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Shimauta
is a genre of songs originating from the Amami Islands, Kagoshima Prefecture of southwestern Japan. It became known nationwide in the 2000s with the success of young pop singers from Amami Ōshima such as Hajime Chitose and Atari Kōsuke. Names and concepts Although shima-uta is often considered to represent Amami's musical tradition, it is just one of various music genres. Amami's traditional songs can be classified into three categories: # ''kami-uta'' (religious songs sung by priestesses) including ''omori'', ''tahabë'' and ''kuchi'', # '' warabe-uta'' (children's songs), and # '' min'yo'' (folk songs). Amami's ''min'yo'' is further divided into three genres: # ''gyōji-uta'' (songs for annual events) including songs for '' hachigatsu-odori'', # ''shigoto-uta'' (work songs), associated with rice planting, sailing, etc., and # ''asobi-uta'', which are sung at recreational gatherings. In a narrower sense, shima-uta refers to ''asobi-uta'' and is also known as ''sanshin-uta ...
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Kousuke Atari
is a Japanese pop singer. He is a self-trained musician, and performs in the shimauta (island-song) style of his hometown. Discography Albums * 999.04.04Atari (アタリ) (Indies) * 000.07.30Kurudando (くるだんど) (Indies) * 002.06.09Shodon (諸鈍;Place Name) (Indies) * 004.09.03Notus (ノトス) (Indies) * 006.11.03Chu Dong Xin Xian (触動心弦;Touch Strings of Your Heart) * 007.07.11Yurai Bana (ユライ花; The First Flower) * 007.07.13Hua Jian Dao (花間道;Road Between Flowers) * 008.10.01Kizuna Uta (絆歌; Bond Songs) Mini-Albums * 005.09.07Materia (マテリヤ) (Indies) * 006.10.11Natsukasha no Shima (なつかしゃのシマ; The Island I Miss) Singles * 006.03.01Sorezore ni (それぞれに; In Each and Every) * 006.06.28Omoide no Sugu Soba de / Mahiru no Hanabi (思い出のすぐそばで / 真昼の花火; Right Next to Memories / Midday Fireworks) * 007.04.11Hana (花; Flower) * 007.11.14Tane wo Maku Hibi (種をまく日々; The Days Wh ...
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Nakasone Kōichi
Nakasone is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Hirofumi Nakasone (born 1945), former Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs, son of Yasuhiro Nakasone * Keith Nakasone (born 1956), American competitive judoka * Michael Nakasone, American band director * Paul Miki Nakasone (born 1963), chief of United States Cyber Command, Chief of the Central Security Service and director of the National Security Agency. *Rino Nakasone (born 1979), Japanese dancer and choreographer * Nakasone Toyomiya, Aji of the Miyako Islands *Yasuhiro Nakasone was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Liberal Democratic Party from 1982 to 1987. He was a member of the House of Representatives for more than 50 years. He was best known for pushing through the ... (1918–2019), 71st to 73rd Prime Minister of Japan {{surname Japanese-language surnames ...
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Okinawa Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan. Okinawa Prefecture is the southernmost and westernmost prefecture of Japan, has a population of 1,457,162 (as of 2 February 2020) and a geographic area of 2,281 km2 (880 sq mi). Naha is the capital and largest city of Okinawa Prefecture, with other major cities including Okinawa, Uruma, and Urasoe. Okinawa Prefecture encompasses two thirds of the Ryukyu Islands, including the Okinawa, Daitō and Sakishima groups, extending southwest from the Satsunan Islands of Kagoshima Prefecture to Taiwan ( Hualien and Yilan Counties). Okinawa Prefecture's largest island, Okinawa Island, is the home to a majority of Okinawa's population. Okinawa Prefecture's indigenous ethnic group are the Ryukyuan people, who also live in the Amami Islands of Kagoshima Prefecture. Okinawa Prefecture was ruled by the Ryukyu Kingdom from 1429 and unofficially annexed by Japan after the Invasion of Ryukyu in 1609. Okinawa Prefecture was officially founded in 1879 by ...
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Rikki (Japanese Singer)
, professionally known as , is a Japanese folk singer. Born in Amami Ōshima, Japan, she began to sing traditional Japanese music when she was four years old. Later, at the age of 15, Rikki was the youngest winner ever to win the "Grand Prix" of the Japanese traditional folk music awards (known as All Japan Minyo awards). She first performed in Tokyo, Japan, at the prestigious Festival Konda Lota in 1992. She released her first single "Maten no Hoshi" (which means 'Sky Full of Stars') in December 1993, originally released in the Kyūshū region of Japan. Shortly thereafter, she produced her debut album, . In 1998, Rikki was chosen to participate at the opening ceremony of the 1998 Winter Paralympics in Nagano, Japan, to sing the Paralympics theme song "". Rikki sang the ''Final Fantasy X'' main theme, " Suteki da ne", released as a single on July 18, 2001. The single also included an instrumental version of "", "Pure Heart" (a vocal arrangement of Aeris' Theme from ''Final ...
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Tsukiji Shunzō
Tsukiji (築地) is a district of Chūō, Tokyo, Japan. Literally meaning "reclaimed land", it lies near the Sumida River on land reclaimed from Tokyo Bay in the 18th century during the Edo period. The eponymous Tsukiji fish market opened in 1935 and closed in 2018 when its operations were moved to the new Toyosu Market. There are also districts named ''Tsukiji'' in Kobe and Amagasaki, cities in Hyōgo Prefecture, although neither is as well known as the district in Tokyo. History Tsukiji is built on reclaimed land out of what were once lowland marshes along the Sumida River delta. Throughout the Tokugawa period, earth from the shogunate's extensive moat and canal excavations was systematically used to fill in the marshes along the river, creating new commercial districts and waterfront housing. The land was then named Tsukiji (築地), meaning "constructed land" or "reclaimed land". The Great Fire of Meireki of 1657 destroyed over two-thirds of Edo's buildings, including Hon ...
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Hokkaido
is Japan, Japan's Japanese archipelago, second largest island and comprises the largest and northernmost Prefectures of Japan, prefecture, making up its own List of regions of Japan, region. The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaidō from Honshu; the two islands are connected by the undersea railway Seikan Tunnel. The largest city on Hokkaidō is its capital, Sapporo, which is also its only Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan, ordinance-designated city. Sakhalin lies about 43 kilometers (26 mi) to the north of Hokkaidō, and to the east and northeast are the Kuril Islands, which are administered by Russia, though the four most southerly are Kuril Islands dispute, claimed by Japan. Hokkaidō was formerly known as ''Ezo'', ''Yezo'', ''Yeso'', or ''Yesso''.Louis Frédéric, Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Hokkaidō" in Although there were Japanese settlers who ruled the southern tip of the island since the 16th century, Hokkaido was considered foreign territo ...
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Ogawa Hisao
Ogawa (written: lit. "small river" or in hiragana) is the 30th most common Japanese surname. Less common variants are (also "small river") or ("tail river"). Notable people with the surname include: *, American poet *, Japanese footballer * Frank H. Ogawa (1917–1994), the first Japanese American to serve on the Oakland, CA City Council * Hiroshi Ogawa (other), several people *, Japanese racing driver *, Japanese cabinet minister *, a Japanese novelist, lyricist and translator, born in 1973 *, Japanese ice hockey player *, Japanese photographer *, Japanese boxer *, Japanese sprinter *, Japanese noted kamikaze pilot * Koki Ogawa (other), multiple people *, retired Japanese army aviator *, Japanese pop singer and actress best known as a former member of Morning Musume *, Japanese television personality and gravure idol *, Japanese chemist *, a.k.a. Shido Nakamura *, Japanese judoka/wrestler/mixed martial artist *, Japanese sailor *, Japanese classical pianis ...
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Hiragana
is a Japanese language, Japanese syllabary, part of the Japanese writing system, along with ''katakana'' as well as ''kanji''. It is a phonetic lettering system. The word ''hiragana'' literally means "flowing" or "simple" kana ("simple" originally as contrasted with kanji). Hiragana and katakana are both kana systems. With few exceptions, each mora (linguistics), mora in the Japanese language is represented by one character (or one digraph) in each system. This may be either a vowel such as ''"a"'' (hiragana wikt:あ, あ); a consonant followed by a vowel such as ''"ka"'' (wikt:か, か); or ''"n"'' (wikt:ん, ん), a nasal stop, nasal sonorant which, depending on the context, sounds either like English ''m'', ''n'' or ''ng'' () when syllable-final or like the nasal vowels of French language, French, Portuguese language, Portuguese or Polish language, Polish. Because the characters of the kana do not represent single consonants (except in the case of ん "n"), the kana are r ...
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Kanagawa Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Kanagawa Prefecture is the second-most populous prefecture of Japan at 9,221,129 (1 April 2022) and third-densest at . Its geographic area of makes it fifth-smallest. Kanagawa Prefecture borders Tokyo to the north, Yamanashi Prefecture to the northwest and Shizuoka Prefecture to the west. Yokohama is the capital and largest city of Kanagawa Prefecture and the second-largest city in Japan, with other major cities including Kawasaki, Sagamihara, and Fujisawa. Kanagawa Prefecture is located on Japan's eastern Pacific coast on Tokyo Bay and Sagami Bay, separated by the Miura Peninsula, across from Chiba Prefecture on the Bōsō Peninsula. Kanagawa Prefecture is part of the Greater Tokyo Area, the most populous metropolitan area in the world, with Yokohama and many of its cities being major commercial hubs and southern suburbs of Tokyo. Kanagawa Prefecture was the political and economic center of Jap ...
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