Earphones on, eyes closed: The English Sailor Who Became a Samurai | Japanese Bedtime Story
Lanterns of Japan: bedtime stories that take you to Japan. Put on your earphones, close your eyes, and visit Japan before you sleep. Follow for your next night in Japan.
The true story of William Adams, an English ship's pilot who reached Japan in 1600, built ships for Tokugawa Ieyasu, received land at Hemi and the name Miura Anjin, and died at Hirado in 1620. Told from his own letters and the diary of Richard Cocks; three short moments are imagined and said to be imagined.
Watch it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/cYcUE4JZ5n4
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