And before you veteran kayo listeners ask, nope, this has nothing to do with the Iyo Matsumoto（松本伊代）aidoru classic from 1981. This "Sentimental Journey" doesn't sound anything like that cutesy tune written and composed by Reiko Yukawa and Kyohei Tsutsumi（湯川れい子・筒美京平）respectively.
In fact, if anything, "Sentimental Journey" sounds something akin to the late Eiichi Ohtaki's（大滝詠一）works with some of that 50s pop and country-western twang. Sure enough, the Amazon blurb for the originating album "Uma no Hone"（馬の骨...The Horse's Bones） describes the song as having that Niagara（ナイアガラ）sound, referring to Ohtaki's record label starting from the 1970s. But the crazy thing is that Uma no Hone is not only the title of the album but it's also the moniker for the solo project involving singer-songwriter Yasuyuki Horigome（堀込泰行）.
Yes, indeed, the one half of Kirinji（キリンジ）began this project back in 2005, and though I have yet to listen to the rest of "Uma no Hone" (released in September of that year), I'm getting some good vibes from "Sentimental Journey" which invites the listener to join Horigome's mystery magical carpet ride. The music video certainly makes it very enticing to one and all, especially with that water plane and the tire constantly flying about. Horigome does have that Ohtaki touch in his vocals and arrangement which does set things apart from his Kirinji work with his brother Takaki（堀込高樹）.
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