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I'm so freaking excited! On a whim, I went and scoured a used bookstore today. (I don't know why I haven't done this before). Well, two hours later, and holy cow. 

The big discovery was a set of 26 volumes of Japanese folktales. Every book focuses on a different area of Japan, starting from up north and moving down to end in Okinawa. These are literally myths and folklore that have never been translated into English before. And the books are quite old (old style characters, old style names for areas of Japan), so that makes them even extra cool. They were a little pricey, but absolutely worth it. The entire collection of twenty-six books for around $80. So...not pricey? Quite cheap actually!

I mean these have never been told/heard in the English language (or any other language for that matter) before. I'm just as excited to read them myself as I am to get to share them with you. 

Now, where to start?? 

This month's Bedtime Story is already finished, edited, just waiting for me to put some background to it. So we're all going to have to wait until May before we get to hear a new (old) tale from somewhere in Japan. I pulled Akita and Okinawa from the pile, so way up north and way down south, and I'm going to thumb through and I guess just go with a story that really draws me in. 

Oh! On top of that I found three books on local Shizuoka folktales. So that's going to be fun, too. With that one I was thinking if they mention a place, temple, shrine or something, I could actually go there and check it out. Hello, Gimbal! 

Adore you all!

terrie