Podcasts about peach boy

This Pipilo tale is called, "Momotaro." It comes from a traditional Japanese tale about an old couple who find a peach in the river. Just as they are about the eat this delicious fruit, something surprising pops out of the center that changes their lives forever.We have a new song that goes along with "Momotaro" for you to enjoy as well. It is called "Momtaro San" and is in both Japanese and English. Pipilo's rendition of "Momotaro" is adapted and performed by Leah Ray Mendez.For more stories and songs like this as well as our entire Spanish language collection, become a member today! www.pipilotales.com

This week Toby is Joined by White Cola and Meg to round up a little news and a little compelling conversation. It's classic Free period action.  Join the class! Subscribe, Rate and Review at @Wayward_nerd on twitter, The school for Wayward nerds on facebook or send us an email at schoolforwaywardnerds@gmail.com

这个故事里写了一个敢斗妖怪，为老百姓除害的小英雄桃太郎。小小的桃太郎能打败凶恶的妖怪，一是有糯米丸子，二是有朋友们的帮助。 In this story, two important things help the peach boy to defeat monsters, the glutinous rice balls and the help of his friends.

Momotaro goes on a quest to defeat the troublesome Oni's (Ogres) on Oni Island. Along the way, he recruits and unlikely team : a dog, a monkey, and a pheasant to help him fight this daring battle. Who will win? Listen to children's comedian Tiernan Douieb tell this wonderful Japanese classic to find out.

Do you hear that sound? Can you feel it? The cool ocean breeze in your hair, the salt on your tongue. It's the smooth crash of the Last Wave on KVGM with your host, Hammock, bringing you thirty minutes of the best video game jams(z) from all your favorite composers and consoles, each and every week from our beachside studio in sunny Aqua City Island. Sit back, relax, and get ready to catch...the Last Wave.Have you ever wondered who won Le Tour De France in 2012? Ever ask yourself "what comes after Dead or Alive 5"? Have you always hoped Xadlak could be extra special? What about Peach Boy? Do you have a little Peach Boy inside YOU? The answers to all of these questions, and more, this week...on the Last Wave. Playlist Music 4 - Charles-Dedric Hubert, Slyvain Buffet, and Benjamin Michenaud(Le Tour De France 2012, Microsoft Xbox 360) Harmony of the Heart - Takeshi Abo(Disorder6, Sony PlayStation 3) Have a Break! - Hiromu Akaba(Dead or Alive 6, Microsoft Xbox One) Menu - Unknown(Chao Illust Club, Nintendo 3DS) Gaming Room - Shoji Morifuji(LUNARIA -Virtualized Moonchild-, PC)BGM 18 - Kazuyuki Sekiguchi(Monotarou Densetsu Gaiden, Famicom)Game Over - Naoki Ishikawa(Xadlak Plus, PC)Staff Roll - Kentaro Isomura(Extra Bright, Sony PlayStation)Special RequestCross' Theme - Masakazu Sugimori(Murder by Numbers, Nintendo Switch)

The fine folks over at Dizygotic heard our last episode and were kind enough to send a couple of pairs of their shoes over for us to check out. In this episode, we talk about the unboxing experience, if the sneakers measure up in hand compared to online, and what the on foot comfort is like. Check them out at dizygotic.com.Instagram: @shoepodcast Web: shoepodcast.com Episode artwork by Houston Dragna. Music by JohnnyBgood.

Dizygotic is a new sneaker brand based out of Tucson, Arizona with a unique take on what a pair of sneakers should look like in relation to each other. Their design philosophy is based around dizygotic twins, also called "fraternal" or "nonidentical" twins, and all of their sneakers feature asymmetrical color blocking between the left shoe and the right shoe. In this episode, we talk about their first release: Project Alpha. We review the two different colorways available, the details in the packaging, and what we think about the brand's design philosophy as a whole. You can find more info on Dizygotic on their website at www.dizygotic.com.Instagram: @shoepodcast  Web: shoepodcast.com Episode artwork is property of Dizygotic. Music by JohnnyBgood.

Bizarre Timeline? Shonen-Anime? Ein wenig Ecchi? Was gibts besseres! Das haben wir uns auch gedacht und haben uns wieder in einen durch Zufall ausgewählten neuen Anime gestürzt! Um welchen Anime es sich hier handelt und ob er uns gefallen hat, erfahrt ihr in dieser Folge Hokago!

IntroductionMomotaro is a popular hero in Japanese folklore. He is often translated as “Peach Boy”. He is also the main character in many modern TV shows, cartoons, anime and comics. There has been a popular notion that he is a local hero in Okayama Prefecture, but this is not accepted by scholarly circles.Physical TraitsMomotaro is never depicted as being older than his late 20s. The physical attributes vary from being fat and lazy to being tall, well built and handsome. The age of Momotaro has considerably gone down as the years went by and is sometimes even described as not being older than 10 years old.FamilyNot much is known about Momotaro's parents but it is believed that he was born when an elderly couple cut open a giant peach that came across them. When they cut it open, they found Momotaro instead of the seed and then decided to raise him as their own. He was named after the fruit in which they found him.Another version of the story also states that he was not born out of a peach. He was actually born to an elderly couple who regained their youth after they ate a magical peach which helped them regain their youth. They named him Momotaro after the fruit that helped them regain their lost youth.Another not so common version of the family story is that Momotaro was found floating down a river in a box which was found by the elderly couple. When they opened it, they found a baby inside holding a peach. This version is on of the modern retellings and many scholars refuse to accept it despite being in line with similar stories from other mythologies around the world.Powers And AbilitiesThere are varying stories about the powers and abilities of Momotaro. Most stories depict him growing into a fine young man who was very warm and loving to his elderly parents.Other versions describe him as a strong and intelligent young man who was very lazy who spent most of his time sleeping. He had to be forced by his parents or the villagers to do work or to protect them from any enemies. Nowadays, Momotaro is one of the most famous characters in Japan, as an ideal model for young kids for his kind-heartedness, bravery, power, and care for his parents.He usually goes into battle with his enemies accompanied by his trusted companions a pheasant, a monkey and a dog. His weapon of choice is the magical mallet Uchide no Kozuchi.Modern Day InfluenceMomotaro has found his place in modern society in the name of a popular brand of jeans and also as a character in popular children's cartoons and comics.

On this episode, Alex and Rex will be discussing an anime from last season Peach Boy Riverside. We both wanted to pick a show at random and just give it a shot, and it looks like we were both pleasantly surprised by what we found with Peach Boy Riverside...If you watch it for anything, watch it for Frau! 

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Today, we've got two more shows to dig into at the end of Summer simulcast season: Peach Boy Riverside & Sonny Boy! It's the Boy/Boy episode, folks... join us in our talks of demons, dimensions, and... disorienting narratives?! 4:29 Peach Boy Riverside 29:55 Sonny Boy

Okayama folktale hero Momotaro, the Peach Boy was a generous boy who shared his Kibi-dango to successfully defeat the demons. Such a great idea to start a conversation about collaborative success of sustainable businesses in one of Japan's lesser known travel destinations. https://medium.com/@jjwalsh/stories-of-sustainable-travel-in-japan-1fe3e5beeb4b (Read the Medium post of this audio read here. ) Please clap, share, & leave a comment, thanks! * JOIN the JJWalsh Supporters + buy me a coffee - your support keeps me going, thanks! **​ ~BuyMeACoffee~ https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbldMazlyZjZlN0M3OFh6cDJKeVBvZXZVLVk0UXxBQ3Jtc0tuZWRoUFFQdVJUdU9TZDZ6TUNEbHU3azJNak0yNTlfbWFURlExTk9zRENKOFpza3d2SDBJT21nSzliSlFYYXNQU0dRZVNlT2IwaHhSNGotSEVsbmFOb0pZb1NTbm02YkdKQkVfV1BqaUY1NDhvRk5HZw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.buymeacoffee.com%2Fjjwalsh%E2%80%8B%E2%80%8B (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/jjwalsh​​) ~HAPPS~ https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbmoydEVVSWhIWWt2OWwwT29IazVlRmVPVEdHUXxBQ3Jtc0tudi0yRDJtVTNhZkdDWTZIdFFHUnVGRlI1VUJnVVhIb0ljVlBmMi15aWRRTjdxRkNxRzZFcm9nc3o1dUV4RHk0V3g0YlVfTkp3UFQwSmZ6V29mdXluT1FURVpHVFplUnE0WGNxb1ZROEdJSkY2eEUzTQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fhapps.tv%2Finvite%2F%40JJWalsh%E2%80%8B%E2%80%8B (https://happs.tv/invite/@JJWalsh​​)​ ~Ko-FI https://ko-fi.com/jjwalsh (https://ko-fi.com/jjwalsh) JOIN the support team on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbjRdeieOLGes008y_I9y5Q/join (YouTube Memberships) https://medium.com/@jjwalsh (Follow JJ on MEDIUM ) SoundCloud sourced BGM thanks to Hikosaemon Support this podcast

This week, hosts Sal and Cruz talk all about the reverse-isekai comedy "The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated!", the romantic comedy "Girlfriend, Girlfriend", and the action-adventure "Peach Boy Riverside"!

Hoy les hablo de que me parecieron el anime de Peach Boy Riverside y Hamefura: My next life as a villainess: All routes lead to doom.

A Review of the Summer 2021 seasonal anime The Detective is Already Dead and Peach Boy Riverside. With both anime coming in with high expectations I discuss what ultimately were both show's downfall. Follow the Socials! twitter: waifusnweeaboos facebook: Waifusandweeaboos twitch: Sorasensei1 tumblr: NJOTAKU sukawaii.com Promo Code: SoraSensei1 (%5 off)

The siblings go heavy on the anime deep dives this episode. We talk about Gurren Lagann, Madoka, My Hero, Peach Boy, as well as our usual gaming and gaming news content!   Send us questions, comments, and feedback to: siblingrivalryclash@gmail.com We want to read some of your questions and comments at the end of each episode!    Follow and hit us up on Socials: Twitter - @SRClash_Pod Tumblr - https://siblingrivalryclash.tumblr.com/   Background Music: Naruto Trap Remix (Prod. by Blasian Beats)

Third episode of the summer season of Anime Pass or Fail with your Host Savaughn and Co-host Matthias and Isaiah and talk about episode 16 of Tokyo Revengers, 4 of Peach Boy, How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom, 3 of Battle in 5 Seconds After Meeting and Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy. Will they pass or fail?   Tokyo Revengers 00:32 Peachboy Riverside 11:27 How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom 20:57 Smoothmyballs 32:52 Battle in 5 Seconds After Meeting 33:45 Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy 43:40 Outro 55:01   Stay in touch https://www.patreon.com/AfterTheMatch https://www.instagram.com/afterthematch/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AnimePassOrFail/ https://twitter.com/AfterTheMatchPC   Thanks to Smoothmyballs for sponsoring this podcast. Get 15% off Turf Chopper 3.0 with code ANIME at https://www.smoothmyballs.com/anime    Intro/Outro Song: Awake Now Artist: Qumu 

Join Matt and Justus as they talk about the new A list of anime. My Hero S5, To Your Eternity, The Duke if Death and his Maid, The Detective is Already Dead & Peach Boy Riverside.

This episode the siblings discuss Peach Boy, more big game delays, open betas and much more!   Send us questions, comments, and feedback to: siblingrivalryclash@gmail.com We want to read some of your questions and comments at the end of each episode!    Follow and hit us up on Socials: Twitter - @SRClash_Pod Tumblr - https://siblingrivalryclash.tumblr.com/   Background Music: Naruto Trap Remix (Prod. by Blasian Beats)

Second episode of the summer season of Anime Pass or Fail with your Host Savaughn and Co-host Matthias and Isaiah and with a special guest Jakers from Anime on the Sea to Sky podcast, talk about episode 15 of Tokyo Revengers, 3 of Peach Boy, How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom, 2 of Battle in 5 Seconds After Meeting and Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy. Will they pass or fail?   Tokyo Revengers - 02:28  Peach Boy Riverside- 09:20 How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom - 21:55 Battle in 5 Seconds After Meeting - 34:43 Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy - 47:29 Outro - 49:54   Stay in touch https://www.patreon.com/AfterTheMatch https://www.instagram.com/afterthematch/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AnimePassOrFail/ https://twitter.com/AfterTheMatchPC   Visit Jakers Anime on the Sea to Sky https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/anime-on-the-sea-to-sky/id1558787675   Intro/Outro Song: Awake Now Artist: Qumu 

Sarutorine Aldike, o Sari, es una princesa alegre y brillante que quiere emprender una aventura porque está aburrida de su pequeño castillo en el campo. Un día, una horda de demonios viciosos conocidos como "Oni" llaman a su puerta, amenazando la vida de todos en el Reino. Afortunadamente, son salvados por un viajero solitario llamado Kibitsu Mikoto que mata a estos monstruos con un misterioso "Peach Eye". Conmocionada por los peligros del mundo exterior, Sari decide emprender un viaje por su cuenta. Poco sabía ella que pondrá en marcha una cadena de eventos que vendrán a determinar el destino de este mundo mágico.¿Quieres ser parte del Podcast en vivo? Siguenos en https://www.twitch.tv/animelmackRecuerda que puedes apoyarnos con donaciones al Podcast / To support our Podcasts: https://bit.ly/BDAPodcastSupportSi deseas publicitar tu marca en nuestros episodios, escríbenos a: info@frikitimes.comSuscribete a nuestra playlist con las canciones favoritas que vamos descubriendo en cada episodio de nuestro podcast: https://bit.ly/BastardosPlaylist

Frist episode of the second season of Anime Pass or Fail with your Host Savaughn and Co-host Matthias and Isaiah talk about episode 13-14 of Tokyo Revengers, 1-2 of Peach Boy, How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom, 1 of Battle in 5 Seconds After Meeting and Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy. Will they pass or fail?   Tokyo Revengers - 01:23 Peach Boy Riverside- 09:09 How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom - 19:15 Sponsor (Smoothmyballs) - 28:57 Battle in 5 Seconds After Meeting - 29:52 Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy - 38:45 Outro - 49:54   Thanks to Smoothmyballs for sponsoring this podcast. Get 15% off Turf Chopper 3.0 with code ANIME at https://www.smoothmyballs.com/anime    Stay in touch https://www.patreon.com/AfterTheMatch https://www.instagram.com/afterthematch/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AnimePassOrFail/ https://twitter.com/AfterTheMatchPC   Intro/Outro Song: Awake Now Artist: Qumu 

Feeling refreshed after the 100th episode, the siblings return to discuss some shows in the new Anime season, some big gaming news including Sony's response to E3, the new Nintendo Switch model and more!   Send us questions, comments, and feedback to: siblingrivalryclash@gmail.com We want to read some of your questions and comments at the end of each episode!    Follow and hit us up on Socials: Twitter - @SRClash_Pod Tumblr - https://siblingrivalryclash.tumblr.com/   Background Music: Naruto Trap Remix (Prod. by Blasian Beats)

Is it a shounen? Is it a seinen? No, it's Peach Boy Riverside, an action fantasy manga featuring demons, psychopaths and ultra cute bunny people. We discuss this series, plus chat a little on the summer season of anime and what to look out for! ~ Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't! Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short. Every fortnight, Sean, Mike and Phil cover a manga (or sometimes webtoon!), and discuss the first two volumes, looking at the good, the bad... but mostly, the trash. Will we find some gems amongst the junk? Or just slip further into the trash pile? ~ Follow us on Twitter @TrashMangaCast - https://twitter.com/trashmangacast Follow Sean on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking Follow Mike on Twitter & Twitch @Bersekrer - https://twitter.com/Bersekrer - https://www.twitch.tv/bersekrer Follow Phil on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian ~ Support the official release! Peach Boy Riverside is licensed by Kodansha - https://kodansha.us/series/peach-boy-riverside/ Want to check out the anime? It's available via Crunchyroll - https://www.crunchyroll.com/en-gb/peach-boy-riverside

This week we start off by talking about the Rachel Nichols incident can she be considered an ally after this? We pivot from there into team construction and what some off season moves should look like specifically for the Hawks and Lakers. With the NBA draft coming up we get into the top 3 prospects and the possibility that Jalen Green goes No.1 overall which would be upsetting to Cavs fans who would love to have him. There's more sports banter before moving into Anime where Tony gives a review of some first episodes as they go down the list of summer anime that we will be watching. The list so far Duke of death, Detective is already dead, Case study Vanitas, My hero, Tokyo Revengers, To your Eternity, Peach Boy, and Realist Hero Rebuilt the kingdom. Know that not all the anime will stay on the list while others may be added as the summer season progresses, watch along with us as we journey through the summer. Before closing out the show the guys touch on Vince Staples and his upcoming album predicting the potential direction the content will take as well as a look at trap music.    Make sure you like comment and subscribe!!!! 

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It’s our Season 2 finale and we have some major news! Sydney will be stepping down as a co-host of Aloreing and Ryan will be joining the gang. We are super excited to have him part of the team and we will be wishing nothing but the best for Sydney moving forward. So this week Kimmy, Ryan, and Sydney will be discussing some popular requested lore. Kimmy is going to tell us the demonic Jersey Devil that always seems to be adorable.Then Sydney will tell us the story of Momotarō. We hope you enjoy this episode of Aloreing and can't wait to see what you create..Thanks so much for listening, if you like this episode please take a moment to rate and write a positive review at apple podcast.To support the show become a patron today at patreon.com/aloreing or make a one time donation at ko-fi.com/aloreingpodcast .A full list of sponsors can be found at aloreing.com/Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/aloreing)

Tony been a professional in the Entertainment Industry for over 3 decades. Originally a South Jersey native he started as an actor performing for Busch Gardens Live Entertainment, Moscow Theatre of The Arts, and touring with Dallas/Ft. Worth Shakespeare. He graduated Glassboro State College (now Rowan University) with a BA in Theatre and a minor in Vocal Performance. Tony moved to Chicago and continued acting while beginning PR/Marketing and producing/directing for live theatre as a founding member of Chicago's Close Call Theatre. He was the Promotion Director for Chicago's Weigel (why-gull) Broadcasting Co. (Ch. 26 "The U") working with Judge Judy, Queen Latifah, Bob Eubanks, and more. He then moved to LA performing with Glendale Centre Theatre, The Eclectic Theatre, and Candlelight Pavilion Theatre earning an Inland Empire Theatre Award Nomination for best Supporting Actor as Sancho in their production of Man of LaMancha. Also in LA he acted in commercials and films including Lionsgate's The Last Godfather alongside Harvey Keitel and Jason Mewes. Tony is now Creative Director for the Game Show TV Channel , and just completed work on his first musical PEACH BOY.@tonypzotto www.tonypinizzotto.com www.peachboymusical.com@peachboymusical SFX by Zapsplat

Peach Boy!!! This classic tale from Japan sees a boy take on incredible odds to save his country. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/southern-fried-storytime/support

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On May 5th people all across Japan celebrate Children's Day or Kodomo no Hi. It might not be a normal year, but if you look out your veranda you can possibly see some carp streamer (koi nobori). One of the ways to celebrate is with an iris bath or shoubu-yu. It's purported to make you strong like a samurai. Another way to celebrate is for boys to set out a fancy doll. Kintaro is often found in houses all over Japan. He's also big and strong like a samurai.   You can also find me on: Twitter: https://twitter.com/UncannyJapan Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/uncannyjapan/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thersamatsuura Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/uncannyjapan/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqAtoUS51HDi2d96_aLv95w Website: https://www.uncannyjapan.com/ Notes: Intro/Outro by Julyan Ray Matsuura. Here and here. And here. Transcript: Hey hey, Everyone. How are you holding up? Do you remember me telling you last episode about a horror audio drama Richard and I are working on? Well, we are. There’s a lot to do for two people. Like writing 11 episodes worth of script, fine tuning that, recording and re-recording everything, getting the sound effects recorded, having music made, putting together the intro and outro to the show, artwork, and all~ the editing that needs to be done. Also, I want to make an enticing trailer to put out. So that, too. It’s really fun though. I’m not complaining. But it’s so fun, in fact, that while working on that, in a burst of creativity, I have decided to also do a shorter story, as a warm up to the big one. This one will just be four episodes, and it’ll be based on one of my stories. I’m really excited about this project, too. Again, all the behind the scenes and early releases will go to patrons, because they are my besties. So let me tempt you with the title of the shorter show first. Ready? It’ll be called The Devil’s Sweet Tooth. And for those who have read my story The Unharmonious Man, you’ll have a bit of an idea what it’s about. Although I’m doing a lot of rewriting, so the same, but different. Now on to today’s topic. Okay, looking at the calendar I see we’re fast approaching Golden Week the time of the year when several holidays all line up so much so that employers and businesses just decided to add more days off so people could have an entire week off, or depending on when the holidays fall, longer that a week. Anyone who lives in or has lived in Japan during a Golden Week knows it’s the time when it’s better not to go anywhere. Because it feels like the entire country takes to the road or the trains and everywhere is much too crowded to really enjoy. Also, you can’t really escape the country either. Because plane ticket prices go way up. That’s a usual year, this year we’ve got the virus and Prime Minister Abe is imploring people not to travel. I’m not sure how that’s going to go. But I do hope everyone stays home. I hope people stay home. Real quick let me tell you the holidays that make up Golden Week. April 29th is Showa no Hi (or Showa Day), May 3rd is Kenpo Kinnenbi, or Constitution Day, May 4th is Midori no Hi or Greenery Day, and May 5th is Kodomo no hi or Children’s Day. Of all those the most exciting one is Kodomo no hi. Children’s Day, It’s been celebrated forever, but it only became a national holiday in 1948. The thing I find interesting about kodomo no hi is that it used to be called tango no sekku and was celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth moon Tango no sekku was less Children’s Day and more Boy’s Day. As my mother in law told me, girls had the Doll Festival on March 3rd, so boy’s had Boy’s Day on May 5th. But then that changed. Now all kids are honored and celebrated and given really cute cakes on May 5th. You’ve probably seen koinobori. Those brightly colored streamers painted like carp, strung up on poles or across rivers or parks. The cloth blowing in the wind looks like fish swimming. In Chinese myth a carp that swims upstream becomes a dragon and flies off to heaven. And who doesn’t want their little child to grow up and become a proverbial dragon? This isn’t set in stone, because you’ll see all kinds of colors in different orders, but in general you’ll often find the koibnobori like this from the top: a big black fish for daddy, a red or pink one for mommy, and a blue one for the oldest son. You’ll also see green and orange windsocks for lesser siblings. Okay, I kid. But in old Japan the oldest son, or chounan, was pretty much the best place to be in a household. Back to kodomo no hi. You’ll often find, usually in the genkan or foyer to a house, dolls for boys put on display in homes all across Japan. And by dolls I mean very intricate and incredibly expensive dolls. Most of them, at least the pricy onces, will be inside a beautiful glass box. These aren’t playing with dolls by any means. Two that are popular for boys are Momotaro (the Peach Boy) and Kintaro (The Golden Boy). I’ll talk more about him in a second. Sometimes a model of a samurai’s helmet or kabuto or suit of armor are displayed instead. One thing all those displays have in common is they are all are symbols of strength, health and prosperity. Which is what parents wish for their little men. Before I talk about Kintaro, a couple other Children’s Day traditions that I like. One is sweets. It seems like with every festival or holiday there is a special sweet that is eaten during that time. With kodomo no hi, it’s either kashiwa mochi or chimaki. Kashiwa mochi are sticky rice cakes filled with red bean paste or white bean paste with miso and wrapped in oak leaves, that give them a really nice fragrance. I just learned since it’s difficult to tell which bean paste your getting by just looking at the snack, the trick is that if the leaf is wrapped around the rice cake with the back of the leaf facing outward, so the veins of the leaf are more prominent, then that is red bean paste. If the smooth side or front of the leaf is facing outward, then white bean and miso are inside. That’s pretty cool and I am going to test that theory next time I go to the supermarket. I’ll let you know. Now in the Kansai or western region of Japan, Oak trees don’t grow naturally so instead of kashiwa mochi they have Chimaki. Chimaki is my favorite of the two. Both the sweet and the savory ones. Although I’m just going to talk about the sweet variety. These are also sweet rice dumplings in different flavors that are wrapped in bamboo leaves. But there shape and the way they’re tied is fun. They’re rolled long and thin, a little bit bigger on one end, and then wrapped all snuggly in a bamboo leaf with a very thin strip of I think it’s the leaf used for wrapping around and around and tying them. It’s hard to explain but the first time I had one it was a trick to open. But once you learn how, you feel a little smarter. The good news is now in Japan, I’m guessing in most places you can get both kinds. Now on to my other favorite thing about Children’s Day. Iris Baths. Irises bloom during May so of course they are a part of the tradition in celebrating your child’s health, success, and long life. Also his or her strength. Irises are fun. In Japanese they’re called shobu, the same pronunciation with different characters means a duel, or match, game or contest. OR! By two other different characters shobu can mean martial or samurai spirit. One of the traditions of Kodomo no Hi that I’ve always loved is called shobu-yu. Or Iris bath. A tradition that is thought to have started back in the Heian or Nara Era but really became widespread in the Kamakura Era. I heard it isn’t done as much anymore, which is a shame. But here’s how it goes. First, irises have a strong and lovely fragrance that is thought to exorcise evil spirits. So keep that in mind. Remember also that irises, shobu, is a homonym for a duel and martial spirit. And finally, take note that the leaves of the iris are shaped like long swords. Maybe you can see where this is going. So, by taking a shobu-yu or iris bath you’ll (or more specifically your children) will have a long, disease free life, and become as strong (at least spirit-wise) as a samurai. Iris baths are believed to also help relax stiff shoulders and relieve back pain, offer greater blood circulation and soften skin. Plus they smell really lovely. Okay, how to make an iris bath. It’s easy. I don’t know about anywhere else. But in Japan around Kodomo no hi, supermarkets and florists sell bunches of iris leaves, not flowers, just leaves. No special instructions, just draw and bath and soak the leaves. Then you get in, or you kids, however you want to do it. This works wonderfully with the deep Japanese ofuro. And they even have hot springs or onsen who do special shobu yu baths around this time. Usually. Now everyone has to stay home, so probably not this year. One more thing I wanted to talk about today on this Children’s Day episode, is Kintaro, a Japanese folk hero that you can find everywhere. You might have seen his likeness. He’s a big, chubby kid with reddish skin and an page boy hair cut with bangs. He’s also naked except for the red diamond shaped bib with the character for gold on it. Kin. You’ll find his image often with a bear or monkeys, his trusty ax, or a giant carp. All which make appearances in tales about Kin Taro. Now there are varying stories about Kintaro. First, it’s believed he was a real person, a man named Sakata Kintoki who lived during the Heian Era. Kintoki was a retainer for the samurai Minamoto no Yorimitsu and was well known for being a great warrior. From there the tall tales began. Some say he was raised by his mother, a princess named Yaegiri in a town near Mount Ashigara. From there he went on to befriend forest animals and just go about being super strong until he was discovered by the samurai Minamoto no Yorimitsu. A more exciting version says that his mother fled her house and the town and her husband, and moved to the forest on Mount Ashigara where she raised her son. A version of this story has her leaving her son in the wilds to die, or dying herself thus leaving little Kintaro to fend for himself. Either version ends with him being adopted by a yama uba, mountain witch. Still another and probably my favorite version of his tale, has the mountain witch being the actual mother who got pregnant by a clap of thunder sent by a red dragon. It doesn’t sound like Kintaro had any friends of his own species. All his pals were animals. Especially a big ol bear that he often rode around. Some tales say he could speak the animals’ languages. He was also deft at smashing rocks to bits, felling trees with his ax, and sumo wrestling bears to the ground. Not a big Kintaro fan myself, basically nothing opposes him or makes him interesting, except for having a mountain with for a mom and a red dragon for a dad, I mean he pretty much goes through life unchallenged. But I wanted to find some special and interesting tidbit to add here, so I did a lot of reading and I found it! Kitagawa Utamaro was an Ukiyo-e artist who made a lot of pictures of Kintaro and his mother. A lot. But at the time he was creating these images it was the late Kansei Era (1789 to 1801) when it was forbidden to draw, paint or show in any way sexy women. Now in order to get past this decree, Utamaro got quite clever. He would depict scenes of Kintaro with his very non mountain witch-looking mother doing mother and child things, like she’s doing his hair, feeding him soup, or cleaning his ears. All innocent enough. Then you keep looking and there’s one where she’s sticking her tongue in his mouth, quite a bit of breast feeding, and one where she’s her combing her long hair with little Kintaro on her back and, oh yeah, she’s topless. I guess that’s less interesting about Kintaro and more about the artist Kitagawa Utamaro. But still. So, on this May 5th, Kodomo no Hi in Japanese, Children’s Day in English, wherever you are in the world, and no matter how crazy they are making you, because I’ve been there, reach over and give you kid a hug. And if you happen to have sweet smelling irises growing in your garden, chop off those long leaves, rinse them off, and toss them into a nice hot bath. You can have a soak or your can have your children take a bath with them, symbollicaly wishing for a healthy, strong, successful life. I read that using one of the leaves and tying it around your head like a hachimaki, makes the whole thing more effective. As always, I want to give a great big, fully PPE’d of course hug to my patrons for supporting the show. One bit of odd news: It seems like Japanese mail incoming and outgoing is suspended for all countries, so my upper tiered tengu, oni, and kappa patrons who get the goody envelopes and homemade postcards are still going to get them, just a little later, and all at once; once the mail starks moving again. I’m still doing monthly folklore Bedtime Stories and recently putting up other content on the Patreon page. Like I just put up a 30-minute long shakuhachi flute performance I recorded awhile ago. The first song he played was Celine Dione’s, My Heart Will Go On. So that was weird. Thank you for listening and I’ll talk to you all again in two weeks.  

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We are basically living in an alternate dimension this episode. We talk about the Naruto characters that could have been (PEACH BOY and no Rock Lee!!), the ADULT WORLD of disgusting Japanese popsicles, and the chance to feel up some shark’s private parts in Tokyo.

We are basically living in an alternate dimension this episode. We talk about the Naruto characters that could have been (PEACH BOY and no Rock Lee!!), the ADULT WORLD of disgusting Japanese popsicles, and the chance to feel up some shark’s private parts in Tokyo.

Today we bring to you the folktale of Momotaro, the Peach Boy. And for the poem, we're looking into 2 poems by Fujiwara no Teika. ~~ Review us over on: Podchaser. Check out our growing database on Japanese History over at historyofjapan.co.uk Twitter: @japanarchives Instagram: @nexus_travels Facebook: @japanarchives ~~ Intro and Outro music by The Kyoto Connection available on the freemusicarchive. ~~ Written by Thomas and Heather.

"Momotaro the Peach Boy" is truly Japan's Number One Momotaro, in that he's absolutely unstoppable. We might need to slow this sweet peach boy's roll a bit. This episode brought to you by executive producer Dave, Aarne-Thompson type 1540, "the Man From Paradise" Suggested talking points: objective comedy, fruit-based gentlemen, Cherry Man Catan, the butt families, Oni ecological breakdown, Papa Folklore, the Galapagos demons, science fience If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreon to help the show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information about the show at www.wtfolklorepodcast.com.

A story from Japan

A story from Japan

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We return to the universe of Peach Boy, as played by a woman, as portrayed by Taiwanese children's fantasy filmmakers who knew a thing or two about pace, energy, special effects free for all creativity etc. And face-pissing. Hear us try and break down what makes the ‘Child Of Peach' sequel Magic Of Spell so […]

We return to the universe of Peach Boy, as played by a woman, as portrayed by Taiwanese children’s fantasy filmmakers who knew a thing or two about pace, energy, special effects free for all creativity etc. And face-pissing. Hear us try and break down what makes the ‘Child Of Peach’ sequel Magic Of Spell so […]

August is the month for peaches, with the month being designated as Peach Month and August 24 as Pie Day. What better time to present the story of “Momotaro, the Peach Boy”, from Okayama Prefecture in Japan. We come to you from Philadelphia, where we are making a repeat appearance at the Central Library. We performed the show one day after hiking 12 miles in Philadelphia's Wissahickon Park and two days after a return engagement at the James V. Brown Library in Williamsport. Since our last podcast we have presented a flurry of performances in Arkansas and North Carolina before arriving in Pennsylvania. And in between shows we took the time to visit Elsewhere, a fabulous museum (of sorts) in Greensboro, NC. Formerly a thrift store, Elsewhere consists of a curious collection of old oddments that the visitor is welcome to touch and play with. We also raced the turtles, fluttered with butterflies and roared at animated dinosaurs at Clyde Peeling's Reptileland in Pennsylvania. Here's hoping that your summer is peachy keen. Happy Listening,Dennis (Narrator, Old Man, Inu the dog, Kiji the pheasant, Oni the ogre) and Kimberly (Narrator, Old Woman, Momotaro, Saru the monkey) Stitcher - enter promo code "storytellers" to support A!S and for a chance to put some cash in your pocket See Act!vated perform live! Upcoming shows in New Jersey, Connecticut and Massachusetts free and open to the public. Let's be friends on Facebook Help others find Act!vated Stories podcast on iTunes by leaving a rating or even better a review