Story lesson

うらしまたろう

Urashima Taro Japanese Reading Lesson

Urashima Taro is a kind fisherman who rescues a sea turtle and visits a magical undersea palace, only to return home and discover that centuries have passed in what felt like moments.

What you can study

• Compare how the same tale changes across difficulty levels.
• Study particles such as は, が, を, に, へ, には and のこと in context.
• Review vocabulary including 竜宮城, 玉手箱, 亀 and 帰りました.

Sample Japanese sentences

Use it in the app

Open the interactive story to switch levels, listen to sentence audio, view furigana and tap tagged words for explanations.