![]() Our friend and adopted daughter, Yukari, told me it was from an animated movie called Gedo Senki (Tales from Earthsea). Armed with a book of Japanese words with pronunciations and English translations and my limited understanding, I set out to try and find out what I could about the song. I was instantly drawn to the beautiful sounds and the soothing voice of the singer. ![]() One particular morning when I came in, somewhere around the end of July, a new song was playing. This did not prevent me from enjoying it anyway as music, a universal language, has a way of communicating. And always, I was clueless to the meaning of the words being sung. I would listen to music over their sound system always in Japanese. Not everyday, but quite often I would begin my mornings with a cup of coffee from a McDonald’s in Moriyama, literally right across the street from where we were staying. ![]() ![]() In 2006, Susan and I were (together) □ , in Japan. ![]()
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