If there were a quintessential song to accompany a nice drive on the toll highways within Tokyo, I could pick this one. "Indo no Michibata" (Roadside in India) is a song by Miyuki Maki（牧ミユキ）which has been included in DJ Notoya's "Tokyo Glow" compilation from 2021 but was originally on Maki's March 1980 album "Love Knot". Written by Toyohisa Araki（荒木とよひさ）and composed by Takashi Miki（三木たかし）, "Indo no Michibata" has a nice and steady strut to it and I'll always welcome some tight horns to any City Pop song.
Maki began her career in 1968 with the song "Exotic Love"（エキゾチック・ラブ）under her real name of Tomoko Kinoshita（木下節子）. Now, the kanji for her given name has a variety of readings but considering that this site has stated that her nickname is Tommy, I'd probably say that Tomoko is the formal reading. According to Discogs, under her stage name of Miyuki Maki, the singer released a couple of singles and a couple of albums including "Love Knot".
Along with the singing part of her career, Maki has also been a tarento, swimsuit model and thespian. She's also changed her names a few more times as she has been known as Yukie（優希枝）and Yukiko Oka（岡ゆき子）. Although I don't know when this particular webpage was composed, the information states that currently, Maki also has the name of Tomoko Ono（小野節子）in her capacity within movie production, songwriting and other activities. At this point, I'm not sure whether she's under JASRAC or the CIA.
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