Showing posts with label Yuuji Koseki. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Yuuji Koseki. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 8, 2024

Shigeko Orii -- Kuroyuri no Uta（黒百合の歌）

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by Takeshiro Matsuura at the Hakodate City Central Library I don't know much about botany but that Kamchatka lily (or black lily)...she...
Wednesday, June 26, 2024

Akira Matsudaira -- Koi wa Hana yori mada Akai (戀は花よりまだ赤い)

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1930s film quality will be in like 1p and  I'll still be like, "This is the most adorable thing I've ever seen." From 松平晃、...
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Sunday, March 17, 2024

Ichiro Fujiyama & Aiko Anzai -- Midori no Uta（みどりの歌）

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  Well, I did mention yesterday about St. Patrick's Day today and so young Kayo has decided to take part in the annual St. Patrick'...
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Thursday, August 10, 2023

Dark Ducks -- Hotaka yo Saraba（穂高よさらば）

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  August 11th's Mountain Day is the newest national holiday in Japan although it's been around since 2016 . I'm not sure whethe...
Wednesday, November 23, 2022

Yuuji Koseki -- Sports Show Koushinkyoku（スポーツショー行進曲）

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  I think that a lot of us folks in our thirties and above will always remember weekends for ABC's "Wide World of Sports" wit...
Thursday, May 20, 2021

Hisao Ito -- Iyomante no Yoru（イヨマンテの夜）

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  In recent years, I've been made aware of this particular kayo titled "Iyomante no Yoru" (The Night of the Sendoff Ceremony)...
Thursday, March 11, 2021

Akiko Futaba/Columbia Rose/Chiyoko Shimakura -- Miss Sendai（ミス仙台）

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  One year ago today, the World Health Organization declared the pandemic that has still been affecting our lives but perhaps there is a fa...
Sunday, November 8, 2020

Hisao Ito -- Eikan wa Kimi ni Kagayaku（栄冠は君に輝く ）

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  With the broadcast of the current NHK morning serial "Yell" （エール） , a fictionalized account of the life and times of composer Yu...
Tuesday, June 23, 2020

Akiko Futaba -- Francesca no Kane（フランチェスカの鐘）

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With the current NHK morning serial drama "Yell" （エール） being based on the life and times of songwriter Yuuji Koseki（古関裕而） , t...
Wednesday, May 27, 2020

Ichiro Fujiyama -- Nagasaki no Kane（長崎の鐘）

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Currently with the adapted biography of composer Yuuji Koseki（古関裕而） being televised as the NHK morning serial drama "Yell" （エール）...
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Monday, April 20, 2020

Hamako Watanabe -- Ame no Oranda-zaka（雨のオランダ坂）

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Another source of watching the old kayo on NHK along with "Uta Kon" （うたコン） has been "Songs of Japanese Spirit" . Un...
Tuesday, September 11, 2018

Atsuo Okamoto -- Kogen Ressha wa Iku（高原列車は行く）

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Tonight's theme on NHK's "Uta Kon" （うたコン） was trains. It's quite the meaty theme, actually, since Japan is indeed a...
Sunday, November 6, 2016

Shigeko Orii -- Kimi no Na wa （君の名は）

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OK, first off... this article isn't about the anime "Kimi no Na wa" （君の名は。...Your Name）  from this year that has been appar...
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Monday, May 2, 2016

Ichiro Fujiyama -- Nicolai no Kane (ニコライの鐘)

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I'm not a religious person by any means although I visited my fair share of temples and shrines in Tokyo and at one point, I even wen...
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Saturday, April 26, 2014

The Peanuts -- Mothra no Uta （モスラのうた）

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One of the many interesting foibles I discovered about the Japanese during my time in the country was the near-fatal dread many of them had ...
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Monday, April 21, 2014

Tadaharu Nakano -- Rokko Oroshi （六甲おろし）

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Y'know....all those 17 years I was living in Ichikawa-shi, Chiba-ken , and I really never got all that into Japanese baseball. Then a...