This is actually an Okinawan song and not Japanese. It came from the Ryukyu Islands which is also called Okinawa. Look at the kimono they are wearing. Very different from the ones they wear in Japan. Also the music is played with a sanshin and has a different sound than the shamisen.
@Deepsky1A1B Neat, I bet that was about the same time we lived in Hawaii and I remember my dad, also a Marine, always playing this song. I loved this song ever since childhood. My mother is Japanese. I guess that makes me half-Japanese, half-Marine LOL :)
This is my mom's favorite Enka song. Remember it well as a kid, and even now (had to get mom Akemi's 4 song maxi-cd that was released last year, too). Thanks for the video!
I have loved this song ever since I was a little girl. My Japanese mother had the original album and my father played it all the time. At least beginning 40 yrs ago. Takes me way back.....
Beautiful song, however I like the Aoe Mina version a bit more. It's much slower paced and she performs it in her hauntingly husky voice. Thanks for the upload!
懐かしい歌です。育ててくれたお手伝いさんがいつも歌っていました。
思い出すと泣けます。そういえば「渡久地政信」さんの娘さんに紹介された覚えがあります。まあ昔の話です。三沢さんの少し鼻にかかった声は魅力的ですね。
ikitemune 3 months ago
aaaaa.....natsukashiiiiiii! dedicated to my mom Hiroko, her favorite song, she used to play this song on her 45 record all the time.
takeshimiyagi 1 year ago 2
Makes me wanna cry.... I love this song
Chihuahua2Tokyo 2 years ago
Dai suki
Deepsky1A1B 2 years ago
This is actually an Okinawan song and not Japanese. It came from the Ryukyu Islands which is also called Okinawa. Look at the kimono they are wearing. Very different from the ones they wear in Japan. Also the music is played with a sanshin and has a different sound than the shamisen.
kazuko62 2 years ago
Could somebody tranlate this song?
Deepsky1A1B 3 years ago
島のブルース
歌 谷 真酉美
作詩 吉川静夫 作曲 渡久地政信
昭和38年
１ 奄美なちかしゃ 蘇鉄のかげで 泣けばゆれます サネン花ヨ ながい黒髪 島むすめ 島むすめヨ
２ 愛人（かな）はいまごろ 起きてか寝てか 淋しがらせる 浜千鳥ヨ 南風（はえ）のふく夜は ねむられぬ ねむられぬヨ
rakuhii 2 years ago
In 1964-65 Iwas in Iwakuni japan.
M.P. duty. U.S.M.C.
I remember this song.
Deepsky1A1B 3 years ago 7
@Deepsky1A1B Neat, I bet that was about the same time we lived in Hawaii and I remember my dad, also a Marine, always playing this song. I loved this song ever since childhood. My mother is Japanese. I guess that makes me half-Japanese, half-Marine LOL :)
lovemelikeasong 1 year ago 2
值得懷念老歌.真好聽.
rav4kon 3 years ago
Beautiful Song!!!!!
wannabe1japanese 3 years ago 6
This is my mom's favorite Enka song. Remember it well as a kid, and even now (had to get mom Akemi's 4 song maxi-cd that was released last year, too). Thanks for the video!
FResearcher 4 years ago
@FResearcher please get me one, also my mom's favorite song!
takeshimiyagi 1 year ago
I have loved this song ever since I was a little girl. My Japanese mother had the original album and my father played it all the time. At least beginning 40 yrs ago. Takes me way back.....
lovemelikeasong 4 years ago 4
@lovemelikeasong my mom's favorite song too! we have something in comon!
takeshimiyagi 1 year ago
Good old days in Japan!!
ssOyashio511 4 years ago 4
Beautiful song, however I like the Aoe Mina version a bit more. It's much slower paced and she performs it in her hauntingly husky voice. Thanks for the upload!
Go90go 4 years ago
natsuukashii!!!
SUYEKO 4 years ago
This song has been a favorite of mine for years--glad I found your post. Thanks a mil!!
higw 4 years ago
Believe it or not I lived on Amami for a couple of years long long time ago. In a little village called Kachiura.
jojijoji88 5 years ago
thanks! i love it!!!
cdshikida 5 years ago