00:00Once upon a time, there lived a fisherman named Urashima Taro.
00:19He went to the sea every day to catch fish and lived with his elderly mother, but their life was by no means affluent.
00:32However, Urashima Taro was a kind-hearted young man who never forgot to dream, even though he lived such a life every day.
00:45As always, I was leisurely casting my fishing line, dreaming of what it would be like to be a fish.
00:57As you can see, other fishermen are coming up to the shore with big fish, but Taro is just like that.
01:16Urashima Taro didn't seem to mind at all and just stumbled home.
01:26After walking for a while, they came across a group of naughty monks making a lot of noise.
01:32Urashima Taro saw him poking around a baby turtle and felt sorry for him, so he told the children not to bully small things.
01:45So I released the baby turtle back into the sea.
01:49Be careful on your way home.
01:56The kindhearted Taro gazed out over the vast ocean where the baby turtles had returned for ages.
02:15Now, several years have passed since then.
02:26As always, Urashima Taro continued to leisurely cast his fishing line, whether he caught anything or not, and enjoyed the daylight hours.
02:40And as always, I continued to dream of becoming a seagull.
02:53Appearing there was the turtle that Taro had saved several years ago.
03:13Thank you so much, Taro.
03:20As a thank you, I will show you a beautiful palace at the bottom of the sea.
03:26The palace is called Junomiya.
03:30It's a wonderful place surrounded by sea flowers.
03:34Let's go.
03:40The turtle put Urashima Taro on its back and swam away into the sea.
03:49It was a wonderful world, just as Taro had dreamed.
04:08Taro was completely captivated by the beautiful world of the sea.
04:33A garden of glittering coral.
04:38Taro suddenly felt as if he was having a regular dream.
04:46Big!
04:48Beautiful princess.
05:05Taro had completely lost his composure.
05:10Taro Uchuujima.
05:19Thank you for helping the turtle.
05:23Please take your time playing.
05:29Taro Uchuujima.
05:44Taro Uchuujima.
05:48And so the fun days continued in Ryugu.
06:07For Uchuujima Taro, every day was truly like a dream.
06:16Beautiful fish dance.
06:19A feast that will melt in your mouth.
06:23And then, he plays with the beautiful Princess Otohime.
06:28Now it all seemed like a dream.
06:50However, those dreamlike days did not last long.
06:57Before long, Taro began to feel nostalgic for the small house he had left behind in the village and his mother.
07:08Taro Uchuujima.
07:18Taro Uchuujima.
07:32You wanted to go home.
07:36I wish I could stay here forever, but there's no way.
07:42Please take this.
07:46If you ever feel at a loss, then use this treasure box.
07:57So Taro climbed onto the turtle's back and headed back to his old village where his mother was waiting for him.
08:21Taro's mind is filled with thoughts of returning to the village after several days.
08:30Thank you, Kame-san.
08:47I'm back, I'm back.
08:51No one answers Taro, who is happy.
09:00That familiar house is gone too.
09:07Of course, I can't see my mother either.
09:12Not only that, the surroundings had completely changed, and there were no familiar people or houses anywhere.
09:21Taro's earlier energy was gone and he was completely at a loss.
09:31If you ever feel at a loss, open this treasure box.
09:43That's right, it's a treasure box. If I open it, I might find something.
09:50Thinking this, Taro opened the treasure box with trepidation.
09:57Oh, how strange.
09:59Pure white smoke billowed out of the treasure box, and in an instant the young Urashima Taro was transformed into an old man with a white beard.
10:10that's right.
10:11While Taro was enjoying his days in the Dragon Palace, hundreds of years had passed on Earth.
10:19Taro was no longer sure whether the beautiful world at the bottom of the sea was a dream, or whether the world he was standing in was a dream.
