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Sakura Sakura" (さくら さくら, "Cherry blossoms, cherry blossoms"), also known as "Sakura", is a traditional Japanese folk song depicting spring, the season of cherry blossoms. It is often sung in international settings as a song representative of Japan. [1]
That was the last song by an artist from Japan to reach the US pop chart for 16 years, until the female duo Pink Lady had a top-40 hit in 1979 with its English-language song "Kiss in the Dark". [10] Internationally, the song is one of the best-selling singles of all time, having sold over 13 million copies worldwide. [11] [12]
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.
Songs with English-language lyrics originating in Japan. Pages in category "English-language Japanese songs" The following 35 pages are in this category, out of 35 total.
Gondola no Uta (ゴンドラの唄, "The Gondola Song") is a 1915 romantic ballad [1] that was popular in Taishō period Japan.Lyrics were written by Isamu Yoshii, melody by Shinpei Nakayama.
The song is well known in Asia and has been recorded by musicians into the 21st century in Taipei and Kuala Lumpur. [6] [7] In a national survey by the Japan Broadcasting Corporation in 1997, the song was voted 16th among the 100 greatest Japanese songs of all time. [8]
Shabondama (シャボン玉, lit. ' Soap Bubbles ') is a 1922 Japanese nursery rhyme composed by Shinpei Nakayama with lyrics written by Ujō Noguchi.It is widely taught in Japanese nursery schools and kindergartens as a simple melody; it is also sometimes used in elementary school moral education courses, where students learn that it is a meditation on the death of a child.
Edo Lullaby (Japanese: 江戸子守唄 or Edo komoriuta) is a traditional Japanese cradle song. It originated in Edo , was propagated to other areas, and is said to be the roots of the Japanese lullabies.