Well, that was quite the emotional episode of "Uta Con"(うたコン)last night, eh? And I feel like I was a little too fast off the mark some months ago when I noted the departure of enka prince Kiyoshi Hikawa(氷川きよし)for a career hiatus. That was for his earlier single this year, "Gunjou no Ito", when I had stated that the enka singer was going to take a break of undetermined length as of last year. Apparently, seeing him come back a number of times this year clearly illustrated that I had been premature and wrong.
However, last night's appearance on "Uta Con" was confirmed to be his final one on the show and I'm guessing that he might make one more performance on the Kohaku Utagassen in about a couple of months before calling it a day for a while. There was a brief retrospective of Hikawa's career before the man began weeping in gratitude and then performing twice. The first one was a cover of Hibari Misora's (美空ひばり)"Uta wa Waga Inochi"(歌は我が命)which he had done for last year's Kohaku.
Once again, I wish him well.
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