I gather that Golden Week has reached the halfway point so according to NHK this morning, the U-turn rush has already begun with the cars heading back to Tokyo stuffing the highways rather than the opposite.
As of 2007, May the 4th became known as Greenery Day in Japan so I'm not sure whether there are (or were, as of this writing) any horticultural events throughout the country but hopefully, the plants and trees are growing luxuriantly. In Japanese, Greenery Day is translated into Midori no Hi（みどりの日）so I thought that it would be nice to have an Author's Picks on some of those songs sung by ladies with the given name of Midori.
(1962) Midori Hatakeyama -- Koi wa Kamiyo no Mukashi kara （恋は神代の昔から）
(1978) Midori Kinouchi -- Yokohama Eleven （横浜いれぶん）
(1992) Midori Karashima -- Hitomi - Genki （瞳・元気）
(2019) Midori Oka -- Kami no Tsuru（紙の鶴）
"Yokohama Eleven” - that song title sounds as if it is a spy movie or some team of master thieves. BUT, the song 横浜いれぶん sounds like it is a song about a lady spotting a guy she once knew (or had some relationship with in the past and never got over), and she even turns off the car lights and waits and then follows him. I hope she isn't stalking him!
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Thanks, Jim. I think the Midori Utsumi file can use another song.
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