[2025] Masterpieces Themed on Ehime: From Local Songs to Municipal Anthems
Ehime Prefecture brims with hometown pride.
Blessed with the beautiful Seto Inland Sea, Mount Takanawa—the highest in Japan—and a mild climate, this land is home to countless wonderful songs.
From municipal anthems every local can hum to regional tunes that extol Ehime’s charms, the variety is truly abundant! In this article, we’ll take our time introducing a selection of gem-like pieces that express Ehime’s nature, culture, and everyday life through music.
Whether you’re from Ehime or visiting as a tourist, you’re sure to rediscover the prefecture’s allure through these songs.
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[2025] Masterpieces themed around Ehime: Introducing everything from local songs to city and town anthems (1–10)
From my daughter who married and moved to EhimeJunpei Oda
Sung by Junpei Oda, an artist with the soul of folk and enka, this is a heartwarming message song from a daughter who married into Ehime to her parents.
The “Iyo-bushi” and “Kira Kira Ferry” that appear in the lyrics are like picture postcards capturing the gentle scenery of the Seto Inland Sea.
Beneath the unadorned words, you can feel the daughter’s deep love and her wish to put her parents at ease.
Oda’s warm yet wistful voice—seasoned by a life that understands its subtleties—overlaps with the heroine’s earnest heart, gently stirring the listener’s sense of nostalgia.
It’s a song that softly embraces those who long for their hometown.
Aleutian mountain-heath (Phyllodoce caerulea)Nana Kondo
This is a legendary song released under Nana Mizuki’s real name, Nana Kondo, who is active as a voice actress and singer.
The theme is the Besshi Copper Mine, a source of pride for her hometown of Niihama City, and it paints a worldview that overlays the once-thriving prosperity and people’s lives with the “tsugazakura” flowers that now bloom quietly.
It’s hard to believe she was a junior high school student at the time—the straightforward, pure vocals blend beautifully with the wistful enka melody.
Listening to this song conjures up a grand story set against the history of the copper mine.
Filled with deep love and pride for her hometown, this gem of a local song makes you long for the land of Niihama.
Sada Misaki (Cape Sada)Ichiro Toba
A powerful paean to Sada Misaki in Ehime Prefecture by Ichiro Toba, a “man of the sea” with a background as a former fisherman.
The image of fishermen pursuing their dreams in the harsh Bungo Channel is vividly portrayed through Toba’s soul-stirring vocals.
It seems to boldly proclaim that the pride of those who live at Japan’s westernmost edge is so noble that even Mount Fuji, the nation’s highest peak, would pay it respect.
This song will set the hearts of all who love their hometowns ablaze—not only those connected to Ehime.
A masterpiece infused with the majestic scenery of Sada Misaki and the indomitable spirit of the people who live there.
[2025] Classic songs themed around Ehime: From local tunes to municipal anthems (11–20)
Our hometown6th grade, Bekku Elementary School, Imabari City
Our Hometown is a song created by the 6th graders of Bekku Elementary School in Imabari City together with singer-songwriter Jinto Tanaka.
The charms of Imabari, woven by the children themselves, ride on a gentle, soothing melody that resonates in the heart—a heartwarming community-made song.
The lyrics feature local specialties like “soft and fluffy towels,” conveying their deep affection for their hometown.
As they approach graduation, their pure, straightforward voices seem to stir nostalgia in listeners and gently wrap them in warmth.
Song of Matsuyama CityLyrics by Shizune Ohno / Music by Yasushi Akutagawa
Written by Shizune Ono, selected through a public call for lyrics, and composed by the master Yasushi Akutagawa, this piece was created to commemorate the 90th anniversary of Matsuyama’s incorporation as a city.
The lyrics, penned from a citizen’s perspective, unfold the gentle landscapes of Matsuyama as if in a painting.
Akutagawa’s dignified yet approachable melody embraces these warm words, filling the heart with love and pride for the hometown.
Not merely a tour of famous sights, the song carries a hopeful message in which people’s smiles form a “circle” and cast a “rainbow” toward the future.
Blending seamlessly into citizens’ daily lives, this song is a hometown anthem that unites the people of Matsuyama.
Woman of IyoSaburō Kitajima
Saburo Kitajima also has many local-themed songs, and while the standard tends to be tragic love or journeys in search of something, this one is what you’d call a happy ending.
It’s a song where you can catch glimpses of manliness alongside sights from Ehime throughout.
The lyrics mention the Ishite River, which might be unfamiliar unless you’re local.
It’s a Class A river that runs through Matsuyama City in Ehime Prefecture, with the Ishite River Dam upstream—details that really enhance the local-song feel.
Our backs and the sunLUNKHEAD
A rock band from Niihama City in Ehime Prefecture, LUNKHEAD offers a classic song filled with bittersweet feelings for their hometown: “Our Backs and the Sun.” Based on the real experiences of vocalist Yotarou Odaka, who wrote both the lyrics and music, the song even mentions a specific place, the “Niihama Civic Cultural Center.” It evokes a shimmering page of youth: nights spent on a deserted rooftop talking about the future with friends, the sun they watched while holding both anxiety and hope for what lies ahead.
Carried by nostalgic guitar tones, the straightforward message—“Let’s dream once more”—gently nudges those who have left home and are doing their best.
It’s a warm anthem that reminds listeners of love and gratitude for their hometown.