The recipient of the National Storytelling Network’s 2017 Circle of Excellence Award, Motoko enchants audiences of every age with traditional Asian tales and oral memoirs from her childhood in Osaka and her life as an immigrant in the U.S. Motoko has appeared on Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood, and has been featured in festivals and theaters across the U.S. Storytelling has taken her to China, Japan, Senegal, and the U.A.E. Her story recordings won a Parents’ Choice Silver Honor Award, a Storytelling World Award, and a National Parenting Publications Award. Check https://motoko.folktales.net/ for more info.