An account of the authors own adventures traveling to Greece, Islands in the Aegean and to Yugoslavia. Contains many illustrations by Mircea Vasiliu.

    The book is a collection of twelve traditional Japanese folk tales, legends, and fairy tales for children. They reveal the traditions and customs, and the aspirations and innermost feelings, of the Japanese.The stories include: The Story of Shitakirisuzume (The Tongue-cut Sparrow); The Story of Nezumi No Yomeiri (The Marriage of a Mouse); The Story of Urashima Taro (The Fisherman and the Tortoise), The Story of Kintaro (The Strong Boy), The Story of Sarukani Kassen (The Monkey-and-Crab Fight), The Story of Kaguyahime (The Luminous Princess), The Story of Momotaro (The Peach Boy), The Story of Kachikachiyama (The Kachi Kachi Mountain), The Story of Hanasaka Jijii (The Old Man Who Made Trees Blossom), The Story of Kobutori Jisan (The Old Men with Wens), The Story of Bunbuku Chagama (The Lucky Cauldron), and The Story of Issunboshi (The One-Inch Boy).