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"Tsubame" (ツバメ, "swallow") is a song by Japanese duo Yoasobi, featuring children group Midories, from their second EP, The Book 2 (2021). It was released as a single on October 25, 2021, through Sony Music Entertainment Japan. The song featured as a theme for SDGs children television program series Hirogare! Irotoridori.
The 100 Soundscapes of Japan (日本の音風景100選) are a number of noises selected by the Ministry of the Environment as particularly representative of the country. They were chosen in 1996, as part of government efforts to combat noise pollution and to protect and promote protection of the environment.
Shōka (唱歌) or Monbushō shōka (文部省唱歌) is a genre of Japanese song, commonly taught and sung in the public schools. Shōka also refers to one subject in the former elementary schools of Japan. Japanese Children's Songbook, published in 1910
Nihon no Uta Hyakusen (日本の歌百選, "collection of 100 Japanese songs") is a selection of songs and nursery rhymes widely beloved in Japan, sponsored by the Agency for Cultural Affairs and the Parents-Teachers Association of Japan. A poll was held in 2006 choosing the songs from a list of 895. The results were announced in 2007.
All Japanese are familiar with the songs today, and most people have a great affection for them. Despite their somewhat recent origin, they are considered to be an important element of Japanese culture. The themes of the songs are very closely tied to nature. They reflect a more simple and gentle era. [1] [2] [3]
The melody arranged by Ongaku Torishirabe-gakari was included in Collection of Japanese Koto Music issued in 1888, for beginning koto students in the Tokyo Academy of Music. [4] Often, It is the first piece that koto beginners learn because they can play any phrase by picking closer strings without skipping to distant strings. [2]
Holehole bushi is a type of folk song sung by Japanese immigrants as they worked on Hawaii's sugar plantations during the late 19th and early 20th century. Hole Hole is the Hawaiian word for sugar cane leaves, while Bushi (節) is a Japanese word for song. [ 1 ]
The Primary School Songbooks (Japanese: 小学唱歌集, Shōgaku Shōka Shū) are a series of songbooks compiled for school education by the Japanese Ministry of Education's Music Investigation Committee (Japanese: 音楽取調掛), which was founded in 1879 by Isawa Shuji. The songbooks were published from 1881 through 1884 in three volumes.