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Folk songs, children's songs, and nursery rhymes of Iwate: the heart of the hometown passed down through song

It’s a region with many folk songs.

In other words, it proves that the local, deeply rooted culture has been closely connected with music.

Most of the songs are about seasonal events, and I felt they express a distinctly Japanese sense of aesthetics.

These days, I imagine there’s demand among foreigners who love Japan.

Be sure to check it out.

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Folk songs, children's songs, and nursery rhymes of Iwate: the heart of the hometown passed down through song
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1eastNanbu Cattle Drover’s SongIwate Prefectural Folk SongWith a melancholy melody and profound emotion, in the southern region of Iwate…
2eastHappy HinamatsuriSadako KuwanaSo popular that it’s been selected as one of the 100 best Japanese songs...
3eastKurukuru-bushiKayōkai / HanamizukiIn the rural areas of today’s Ichinoseki City, traditional hand-made Japanese paper (tesuki washi) has long been...
4eastNambu Cattle-Driving SongKohei FukudaRice produced in areas such as the Sawauchi region of Nishiwaga Town, rice...
5eastLittle Cedar of the MountainHibari Children’s ChorusEven “Oyama no Suginoko” is considered one of Hachiro Sato’s representative songs...
6eastSansa Odori SongIwate Prefectural Koromogata High School Music ClubSung during the Bon dance called “Sansa Odori”…
7eastNambu Long-Life SongAkira NakayashikiA nagamochi song is a song that is sung at the time of a wedding, and…
8eastSawanai JinkuMiyuki NakamuraIn the region called Sawauchi in Nishiwaga Town, there once...
9eastAdorable foalAkiko Futaba, Yuko TakahashiEven the cute foal, because of the wartime mood, the song...
10eastKaramébushi (dried, smoked fish shavings; a type of katsuobushi variant)Hiromi TomonoIn the Morioka Domain, gold mines were being developed, and Go...
11eastMichi no UmafushiSong: Goto Ginchiku; Shakuhachi: Takahashi ChikuzanWhen a horse dealer leads home the horse he won at auction, he sings...
12eastShizukuishi Dodosai BushiHiroko AmagasaWhen Morioka Castle was being constructed, from what is now Akita Prefecture...
13eastNanyadoyaraUntake NaritaIn addition to Iwate Prefecture, it has also been sung in Aomori and Akita Prefectures...
14eastDear TorajoAkiko SeinoIt’s obvious from the lyrics at a glance, but this song is also “Na…
15eastKamaishi Hama-utaEmiko UrushiharaIn Kamaishi, where fishing has long been thriving, there was the Sawamura red-light district...
16eastNanbu Makata-bushiTsuyako Tamayama…the farmer sings on the way home after finishing mowing the grass…
17eastSansa ShigureTsuneo KusanoIt has long been passed down and sung as a classic song for weddings...
18eastSetsu ToyamaHiromi KikuchiIn 1891 (Meiji 24), an Imperial stock farm was established in Morioka City...
19eastChagu Chagu UmakkoRiko FujiokaGorgeously decorated horses parade in the Chagu Chagu Umakko festival...
20eastMorioka OndoFujimoto FumiyoshiA relatively new song, made in Showa 9 (1934)…
21eastSoken-bushiAki TakahashiAt Yumoto Onsen, which is said to have opened in the Edo period, …
22eastI found a little sign of autumn.BONNY JACKSLyricists with ties to Iwate Prefecture include Hachiro Sato...
23eastChild of AutumnAyaka NageJust like in “Chiisai Aki Mitsuketa” (I Found a Little Autumn), in autumn one can’t help but...
24eastNanbu Kijibiki-uta (Nanbu Woodcutters’ Song)Kenzo IwahanaThere are several kobiki-uta (woodcutter’s work songs) in Iwate Prefecture…
25eastNambu Yosare-bushiKaori JōNambu Nobunao captured Shizukuishi Castle, which was ruled by Shizukuishi Akitada, and…
26eastBush Clover Harvesting SongReiko IzumidaIt’s a folk song handed down in the southern part of Iwate Prefecture. Before winter arrives...
27eastEsashi JinkuJuren-kaiIt originated from the “Teigi Aiya” handed down in Miyagi Prefecture...
28eastSondeko-bushisoubiyamei
Sondeko-bushisoubiyamei
Shiode is a type of wild mountain vegetable, written in kanji as “牛尾菜” (Shiode)...
29eastKesen SlopeTomoyanIn Ōhasama Town, which is now part of Hanamaki City, there used to be…
30eastcampfireUtako AsahiThe contemporary children's literature author from Shiwa Town, Iwate Prefecture, Sei Tatsumi...
31eastShichinosuke-bushiSachi HamaIt is one of the earth-ramming work songs that originated in Morioka City. They assemble a scaffold tower and...