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Tokyo March after the earthquake (2) Tokyo March

[CAM] 19:00 on October 21, 2015

 The movie "Tokyo March 31, 1929" was released on May 31, 1929, and the theme song was released by Victor Records. The best thing that sang Ginza

 

 Willow of Ginza that I miss in the past

 Who knows the age?

 Dancing in jazz and recuring.

 At dawn, the dancer's tears rain

 

 Seidensticker's "Tokyo March" translation into English for reference ("TOKYO RISING")

 

 The Ginza willows bring thoughts of the past.

 Who will know the aging, fickle woman?

 Dancing to jazz, liqueur into the small hours.

 And in the dawn a flood of tears for the dancer.

 

Tokyo_koshin-kyoku_poster[1]. jpg (Copy from wikipedia, public domain confirmed)

 

  Kafu also touched a little "Tokyo Marching" in "Nichijo" on June 25, 1929.

"I walk around Ginza with a song at night. There is a store that sells phonographs at the corner of Sanchome. Listen to the popular song played by the phonograph in a group of walking people. Tojiro Kutsukake and Yaraifu's popular song. Around this time, this song is very popular, including the caffee in the capital (everywhere) and the color town Izukoto on the mountainside. Other Habu no Minato Kimi Koishi Tokyo March kyoku and other Ifu folk songs have become popular since this spring and have reached the present day. The poor lyrics of the lyrics are not comparable to the words, and only the broad Tokyo Koimeite and Ifu are the same.'

 

 The song can be seen and heard on "You Tube" along with the scenery of Tokyo at the time.