Urashima Taro index


“My goodness, the seven days
 I spent in the Sea God's Palace must correspond to 100 years here,”

Taro thought. He was at a loss not knowing what to do.
“Ah, yes,
 I'm gonna open this chest,”
He said to himself, and opened the box, forgetting what the princess had told him.
In moments, white smoke came from the box.
Covered with the smoke, Taro’s hair and beard turned all white instantly, and he became an old man with a bent back.

                 The end