Remembering those Spring days...
Kyu Sakamoto sings for the TV show "Shall We Meet at Seven?" in 1963.
The newspaper article at the beginning of the video reads:
KYU SAKAMOTO (Capitol)
HOME TOWN: Kawasaki, Japan. AGE: 22 BACKGROUND: Kyu (pronounced "Q") has been a big star in Japan for almost four years, racking up eight best selling albums and 15 hit singles in that time, as well as acting in movies and television appearances. When Washington state disk jockey Rich Osborne (KORD) played a track from a Toshiba LP for his audience recently, entitled "Ue O Mui Te Aruko" the response was so favourable that the disk was soon one of the most popular in Washington State. Capitol Records, the U.S. associate of Toshiba decided to release it in this country, but changed the name to "Sukiyaki."
The Lyrics:
Looking up while walking
Ue wo muite arukou
上を向いて歩こう
So the tears won't fall
Namida ga koborenai youni
涙がこぼれないように
Remembering those spring days
Omoidasu haru no hi
思い出す春の日
All alone at night
Hitoribocchi no yoru
一人ぼっちの夜
Looking up while walking
Ue wo muite arukou
上を向いて歩こう
And counting the scattered stars
Nijinda hoshi wo kazoete
にじんだ星をかぞえて
Remembering those summer days
Omoidasu natsu no hi
思い出す夏の日
All alone at night
Hitoribocchi no yoru
一人ぼっちの夜
Happiness lies above the clouds
Shiawase wa kumo no ue ni
幸せは雲の上に
Happiness lies above the sky
Shiawase wa sora no ue ni
幸せは空の上に
Looking up while walking
Ue wo muite arukou
上を向いて歩こう
So the tears won't fall
Namida ga koborenai youni
涙がこぼれないように
Keep walking on, while crying
Naki nagara aruku
泣きながら歩く
It's a lonely night
Hitoribocchi no yoru
一人ぼっちの夜
Remembering those autumn days
Omoidasu aki no hi
思い出す秋の日
Sadness is in the shadow of the stars
Kanashimi wa hoshi no kage ni
悲しみは星の影に
Sadness is in the shadow of the moon
Kanashimi wa tsuki no kage ni
悲しみは月の影に
Looking up while walking
Ue wo muite arukou
上を向いて歩こう
So the tears won't fall
Namida ga koborenai youni
涙がこぼれないように
Keep walking on, while crying
Naki nagara aruku
泣きながら歩く
It's a lonely night
Hitoribocchi no yoru
一人ぼっちの夜
It's a lonely night
Hitoribocchi no yoru
一人ぼっちの夜
The newspaper article at the beginning of the video reads:
KYU SAKAMOTO (Capitol)
HOME TOWN: Kawasaki, Japan. AGE: 22 BACKGROUND: Kyu (pronounced "Q") has been a big star in Japan for almost four years, racking up eight best selling albums and 15 hit singles in that time, as well as acting in movies and television appearances. When Washington state disk jockey Rich Osborne (KORD) played a track from a Toshiba LP for his audience recently, entitled "Ue O Mui Te Aruko" the response was so favourable that the disk was soon one of the most popular in Washington State. Capitol Records, the U.S. associate of Toshiba decided to release it in this country, but changed the name to "Sukiyaki."
The Lyrics:
Looking up while walking
Ue wo muite arukou
上を向いて歩こう
So the tears won't fall
Namida ga koborenai youni
涙がこぼれないように
Remembering those spring days
Omoidasu haru no hi
思い出す春の日
All alone at night
Hitoribocchi no yoru
一人ぼっちの夜
Looking up while walking
Ue wo muite arukou
上を向いて歩こう
And counting the scattered stars
Nijinda hoshi wo kazoete
にじんだ星をかぞえて
Remembering those summer days
Omoidasu natsu no hi
思い出す夏の日
All alone at night
Hitoribocchi no yoru
一人ぼっちの夜
Happiness lies above the clouds
Shiawase wa kumo no ue ni
幸せは雲の上に
Happiness lies above the sky
Shiawase wa sora no ue ni
幸せは空の上に
Looking up while walking
Ue wo muite arukou
上を向いて歩こう
So the tears won't fall
Namida ga koborenai youni
涙がこぼれないように
Keep walking on, while crying
Naki nagara aruku
泣きながら歩く
It's a lonely night
Hitoribocchi no yoru
一人ぼっちの夜
Remembering those autumn days
Omoidasu aki no hi
思い出す秋の日
Sadness is in the shadow of the stars
Kanashimi wa hoshi no kage ni
悲しみは星の影に
Sadness is in the shadow of the moon
Kanashimi wa tsuki no kage ni
悲しみは月の影に
Looking up while walking
Ue wo muite arukou
上を向いて歩こう
So the tears won't fall
Namida ga koborenai youni
涙がこぼれないように
Keep walking on, while crying
Naki nagara aruku
泣きながら歩く
It's a lonely night
Hitoribocchi no yoru
一人ぼっちの夜
It's a lonely night
Hitoribocchi no yoru
一人ぼっちの夜