I'm hoping that Yokohama has been able to enjoy sights like the above in the Minato Mirai 21 area. I always liked this part of the famed international port. Plus, hey, there's a lot of foodie opportunities there, too. I still remember that all-garlic restaurant in one of the towers. My friend and I were absolutely guaranteed of seats on the train back home.🧄
Well, it's time for another Yokohama-based song and this time, I have singer-songwriter Yuko Tomita's（とみたゆう子）February 1986 single "Yokohama Kaze no Station" (Yokohama Windy Station). Just judging from the cover of the fetching Ms. Tomita in her black party dress and the overall design, I figured that this particular song was also a track on her album from the same month "Moulin Rouge".
Last year, I covered Tomita's final track from "Moulin Rouge", "Silk-Hat-Club" which was this light and happy techno jazz tune, and it seems as if the synthesizers were out to party as well for this album. "Yokohama Kaze no Station" appears as the second track on the A-side and indeed the keyboards are in play here as well, but the style is more 1950s or 1960s pop love song (like the crystalline instrumental bridge, by the way) as sung by Connie Francis, thanks to Mitsuo Hagita's（萩田光雄）arrangement.
In the early 2000's I used to live in Kawasaki city and I spent a lot of time in Yokohama cause it was only a 15 minute train ride away on the JR Tokaido.All in all this is a very classy and romantic sounding song! I really like the quality of Tomita's voice too.
ReplyDeleteHello, Brian. I have a friend who lives in one of the newer neighbourhoods of Kawasaki, and considering the city's traditional image of being an industrial metropolis, this is one really modern and stylish area.
DeleteYeah, a lot of Tomita's stuff is rather classy, heading into the City Pop area. She's struck me as being one of the more underrated singers I've encountered.