Hope everyone is enjoying their first weekend of July 2024. Canada Day and The Fourth of July have now passed by for another year, but perhaps folks are still in holiday mode so the cottages are beckoning.
Came across this video by Nippon Crown which takes care of all things Kaguyahime（かぐや姫）, the famous Japanese folk band from the 1970s. I do love that cover of their May 1978 album "Kaguyahime Today"（かぐや姫・今日）with the band members standing in the middle of a flowing grassy field. Couldn't get more folksy than that.
Also, there is one of the tracks, "Ohayou Oyasumi Nichiyoubi" (Good Morning Good Night Sunday) which was written by Kaguyahime member Shozo Ise（伊勢正三）, composed by Tsuguto "Panda" Yamada（山田つぐと）and arranged by Takahiko Ishikawa（石川鷹彦）. The song is jaunty, reassuring and as flowing as that grassy field on the cover as someone helps their significant other with their homesickness, even deciding to take that drive together from Tokyo all the way back to the old hometown. Now, that's a loving person!
As for the album itself, "Kaguyahime Today" hit the top spot on Oricon and ended up as the 13th-ranking release of the year.
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