RIMI NATSUKAWA - Island Song | 夏川りみ Rimi Natsukawa 島唄 | FIRST TIME TO REACT!🇯🇵

[@manamiabe7278]

いつ聞いてもいい声いい歌。 でもとっても切ない曲なんだよね😭

[@Dyan92]

I love her voice. Such pitch calming to ear.

[@みのる-g9g]

この楽器は三味線ではありません。 「三線」という沖縄の楽器です。

[@aud91497]

The song compares the storm to the American military in World War II. But this song is not a song of resentment or hatred. It is purely a requiem song to remind the Japanese people of the sad facts that happened in the past. The storm came in the spring when the deigo flowers were in bloom. The storm is still going on in early summer when deigo flowers are in full bloom. I met you, my beloved, in the sugar cane field. In an air-raid shelter underneath the sugar cane field, we said goodbye to you, my beloved, forever. Please, Oh Shimauta, be the wind that blows across the sea with the souls of the dead, and return to “Nirai Kanai”, the God Realm that lies beyond the far eastern sea. Please, Oh Shimauta, become the wind and bring the sorrow of Okinawa to the people of Japan.

[@フレディフレディ-o1e]

綺麗。澄んだ力強い声ですね。突き抜けるような高音に癒されます。

[@Marnave47]

She has amazing voice

[@AlmaDSVlog]

Beautiful voice thanks for sharing love it

[@tihaya403]

戦争があった沖縄の、戦争でたくさんの人を亡くした沖縄の歌ですよ。

[@momo-so5hm]

涙が出てくる素晴らしい歌！意味が分かると、もっと涙が出てきます！

[@hsh2237]

So cool & mellow voice.. relaxing and soothing in feelings ❤️❤️ wonderful

[@khelgagrigoreva]

My beloved Rimi ❤️❤️❤️

[@KuyaJsChannel]

First time to heard Rimi on your channel and im sure she is a folk musician from Japan. Thanks for reacting

[@レオンハルトオイラー-r1k]

Shamisen is exactly a Japanese traditional instrument, but what she plays is “Sanshin”, which is a traditional instrument of Okinawa (or Ryukyu island)

[@skyforce7631]

exactly as

[@Well-Brilliant]

『沖縄の綺麗な海』よ永遠に！ ですね。

[@まいくろ-f9k]

Actually, this song is based on war of Okinawa

[@A_Data]

The song is relaxing and I want to go to sleep.☺️

[@佐久間勝志-v6h]

りみさんの歌きいたら外国人の方みんな感動しますね❗すばらしい歌声です❗

[@juanitoflores4442]

Nice Voice

[@MFPick]

So, you ought to listen to her sing "Naha Sou Sou" especially if you can find it with English subtitles.

[@TT-xx3nw]

She is playing Jamisen ( not Shamisen). This is specialized in Okinawa (southem portion) using snake leather

[@kenshinflyer]

"Shima Uta" is actually a song (somebody here mentioned it's a requiem) about a sensitive issue in Okinawa--World War II and the sacrifice of the Ryukyus to save the home islands of Yamato (Japan) from an invasion by the Allies (mostly the Americans). It's a metaphor-filled song--in the first line, the "deigo"--the official flower of Okinawa--is mentioned, and they say that the more deigo blossoms seen, the more storms would come. "The Storm" happens to symbolize World War II ("The deigo blooms, and the wind blew, and the storm came"). Rimi Natsukawa is playing the Sanshin (not its descendant, the shamisen), which is indeed made of python skin. It's not easy to export the sanshin outside of Okinawa (sorry, Tim) due to the endangered status of the python whose skin is used in the instrument. She and even THE BOOM (the original singers) is playing it to remind everyone that this song is about Okinawa (since the sanshin is the musical heart and soul of Okinawa), along with the nearly-all-Uchinaaguchi (Okinawan) lyrics. Yep, when you hear her sing the song, close your eyes and, immediately, you're transported to an island paradise.

[@e5j0]

This song is a war song. My favorite lyrics are “uuji no mori de anata to deai uuji no shita de chiyo ni sayonara”(ウージの森であなたと出会い、ウージの下で千代にさよなら) The meaning is to “meet you in the sugar cane field and goodbye forever under the sugar cane.(in the air raid shelter) It means that a loved one died in an air raid shelter. I’m sorry I’m not good at English.

[@tekyuki]

That is not a shamisen , it is a sanshin.

[@みやちゃん-o4i]

デビュー当時！新潟のラジオ番組のパーソナリティさんとなかが良くて新潟県内でライブ良くやってましたネ！りみさんは日本酒が好きで花束と日本酒をステージ前で渡したことが今は自慢😁いい思いでになってます！こんなに大きくすてきなアーティストになっちゃいました😭

[@WizardPandora]

I Iike Nada Sou Sou by her

[@ゴンナナシ-v8r]

三線です！沖縄地方の伝統的な楽器です！

[@TimVenaVlog]

thank you❤️

[@wesyokohama]

It ’s a song of genocide sadness by the US military.

[@hiromihansen8632]

Hejsa! Jeg har boet i DK i 16 år, og I regerer på mange japansk sange, wow! Jeg elsker denne sang!!!

[@pierretaka6085]

The island Okinawa is geographically very close to Luzon Philippines.

[@jackjackyphantom8854]

Okinawa is closest to mainland Japan. And Okinawan culture is most similar to Japanese culture.

[@Matty80822]

yeah you gotta hear the boom the original

[@keit_ryo]

it's not shamisen. it's sanshin, traditional instrument of Okinawa.

[@antanwft]

She plays "sanshin" . en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanshin

[@lurkmerchant]

Here's the original version. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpCQgI2co5aNns0 By the band called "the boom". I love both version equally. Check it out in your private time.

[@ヒカルくんママ]

この歌の意味は、沖縄決戦で沖縄住民が逃げ回ってウージ(防空壕)で死を覚悟して手榴弾で自害した方々の当時の状況を歌詞にした歌です。 この歌を聞くと涙が出てきます。

[@9181samurai]

shamisenではなくsanshinです。

[@pinkystone2]

Himeyuri students　ひめゆり学徒隊

[@松川桜-z7y]

「amuro namie」 musician from okinawa okimawa→ 首里城(shuri castle) 2020' destruction by fire okinawa place history gather oll extension sad 😔

[@てじ-i8o]

これが、本当のロックなんです。 悲しい歌詞の意味も知って欲しいです。

[@8962aj]

war . her write. he is die war okinawa battle filed. you guy don't . this song lost he war i'm not good English .