《桃太郎》是日本最家喻户晓的民间故事之一。早在江户时代，它就被印成红封面的小画本「赤本」，在孩子们中间流行。早年的讲法并不完全一样：有的版本说，老爷爷和老奶奶吃了河里漂来的桃子，变得年轻，后来才生下了桃太郎。到了明治时代，「从桃子里出生」的讲法被写进小学课本，才渐渐成为今天大家最熟悉的样子。

Momotaro is one of the best-known folktales in Japan. As early as the Edo period, it was printed in little red-covered picture books called akahon, which were popular with children. Early versions differed: in some, the old man and woman ate the peach that floated down the river, grew young again, and later had a baby boy. In the Meiji era, the born from a peach version was put into school textbooks, and it gradually became the version everyone knows today.

在日本，冈山县被认为是桃太郎的"故乡"。冈山一带流传着一个古老的传说：一位名叫吉备津彦的王子，曾在这里打败过作恶的鬼。故事里的"黍团子"（きびだんご）至今仍是冈山有名的传统点心，冈山车站前还立着桃太郎和伙伴们的铜像，欢迎来来往往的旅客。

In Japan, Okayama Prefecture is considered Momotaro's hometown. An old legend from the Okayama area tells of a prince named Kibitsuhiko who once defeated a wicked ogre there. The millet dumplings in the story, kibi dango, are still a famous traditional sweet of Okayama today, and in front of Okayama Station stands a bronze statue of Momotaro and his companions, welcoming travelers as they come and go.

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