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"Tōryanse" (通りゃんせ) is the name of a traditional Japanese children's tune . It is a common choice for music played by traffic lights in Japan when it is safe to cross. Tōryanse can be heard in many forms of popular culture, such as at crosswalks in anime.
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 ]
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.
Rofū Miki (1948) "Red Dragonfly" (Japanese: 赤とんぼ, Hepburn: Akatonbo) (also transliterated as Akatombo, Aka Tombo, Aka Tonbo, or Aka Tomba) is a famous Japanese children's song (dōyō) composed by Kōsaku Yamada in 1927, with lyrics from a 1921 poem by Rofū Miki.
Nanatsu no Ko (七つの子, lit. Seven children, or Seven baby crows, The crow's seven chicks) [1] [2] [3] is a popular [3] Japanese children's song with lyrics written by Ujō Noguchi (野口雨情 Noguchi Ujō) and composed by Nagayo Motoori (本居 長世 Motoori Nagayo).
The lyrics of the song were further changed with its newer title, "Shiretoko Love Song". This version sung by Tokiko Kato became extremely popular, and single record was a million seller in Japan. She won the singer award of the 13th Japan Record Awards of 1971. [3] Shiretoko still continues to be one of the songs most often sung in Japan's ...
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Furusato (Japanese: 故郷, ' old home ' or ' hometown ') is a well-known 1914 Japanese children's song, with music by Teiichi Okano and lyrics by Tatsuyuki Takano [].. Although Takano's hometown was Nakano, Nagano, his lyrics do not seem to refer to a particular place. [1]