Takibi
Kakine no kakine no magarikado
Takibi da takibi da ochibataki
Atarouka atarouyo
Kitakaze peepuu fuiteiruSazanka sazanka saitamichi
Takibi da takibi da ochibataki
Atarouka atarouyo
Shimoyake otetega mou kayuiKogarashi kogarashi samuimichi
Takibi da takibi da ochibataki
Atarouka atarouyo
Soudan shinagara aruitekuLyricist : TATSUMI Seika
Composer : WATANABE Shigeru
in 1941
Bonfire
Hedge, hedge, bend
It’s a bonfire, it’s a bonfire, burning fallen leaves
“Won’t you warm up?” “Let’s warm up.”
The north wind is blowing like a “peepuu”
Camellia, camellia, blooming road
It’s a bonfire, it’s a bonfire, burning fallen leaves
“Won’t you warm up?” “Let’s warm up.”
My hands are already itchy from frostbite
Cold wind, cold wind, cold road
It’s a bonfire, it’s a bonfire, burning fallen leaves
“Won’t you warm up?” “Let’s warm up.”
We keep talking and talking as we walk
“Bonfires” are now rarely seen from the perspective of disaster prevention,
In the 1940s, it was sometimes held in the streets of Tokyo and in general parks.
The place where TATSUMI Seika, the lyricist, lived and wrote the lyrics,
It is a residential area about 5 minutes from “Arai Yakushi” station on the Seibu Shinjuku Line.
This song, contrary to its cheerful melody, walks through a history of adversity. It first appeared in 1941, scheduled for a three-day consecutive radio broadcast, but at the same time, Japan entered the Pacific War. The broadcast was forced to stop on the second day. There seemed to be a directive from military sources stating, “Even fallen leaves are valuable fuel sources. Burning anything that can be used to heat baths or cook in a bonfire is unacceptable.” As the war intensified, bonfires were said to become targets, leading to their complete suppression.
Even after the war, the broadcasting permission was withheld due to concerns about provoking riots from the perspective of maintaining public order, but it is said that by gradually accumulating small established facts, approval was finally granted retroactively.
Bonfires gather people in the cold season. Conversations are born when people gather.
If this kind of scenery is born again, I think that the enjoyment of the area will increase.
Interestingly, while older generations tend to associate campfires with roasting sweet potatoes, younger people nowadays are more likely to think of toasting marshmallows.
▼It takes 10 minutes on foot from the “bonfire” monument to “Nakano Broadway”, the mecca for otaku.
Click on the photo to go to the official Nakano Broadway page.
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