Social and Cultural History of Japan Through Music Education: Hill of Tangerine Blossoms


Mikan no hana saku oka (Hill of Tangerine Blossoms) Year: 1946 Composer: Minoru Kainuma Poet: Shogo Kato Click to play sound:	Lyrics: Mikan no hana ga saiteiru Omoide no michi oka no michi Haruka ni mieru aoi umi Ohune ga tooku kasunderu	Translation: Mandarin flowers are blooming along this path, cutting through this hill full of memories. Far away, I see the blue sea, and a white ship in the haze.
	Kuroi kemuri o hakinagara Ohune wa doko e ikuno deshoo Nami ni yurarete shima no kage Kiteki ga boo to narimashita	As the ship releases its black smoke, I wonder where it is going. A wave sways it behind an island. And the ship only becomes a sound. Bou.
	Itsuka kita oka kaasan to issho ni nagameta ano shimayo Kyoo mo hitori de miteiruto Yasashii kaasan omowareru	A long time ago, I came to this hill with my mother. Together we watched this island. Today I came again, but alone. Watching this island, thinking about my kind mother.
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