Akiyoshi Mami(秋吉真実)

Akiyoshi Mami(秋吉真実) had used the stage name Chiaki Mami(ちあき まみ), but changed it to Akiyoshi Mami(秋吉真実) after switching her recording company to Nippon Crown Co., Ltd.

She entered and won singing contests ever since she was three years old. In 2006, she made her professional debut with VAP Inc. singing the song "He Broke up with Me(ふられちゃったよ Furarechattayo)." She switched recording companies to Nippon Crown in 2011.

She has won the Japanese Singers' Association(日本歌手協会 Nihon Kashu Kyōkai)'s Newcomer's Award in 2007 and the Japanese Composers' Association(日本作曲家協会 Nihon Sakkyokka Kyōkai)'s First Musical Festival Award.

This blog post translates information from the Wikipedia article 秋吉真実 which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

The Wintry Scenery of Tsugaru Strait(津軽海峡冬景色 Tsugarukaikyō Fuyugeshiki) by Ishikawa Sayuri(石川さゆり)

歌名: 津軽海峡冬景色

唄: 石川さゆり

作詞: 阿久悠

作曲: 三木たかし

上野発の夜行列車　おりた時から

青森駅は　雪の中

北へ帰る人の群れは　誰も無口で

海鳴りだけを　きいている

私もひとり　連絡線に乗り

こごえそうな鴎見つめ

泣いていました

ああ　津軽海峡冬景色

ごらんあれが竜飛岬　北のはずれと

見知らぬ人が　指をさす

息でくもる窓のガラス　ふいてみたけど

はるかにかすみ　見えるだけ

さよならあなた　私は帰ります

風の音が胸をゆする

泣けとばかりに

ああ　津軽海峡冬景色

さよならあなた　私は帰ります

風の音が胸をゆする

泣けとばかりに

ああ　津軽海峡冬景色

Utamei: Tsugarukaikyō Fuyugeshiki

Uta: Ishikawa Sayuri

Kashi: Aku Yu'u

Sakkyoku: Miki Takashi

Uenohatsuno yakō ressha orita tokikara

Aomoriekiwa yukino naka

Kitae kaeru hitono murewa daremo mukuchide

Umiaridakewo ki'iteiru

Watashimo hitori renrakusenni nori

Kogoe-sō na kamome mitsume

Naiteimashita

Aa Tsugarukaikyō fuyugeshiki

Goran arega Tappimsaki hitano hazureto

Mishiranu hitoga yubiwo sasu

Ikide kumoru madono garasu fuitemitakedo

Harukani kasumi merudake

Sayonara anata watashiwa kaerimasu

Kazeno otoga munewo yusuru

Naketo bakarini

Aa Tsugarukaikyō fuyugeshiki

Sayonara anata watashiwa kaerimasu

Kazeno otoga munewo yusuru

Naketo bakarini

Aa Tsugarukaikyō fuyugeshiki

Song name: The Wintry Scenery of Tsugaru Strait

Singer: Ishikawa Sayuri

Lyrics: Aku Yuu

Composer: Miki Takashi

After getting off the night train departing from Ueno Station

The Aomori Station is covered in snow

Everyone in the crowd of people returning north is silent

Just listening to the rumblings of the sea

I also get on the renrakusen* alone

I stared at a freezing seagull

And started crying

Oh, the wintry scenery of Tsugaru Strait

Take a look, that's the Tappi Cape, at the northern edge

An unfamiliar person points it out

I tried wiping the window fogged by (my) breath

But I could only see the distant haze

Goodbye, I am returning home

The sound of the wind shakes my chest

Imploring me to start crying

Oh, the wintry scenery of Tsugaru Strait

Goodbye, I am returning home

The sound of the wind shakes my chest

Imploring me to start crying

Oh, the wintry scenery of Tsugaru Strait

*Renrakusen is a railroad that connects different railroads.

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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