On Sunday mornings, NHK has had a weekly half-hour show for close to 30 years called "Chiisana Tabi" (A Small Trip) which highlights certain small towns all over Japan as slice-of-life vignettes. The Japanese love their travel TV, and "Chiisana Tabi" is one of the best. The theme song is also one of the most recognized on Japanese TV.
In June 1986, aidoru-turned-chanteuse Hiromi Iwasaki（岩崎宏美） gave her own beautiful rendition (with lyrics) of the theme as her 40th single. It only went as high as 52nd place on the Oricon rankings but that doesn't distract from how nicely the song is performed. It also has a place on her 17th album, "Wa Ga Ma Ma"(わがまま....Selfish), which was released a month later. The song, by the way, was written by Keisuke Yamakawa（山川啓介）and composed by Yuji Ohno（大野雄二）, who I've usually known as a pretty jazzy guy since he was also behind the famous "Lupin The 3rd" theme song.
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