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Japanese songs, made easy

The classic Urashima Taro song from 1911, and two new songs that imagine what happened to Urashima and Otohime afterwards. Each one links to its video on YouTube, where the description gives the lyrics in Japanese — there is no English explanation yet.

Urashima Taro (the classic song)浦島太郎（文部省唱歌）Urashima's song: Otohime, can you hear me?乙姫、聞こえますかOtohime's song: Urashima, can you hear me?浦島、聞こえますか
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