner's Bundle →

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.

Japanese listening comprehension

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:

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

Please note:

This is the digital audiobook version. No shipping charges — nothing is shipped. :)
You'll receive a Dropbox link accessible from any device (phone, tablet, or computer) instantly. On a computer, download everything with the Download button at the top right.
You do not need a Dropbox account to access or download the files.
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