- *The Secret of the Medallion* (1983)
- *Night Marchers: Legends and Artifacts* (1990)
- *The Children's Blizzard* (1993)
- *The Samurai That Santa Claus Met* (1995)
- *A Grain of Rice: Stories and Spiritual Reflections from the East and West* (2001)
- *Legends and Stories from the Japanese Diaspora: Beyond America and Hawaiʻi* (2009)
- *Lost in Translation: An Immigrant Childhood* (2013)
Short stories:
- "The Ghost in the Trunk" (1981)
- "The Legend of Wailoa" (1983)
- "The Fisherman and the Genie" (1990)
- "The Woman Warrior" (1993)
- "The Spirit House" (1995)
- "The Ghost Bird" (2001)
- "The Lost Sword" (2009)
Novels:
- *Rainbows in the Darkness: A Novel of World War II Internment* (2011)
- *The Moonblossom Pearl: An Epic Novel of Colonialism and Revenge* (2014)