February 11, 2011-Japan Celebrates National Foundation Day (建国記念の日Kenkoku kinen-no-hi) today.
The year 2011 is the 23rd year of Heisei (平成２３年) since Japan's Imperial Household Agency made an official announcement of the Demise of The Emperor Hirohito on January 7, 1989, and Prince Akihito succeeded to become the 125th Emperor of Japan. Japan celebrates the 2,671st anniversary of its founding.
Ki mi ga yo- National Anthem of Japan
Long live The Emperor of Japan
Kigen wa 2,600 nen-A song for celebrating the 2,600th (1940) Anniversay of Japan's Founding.
This footage shows the actual celebration of the 2,600th Anniversay of Japan's Founding
February 3, 2011-You may not look up when you walk because it is slippery out on the frozen streets now but you enjoy listening to this Sukiyaki song.
Sukiyaki Song by Kyu Sakamoto
February 2, 2011-Be the only flower in the world while listening to this song.
The Only Flower in the World ( with Chinese subtitles
The Only Flower in the World (with English subtitles)
January 1, 2011- A Happy New Year to You All!
Come and visit Yokohama where you may find your Sweetheart!
Heart Station
Utada Hikaru
Japanese (Romanized)
Ai~ Ai~ Ai~ Ai~
Ai~ Ai~ Ai~ Ai~
Hadasamui ame no hi wakearige na futari
Kuruma no naka wa rajio ga nagareteta
“Sayonara” nante imi ga nai
Mata itsuka aetara suteki to omoimasen ka?
Watashi no koe ga kikoetemasu ka?
Shinya ichi-ji no Haato Suteishon
Chuuningu fuyou mo daiaru himitsu no herutsu
Kokoro no denpa todoitemasu ka?
Tsumibito-tachi no Haato Suteishon
Kamisama dake ga shitteiru I Miss You
Ai~ Ai~ Ai~ Ai~ (Baby, Can you hear me, Just tell me one thing)
Ai~ Ai~ Ai~ Ai~ (If you can hear me, Say something)
“Wasuredake ikenai” sou omou hodo ni
Doushite ii omoide-tachi bakari ga nokoru no?
Hanarete itemo anata wa koko ni iru
Watashi no haato no mannaka
Anata no koe ga kikoeta ki ga shita
Shinya ichi-ji no Haato Suteishon
Itsumo dokoka de natteiru futatsu no parusu
Kokoro no denpa todoitemasu ka?
Koibito-tachi no Haato Suteishon
Konya mo rikuesuto kitemasu I Love You
Watashi no koe ga kikoetemasu ka?
Shinya ichi-ji no Haato Suteishon
Ima mo boku-ra wo tsunaideru himitsu no herutsu
Kokoro no denpa todoitemasu ka?
Tsumibito-tachi no Haato Suteishon
Kamisama dake ga shitteiru himitsu
Ai~ Ai~ Ai~ Ai~ HEART STATION x4
Nada Sou Sou-Tearful
Ms. Rimi Natsukawa is a well-known J-pop, folk, Ryukyuan music and Enka singer from Ishigaki Jima, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. In this video, she sings Nada Sou Sou in Japanese (with English words).
Ishigaki Jima, Okinawa Prefecture reminds us of Senkaku Islands around which the Chinese fishing boat rammed the Japan Coast Guard ships after it violated Japan's territorial waters.
The Chinese trawler captain whom China claimed to be under the influence of alcohol at the time of crashing into the Japan Coast Guard ships must have been attracted by her beautiful song on radio or something.
For those who wish to sing with her in Japanese, I have prepared words written in Romanized letters.
Nada Sou Sou
Furui album mekuri arigatou te tsubuyaita
Itsumo itsumo mune no naka hagemashitekureru hito yo
Harewataru hi mo ame no hi mo ukabu ano egao
Omoide tooku asetemo
Omokage sagashite yomigaeru hi wa nada sou sou
Ichiban boshi ni inoru sorega watashi no kuse ni nari
Yuugure ni miageru sora kokoro itsupai anata sagasu
Kanashimi nimo yorokobi nimo omou ano egao
Anata no basho kara watashi ga
Mietara kitsuto ituka aeru to shinji ikiteyuku
Harewataru hi mo ame no hi mo ukabu ano egao
Omoide tooku asetemo
Samishikute koishikute kimieno omoi nada sou sou
Aitakute aitakute kimieno omoi nada sou sou
君が代は
千代に八千代に
さざれ石の
いわおとなりて
こけの生すまで
きみがよは
ちよにやちよに
さざれいしの
いわおとなりて
こけのむすまで
Kimigayo wa
Chiyo ni yachiyo ni
Sazare-ishi no
Iwao to narite
Koke no musu made
May your reign
Continue for a thousand, eight thousand generations,
Until the pebbles
Grow into boulders
Lush with moss
Thousands of years of happy reign be thine;
Rule on, my lord, till what are pebbles now
By ages united to mighty rocks shall grow
Whose venerable sides the moss doth line.
Japan's national anthem is said to be the oldest known and existing national anthem in the world.