Kyoto Lady's Dance(京都・女舞い Kyōto on'na mai) by Mizumori Kaori(水森かおり)

歌名: 京都・女舞い

唄: 水森かおり

作詞: 円香乃

作曲: 弦哲也

編曲: 伊戸のりお

発売日: 2014年09月24日

レコード会社: 徳間ジャパンコミュニケーションズ

朱塗りの門を　くぐり抜け

お堂へ続く　雪の段

裾もあらわに　緋ぢりめん

ひとり女は　登ります

誰が待つのか　願掛けか

忍ぶお人か　お百度か

二の字二の字の　下駄のあと

隠す雪舞い　女舞い　あぁ...女舞い

単衣（ひとえ）の襟に　戯れる

蛍を囲い　送り火を

すがりつくよに　惜しむよに

ひとり女は 見つめます

何を迷うか　断ち切るか

辛い恋路か　あきらめか

夜の静寂（しじま）に　衣擦（きぬず）れの

竹の風舞い　女舞い あぁ...女舞い

どこへ行くのか　道行きか

抱いて行くのか　捨てるのか

素足紅緒に　からみつく

京都花舞い　女舞い あぁ...女舞い

Utamei: Kyōto on'na mai

Uta: Mizumori Kaori

Kashi: Madoka Kyōno

Sakkyoku: Gen Tetsuya

Henkyoku: Ido Norio

Hatsubaibi: 9/24/2014

Reko-do gaisha: Tokuma Japan Komyunike-shonzu

Shunurino mon'wo kugurinuke

Odōe tsudzuku yukino dan

Suso arawani hidjirimen

Hitori on'nawa noborimasu

Darega matsunoka gankakeka

Shinobu ohitoga ohyakudoka

Nino ji nino jino getano ato

Kakusu yukimai on'namai aa... on'namai

Hitoeno erini tawamureru

Hotaruwo kakoi okuribiwo

Sugaritsukuyoni oshimuyoni

HItori on'nawa mitsumemasu

Naniwo mayouka tachikiruka

Tsurai koijika akirameka

Yoruno shijimani kinuzureno

Takeno kazemai on'namai aa... on'namai

Dokoe yukunoka michiyukika

Daite yukunoka suterunoka

Suashibenio ni karamitsuku

Kyōto hanamai on'namai aa... on'namai

Song Name: Kyoto Lady's Dance

Singer: Mizumori Kaori

Lyrics: Madoka Kyono

Composer: Gen Tetsuya

Arrangement: Ido Norio

Release Date: 9/24/2014

Record Label: Tokuma Japan Communications Co., Ltd.

Passing through a crimson-colored gate

Snow covered stairs which lead to a temple

The hem reveals the crimson colored crape

A lone woman climbs

Is someone waiting for her or is she going to a Buddhist prayer

Maybe a rendezvous or going to a hyakudo(mairi)*

The word two, the word two, geta prints

The snow's dance which hides, a lady's dance, oh...a lady's dance

Frolicking on the unlined kimono's collar

Surrounding the firefly, the bonfire

Clinging on, as if regretting

A lone woman stares

What is she hesitating about, whether to break off

Painful love or giving up

To the night's silence, the rustling of the clothes

The bamboo leaf's wind dance, a lady's dance, oh...a lady's dance

Where is she going, is she eloping

Is she holding it close and taking it along or throwing it away

Entangled to the bare feet the red strings of the geta

Kyoto flower dance, a lady's dance, oh...a lady's dance

*hyakudo(mairi) - going to pray a hundred times

The Lovers' Cape(恋人岬 Koibito Misaki) by Mizumori Kaori(水森かおり)

歌名: 恋人岬

唄: 水森かおり

作詞: 旦野いづみ

作曲: 弦哲也

編曲: 前田俊明

発売日: 2015年04月01日

レコード会社: 徳間ジャパンコミュニケーションズ

過ぎたあの日は まぼろしですか

今も消えない 想い出ばかり

愛にはぐれた 女には

その名もかなしい 恋人岬

旅の終わりの 駿河湾

波の波の数だけ 未練がつのる

時に女は わがままだけど

いつも笑って 許してくれた

広く大きな その胸が

私の小さな ふるさとだった

雲の切れ間の 富士山に

そっとそっとあなたの 幸せ祈る

歩き出せそう 明日(あした)はきっと

私見送る 遥かな夕陽

なみだぬぐえば コスモスが

優しく微笑む 恋人岬

愛はここから 思い出に

沁みる沁みる風さえ 勇気に変えて

Utamei: Koibito Misaki
Uta: Mizumori Kaori
Kashi: Tan'no Izumi
Sakkyoku: Gen Tetsuya
Henkyoku: Maeda Toshiaki
Hatsubaibi: 4/1/2015
Reko-do gaisha: Tokuma Japan Komyunike-shonzu

Sugita ano hiwa maboroshidesuka
Imamo kienai omoidebakari
Aini hagureta on'naniwa
Sono namo kanashi'i koibito misaki
Tabino oawarino Surugawan
Namino namino kazudake miren'ga tsunoru

Tokini on'nawa wagamamadakedo
Itsumo waratte yurushitekureta
Hiroku ōkina sono munega
Watashino chi'isana furusatodatta
Kumono kiremano Fujisan'ni
Sotto sotto anatano shiawase inoru

Arukidasesō ashitawa kitto
Watashi miokuru harukana yūhi
Namida nugueba kosumosuga
Yasashiku hohoemu koibito misaki
Aiwa kokokara omoideni

Shimiru shimiru kazesae yūkini kaete

Song Name: The Lovers' Cape

Singer: Mizumori Kaori

Lyrics: Tan'no Izumi

Composer: Gen Tetsuya

Arrangement: Maeda Toshiaki

Release Date: 4/1/2015

Record Label: Tokuma Japan Communications Co., Ltd.

Is that day which had passed by a mirage

I still have many memories that won't fade away

To a woman who lost her way from love

Even the name feels sorrowful, the Lover's Cape

The end of the journey, Suruga Bay

The regrets pile up as many as the number of, number of waves

At times a woman can be selfish but

You always forgave me with a laugh

Your large wide chests

Were my small hometown

At the break in the clouds on Mt. Fuji

Gently, gently, I pray for your happiness

I feel like I can start walking tomorrow

The distant sunset which waves me goodbye

If I dry my tears, the cosmos

Gently smile, the Lover's Cape

The love, from now on, to memories

Even against the biting, biting wind, changing it to my courage

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Love on the Yamato Path(大和路の恋 Yamatojino Koi) by Mizumori Kaori(水森かおり)

歌名: 大和路の恋

唄: 水森かおり

作詞: 仁井谷俊也

作曲: 弦哲也

編曲: 前田俊明

発売日: 2015年04月01日

レコード会社: 徳間ジャパンコミュニケーションズ

涙で綴った 別れの手紙

あなたに届いた 頃でしょう

ひとり大和路 淋しさ抱いて

仰ぐ三輪山 季節の風が…

振り向きません あの恋を

胸にしまって 胸にしまって 私は生きる

愛する喜び 切なさつらさ

あなたが教えて くれました

花の大和路 桜井の里

人は誰でも 温もり欲しい…

今度の旅が 終わったら

きっとあの日に きっとあの日に さよならできる

あなたに出逢えて 倖せでした

今なら言えます 心から

ひとり大和路 大神(おおみわ)鳥居

時を忘れて 想いはめぐる…

いにしえ人の あの和歌(うた)に

夢を重ねて 夢を重ねて 歩いてゆける

Utamei: Yamatojino Koi
Uta: Mizumori Kaori
Kashi: Niitani Toshiya
Sakkyoku: Gen Tetsuya
Henkyoku: Maeda Toshiaki
Hatsubaibi: 4/1/2015
Reko-do gaisha: Tokuma Japan Komyunike-shonzu

Namidade tsudzutta wakareno tegami
Anatani todoita korodeshō
Hitori Yamatoji samishisa daite
Aogu Miwayama kisetsuno kazega...
Furimukimasen ano koiwo
Muneni shimatte muneni shimatte watashiwa ikiru

Aisuru yorokobi setsunasa tsurasa
Anataga oshiete kuremashita
Hanano Yamatoji Sakuraino Sato
Hitowa daredemo nukumori hoshi'i...
Kondono tabiga owattara
Kitto ano hini kitto ano hini sayonara dekiru

Anatani deaete shiawasedeshita
Imanara iemasu kokorokara
Hitori Yamatoji Ōmiwa tori’i
Tokiwo wasurete omoiwa meguru...
Inishiebitono ano utani

Yumewo kasanete yumewo kasanete aruiteyukeru

Song Name: Love on the Yamato Path

Singer: Mizumori Kaori

Lyrics: Niitani Toshiya

Composer: Gen Tetsuya

Arrangement: Maeda Toshiaki

Release Date: 4/1/2015

Record Label: Tokuma Japan Communications Co., Ltd.

The parting letter I wrote in tears

You must have received it by now

Alone on the Yamato Path holding onto my loneliness

Looking up at Mount Miwa, the season's winds...

I won't turn back, that love

I will seal in my heart, seal in my heart, and live my life

The happiness from loving, the loneliness, the hardships

You taught me all that

The flowery Yamato Path, the valley of Sakurai

Everyone wants warmth...

When I finish this journey

To that day, to that day, I can say goodbye

I was fortunate to have met you

Finally, now, I can say, from the bottom of my heart

Alone on the Yamato Path, the tori'i at Ōmiwa Shrine

Forgetting the time, I am lost in my thoughts...

To that song composed by the ancients years ago

I overlap my dreams, overlap my dreams and can continue to walk my life

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Shimane Love Journey(島根恋旅 Shimane Koitabi) by Mizumori Kaori(水森かおり)

歌名: 島根恋旅

唄: 水森かおり

作詞: 仁井谷俊也

作曲: 弦哲也

編曲: 伊戸のりお

発売日: 2014年04月09日

レコード会社: 徳間ジャパンコミュニケーションズ

愛するだけでは　結ばれなくて

ふたりのこの恋　行き止まり

つらい思いを断ち切るために

山陰本線　ひとり旅

雨にかすんだ　宍道湖（しんじこ）が

未練なおんなのなみだ・・・なみだ・・・なみだを誘う

遊覧船(ふね)から見ている　ローソク島に

夕陽の炎が　今灯る

祈るしあわせ　恋人たちは

過ぎたあの日の　ふたりです

みんな夢ね、と　つぶやけば

この身に沁みる　ひとり・・・ひとり・・・ひとりが寒い

心と心で　むすんだ糸を

今度は切らない　ほどかない

雲の彼方に　光が射せば

島根恋旅　未来（あした）へと

出逢い　ふれ逢い　めぐり逢い

縁は一生　笑顔・・・笑顔・・・笑顔が嬉しい

Utamei: Shimane Koitabi

Uta: Mizumori Kaori

Kashi: Niitani Toshiya

Sakkyoku: Gen Tetsuya

Henkyoku: Ido Norio

Hatsubaibi: 4/9/2014

Reko-do gaisha: Tokuma Japan Komyunike-shonzu

Aisuru dakedewa musubarenakute

Futarino kono koi yukidomari

Tsurai omoiwo tachikiru tameni

San'in honsen hitoritabi

Ameni kasunda Shinjiko ga

Miren'na onnano namida... namida... namidawo sasou

Fune kara miteiru rōsoku jima ni

Yūhino honōga ima tomoru

Inoru shiawase koibitotachiwa

Sugita ano hi no futari desu

Minna yumene, to tsubuyakeba

Kono mi ni shimiru hitori... hitori... hitori ga samui

Kokoro to kokoro de musunda itowo

Kondowa kiranai hodokanai

Kumono kanatani hikariga saseba

Shimane koitabi ashitaeto

Deai fureai meguriai

Enwa isshō egao... egao... egaoga ureshī

Song Name: Shimane Love Journey

Singer: Mizumori Kaori

Lyrics: Niitani Toshiya

Composer: Gen Tetsuya

Arrangement: Ido Norio

Release Date: 4/9/2014

Record Label: Tokuma Japan Communications Co., Ltd.

Just loving each other isn't enough for us to be joined

Our love, dead end

To cut off these painful thoughts

Sanin Main Line* travelling alone

Blurred by rain Lake Shinji**

Regretful woman's tears... tears.. invite the tears

Watching the Candle Island*** from the tour boat

The flames of the setting sun are now lit

Praying for happiness the lovers

That day that passed both of us

If I mutter, "Everything is a dream"

Touched the core of my heart alone... alone... cold being alone

Heart to heart the string that ties

This time I won't cut it, won't untie it

Beyond the clouds if the light shines

Shimane love journey towards tomorrow

Meeting (for the first time), feeling, meeting (again)

Fate is forever smile... smile... happy to see the smile

*Sanin Main Line is a Japanese railway connecting Kyoto to Shimonoseki.

**Lake Shinji is a lake in northeast Shimane Prefecture.

***Candle Island is an uninhabited island in Dōgojima.

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Mizumori Kaori(水森かおり)

While in junior high school, Mizumori Kaori(水森かおり) entered the Chiba TV Karaoke Contest"(千葉テレビカラオケ大賞 Chiba Terebi Karaoke Taishō)" and came in third place.

She attended and graduated from Josai Junior College(城西大学女子短期大学部 Jōsai Daigaku Joshi Tankidaigakubu) and studied classes to prepare her for a job working as a secretary. She also studied in the United States. During her stay in the United States, she became infatuated with Joey Mcintyre from the New Kids on the Block. Before she left, she sang a song for the host family members who were delighted. This experience gave her enough courage to audition for a recording company.

In 1995, she made her professional debut with the song "Mirabilis jalpa(おしろい花 oshiroibana)."

In 2003, her single "Tottori Sand Dunes(鳥取砂丘 Tottorisakyū)" became a big hit, and she ended up singing in her first Kōhaku Utagassen. She has sung in all subsequent Kōhaku Utagassen shows since then (as of 2014).

The Northern District in Tokyo(東京都北区 Tōkyōto Kitaku) designated her as the ambassador for the district.

In 2010, Matsushima City (松島町 Matsushima Machi) in Miyagi Prefecture also designated her as the sightseeing ambassador of that city  after she released the song "Matsushima Travelogue(松島紀行 Matsushima Kikō)."

She has worked as a honorary one-day station master for the East Japan Railway Company(東日本旅客鉄道株式会社 Higashi Nihon Ryokaku Tetsudō Kabushiki Gaisha)'s Gonō Line (五能線 Gonōsen).

She is known as the "Queen of Songs about Cities(ご当地ソングの女王 Gotōchi Songuno Jō'ō)." Whenever she releases a song about a particular location, the number of tourists to that area increases. As a result, people from all over Japan have asked her to write songs about their towns. Because of this, she spends a great deal of time studying information about the locations she is scheduled to visit for business for the first time.

Her nickname is Mimorin(みもりん).

She has run into awkward situations because she is offered alcoholic beverages (perhaps because she is an enka singer), even though alcohol does not agree with her body.

This blog post translates information from the Wikipedia article 水森かおり which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.