Famous songs and local tunes that sing of Wakayama: melodies that carry on the spirit of our hometown.

Toward tomorrowSakamoto Fuyumi

Toward tomorrow

This is the image song for the Wakayama National Sports Festival.

I love Fuyumi Sakamoto, and this song isn’t very enka-like—it’s a bright, pop-style tune, so I fell in love with it right away.

It’s a really great song, and I especially love the vocals.

I hope they’ll use this song for events again.

A Wandering Journey in the Land of KiYamashiro Sakura

Wandering Journey in the Land of Ki - Sakura Yamashiro (Original)

I was delighted to learn that you composed an original song about Kii no Kuni like this.

It’s rich in emotion, very heartrending, and a really good piece.

The melody is gentle, so it makes me want to keep listening.

Your voice is beautiful, and I think you’re a truly wonderful person.

TRUE MY FRIENDKawashima Ikuko

Kawashima Ikuko TRUE MY FRIEND

I especially loved this song because the vocals were so sweet.

There were so many times I thought about wanting to work in Shirahama.

But after I got a job at a company in Wakayama City, I had occasions to go to Adventure World for work, and I loved the song even more—I would listen to it in the car on the way there.

The Hawk of KiiTaira Kouichi

Koichi Taira, the Hawk of Kishu

This song is one of the really cool tracks.

I got to see the live performance on stage the other day, and it was so cool that my mother instantly became a fan too.

It’s a masculine, cool song that’s easy to listen to, and I like the melody as well.

I’d love to hear you sing more songs from Kishu.

Kii no Kunidansei gasshou kumikyoku

IV. Kii no Kuni (from the male-voice choral suite “The Garden Where My Father Is”)

It’s a very dignified and powerful song about the Land of Ki.

The lyrics are strong and dynamic, expressing a return to Wakayama.

It’s the kind of song that makes you picture scenes of remembering your hometown and being moved to tears.

I truly hope it will be passed down for generations to come.

Song of the TengusaTaniyama Hiroko

JR Iwashiro Station — Song of Tengusa

Wakayama’s Minabe Town is a place I visited on a school trip back when I was in high school.

It’s a very peaceful and lovely town.

The nature is abundant, but the fact that there’s hardly anyone around gives it a laid-back feel—and the song about it is so charmingly relaxed that I remember laughing when I first heard it.

It celebrates the good things about the countryside.

Nankai Soul TrainU-ME a.k.a Umehara Munenao

REDEMPTION feat. U-ME a.k.a. Munenao Umehara “Nankai Soul Train” at the Kada Autumn Red Sea Bream Festival

I was amazed to hear someone sing that Nankai train in such a stylish way—it was my first time hearing it, and I loved it so much I became a fan.

It’s the kind of Kada Line music that makes you want to listen more, and adding rap is so chic! I really want songs like this to become more popular.