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Kuroda Bushi (Japanese: 黒田節, literally the tune of Kuroda), also known as Kuroda-bushi, is a folk song from Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. This song, since its birth in the 1590s, has become popular across Japan, being sung now often at nomikai (drinking parties) or at karaoke .
"Umi Yukaba" (海行かば) is a Japanese song whose lyrics are based on a chōka poem by Ōtomo no Yakamochi in the Man'yōshū (poem 4094), an eighth century anthology of Japanese poetry, set to music by Kiyoshi Nobutoki.
Gairaigo are Japanese words originating from, or based on, foreign-language, generally Western, terms.These include wasei-eigo (Japanese pseudo-anglicisms).Many of these loanwords derive from Portuguese, due to Portugal's early role in Japanese-Western interaction; Dutch, due to the Netherlands' relationship with Japan amidst the isolationist policy of sakoku during the Edo period; and from ...
Sōran Bushi (ソーラン節) is one of the most famous traditional songs and dance in Japan. It is a sea shanty that is said to have been first sung by the fishermen of Hokkaido . The commonly known version of the song and dance is called Nanchū Sōran ( 南中ソーラン ) and was created in 1991 at the Wakkanai Minami Junior High School.
"Kawa no nagare no yō ni" (川の流れのように, "Like the Flow of the River") is the last single recorded by Japanese enka singer Hibari Misora, as she died soon after its release in 1989. It was composed by Akira Mitake , with lyrics by Yasushi Akimoto . [ 2 ]
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Prefecture official song: "Saga kenmin no uta" (佐賀県民の歌, lit. Saga Prefecture people's song) 1974: This song is the second anthem. Lyric: Quasi-prefectural song: "Kaze wa mirai iro" (風はみらい色, lit. The wind is the color of the future) 1993: Lyric: Saga country song: "Sakae no kuni kara" (栄の国から, lit. From Sakae ...