Big Catch Festival(大漁まつり Tairyoumatsuri) by Sakura Maya(さくらまや)

歌名: 大漁まつり

唄: さくらまや

作詞: 水木れいじ

作曲: 岡千秋

編曲: 丸山雅仁

発売日: 2008年12月3日

レコード会社: 日本クラウン

ホッケも帆立も　当たり年

今年は毛蟹も　よく獲れた

ほんとに父ちゃん　ありがとう

祭りの太鼓が　ドドンと響く[ソイヤ]

浜じゃ法被（はっぴ）のヤン衆も

御輿かついで　祝い節

ヤーレン　ソーラン　大漁だ[ソイヤ]

ヤーレン　ソーラン　祭りだよ[ソイヤ]

ソーラン　ソーラン……大漁まつり[ソイヤ　ソイヤ……]

シベリアおろしに　煽（あお）られて

流氷さか巻く　北の海

嵐と戦う　漁師には

家族（みんな）の祈りが命の綱だ[ソイヤ]

村じゃ爺っちゃまも婆ちゃまも

百度参りに　鎮守さま

ヤーレン　ソーラン　大漁だ[ソイヤ]

ヤーレン　ソーラン　祭りだよ[ソイヤ]

ソーラン　ソーラン……大漁まつり[ソイヤ　ソイヤ……]

半月ぶりだね　ごくろうさん

雪ン子チラチラ　舞う漁港（みなと）

纜(ともづな)投げ出す ケンちゃんに

惚の字の姉ちゃん　目頭染める[ソイヤ]

沖の真っ赤な　漁火に

ひとつ聞かそか　演歌ぶし

ヤーレン　ソーラン　大漁だ[ソイヤ]

ヤーレン　ソーラン　祭りだよ[ソイヤ]

ソーラン　ソーラン……大漁まつり[ソイヤ　ソイヤ……]

Utamei: Tairyoumatsuri

Uta: Sakura Maya

Kashi: Mizuki Reiji

Sakkyoku: Oka Chiaki

Henkyoku: Maruyama Masahito

Hatsubaibi: 12/3/2008

Reko-do gaisha: Nippon Kuraun

Hokkemo hotatemo ataridoshi

Kotoshiwa keganimo yokutoreta

Hontoni to'ochan arigatou

Matsurino taikoga dodonto hibiku [soiya]

Hamajya happino yanshuumo

Mikoshi katsuide iwaibushi

Ya-ren so-ran tairyouda [soiya]

Ya-ren so-ran matsuridayo [soiya]

So-ran so-ran ...... tairyoumatsuri [soiya soiya .....]

Shiberia oroshini aorarete

Ryuuhyou sakamaku kitanoumi

Arashito tatakau ryoushiniwa

Minnano inoriga inochino tsunada [soiya]

Murajya jicchamamo baachamamo

Hyakudomairini chinjusama

Ya-ren so-ran tairyouda [soiya]

Ya-ren so-ran matsuridayo [soiya]

So-ran so-ran ..... tairyoumatsuri [soiya soiya .....]

Hantsukiburidane gokurousan

Yukinko chirachira mau minato

Tomodzuna nagedasu kenchan'ni

Hono jino neechan megashira someru [soiya]

Okino makkana isaribini

Hitotsu kikasoka enkabushi

Ya-ren so-ran tairyouda [soiya]

Ya-ren so-ran matsuridayo [soiya]

So-ran so-ran ..... tairyoumatsuri [soiya soiya .....]

Song name: Big Catch Festival

Singer: Sakura Maya

Lyrics: Mizuki Reiji

Composer: Oka Chiaki

Arrangement: Maruyama Masahito

Release Date: 12/3/2008

Record Label: Nippon Crown Co, Ltd.

Mackerels and scallops, banner year for both

This year, we even caught a nice batch of hair crabs

Really, dad, thank you

The festive drums echo with a loud boom(hooray)

At the beach, the fishermen in happi coat

Merrily sing while carrying around the mikoshi*

Ya-ren so-ran it's a big catch(hooray)

Ya-ren so-ran it's a festival(hooray)

So-ran so-ran ...... big catch festival(hooray hooray ......)

Buffeted by the Siberian wind

Northern seas with raging ice floes

For the fishermen fighting against the wind

The prayers of the families are their lifelines(hooray)

In the village, grandfather and the grandmother

Visit the local shrine a hundred times

Ya-ren so-ran it's a big catch(hooray)

Ya-ren so-ran it's a festival(hooray)

So-ran so-ran ...... big catch festival(hooray hooray ......)

It's been half a month, thank you for your hard work

The snow is dancing on the fishing harbor

To Kenchan who is throwing out the mooring rope

Neechan** in love, starts crying(hooray)

The isaribi*** burns bright red on the open sea

Let me sing you an enka song

Ya-ren so-ran it's a big catch(hooray)

Ya-ren so-ran it's a festival(hooray)

So-ran so-ran ...... big catch festival(hooray hooray ......)

*Mikoshi is a divine palanquin often used in traditional Japanese festivals.

** Neechan means elder sister.

*** Isaribi is a fire burnt to lure fish.

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Sakura Maya(さくらまや)

Sakura Maya(さくらまや) is the second daughter (and also the youngest child) born to the owners of an established restaurant in Hokkaido called Restaurant Sōno(割烹 草乃 Kappō Sōno).

She started learning various musical arts at an early age:

• the violin when she was 2 1/2 years old
• the piano, solfège, and children's songs when she was 3
• singing enka songs at Andō Kazunori Singing School(安藤和憲歌謡学院 Andō Kazunori Kayō Gakuin) when she was 6
• the harp and the koto when she was 8
• ballet, Japanese dance(Nihon buyō)

She won the gold medal at the National Children's Songs Singing Contest(全国童謡歌唱コンクール Zenkoku Dōyō Kashō Konkūru) in 2004.

In 2008, she made her professional debut with Nippon Crown as the youngest ever enka singer with the single " Big Catch Festival(大漁まつり Tairyoumatsuri)."

In 2009, she received the Japan Record Award's Best New Artist award and Japan Cable Award's Best New Artist award, the youngest person to win those awards (individually and together).

In 2010, Obihiro City(帯広市 Obihiroshi) in Hokkaido designated her their sightseeing ambassador. That year, she also received Japan Composer's Association Award(日本作曲家協会奨励賞 Nihon Sakkyokka Kyōkai Shōreishō) during the Japan Record Awards, once again becoming the youngest person to do so.

In 2013, she formed a singing unit MarMee（ミゲル&まや) with Miguel Guerreiro（ミゲル・ゲレイロ) who is the same age as Sakura.

She is also a talented artist, and in 2004, she received an award from UNESCO for her drawing.

She hopes to appear on Kōhaku Utagassen in the future and wave to her great grandmother.

This blog post translates information from the Wikipedia article さくらまや which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.