Friday, September 4, 2015

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

歌名大漁まつり
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: 2008123
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)
(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.

Thursday, September 3, 2015

Fūryū, The Moon of Edo(風流・江戸の月 Fūryū Edo no Tsuki) by Akiyoshi Mami(秋吉真実)

歌名風流・江戸の月
秋吉真実
作詞さくらちさと
作曲ジパング
編曲櫻庭伸幸
発売日: 20141119
レコード会社テイチクエンタテインメント

水に映った あの月を
欲しがるような 恋なのさ
っと男にゃ 聞こえない
女の胸の すきま風
おくれ おくれよ あのひとを
誰のものでも かまわない
いやだ いやだよ 添えなけりゃ
ゆらり 隅田のお月さま
笑っていいさ 駄々っ子と 笑っていいさ

ぽんと駒下駄 蹴りあげて
明日は逢えるか 占って
行きつ戻りつ 橋の上
どうすりゃいいの 恋しいよ
おいで おいでよ 逢いに来い
明(あ)の鳥(からす)が 鳴く朝にゃ
いいさ 帰して あげるから
ほろり 隅田のお月さま
惚れたが負けね 恋なんて 惚れたが負けね

おくれ おくれよ あのひとを
誰のものでも かまわない
泣いて 泣くだけ 泣いてやる
ほろり 隅田のお月さま
惚れたが負けね 恋なんて 惚れたが負けね

Utamei: Fūryū Edo no Tsuki
Uta: Akiyoshi Mami
Kashi: Sakura Chisato
Sakkyoku: Jipangu
Henkyoku: Sakuraba Nobuyuki
Hatsubaibi: 11/19/2014
Reko-do gaisha: Teichiku Entateinmento

Mizuni utsutta ano tsukiwo
Hoshigaruyōna koinanosa
Kitto otokonya kikoenai
On'nano muneno sukimakaze
Okure okureyo ano hitowo
Dareno monodemo kamawanai
Iyada iyadayo soenakerya
Yurari Sumidano otsukisama
Waratte i'isa dadakkoto waratte i'isa

Ponto komageta keriagete
Ashitawa aeruka uranatte
Yukitsu modoritsu hashino ue
Dōsurya i'ino koishi'iyo
Oide oideyo aini koi
Akeno karasuga naku asanya
I'isa kaeshite agerukara
Horori Sumidano otsukisama
Horetaga makene koinante horetaga makene

Okure okureyo ano hitowo
Dareno monodemo kamawanai
Naite nakudake naiteyaru
Horori Sumidano otsukisama
Horetaga makene koinante horetaga makene

Song name: Furyu*, The Moon of Edo
Singer: Akiyoshi Mami
Lyrics: Sakura Chisato
Composer: Jipangu
Arrangement: Sakuraba Nobuyuki
Release Date: 11/19/2014
Record Label: Teichiku Entertainment, Inc.

Reflecting in the water, that moon
As if desiring it, this love is similar to that
Men probably can't hear it
The woman's chest's drafts
Give me give me that man's
I don't care who he belongs to
I won't stand for it, I won't stand for it, unless we get together
Swaying moon of the Sumida River
Go ahead and laugh, call me a spoiled brat, go ahead and laugh

"Pon!" I kick the geta into the air
To read the fortune and find out if we will meet tomorrow
Back and forth on the bridge
What should I do, I'm in love
Come here come here come see me
The morning bird(crow), on the morning when it cries
It's ok, I'll let you return
Shedding a tear, Sumida River's moon
I lose if I fall in love, with romance, I lose if I fall in love

Give me give me that man's
I don't care who he belongs to
Cry, cry, I'm going to cry
Shedding a tear, Sumida River's moon
I lose if I fall in love, with romance, I lose if I fall in love

*Furyu means traditional beauty.



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