Tegami (Haikei Jūgo no Kimi e)
Posted on June 7th, 2010 by Kevin Colwell
Yasu came up with a brilliant idea for an Ice Breaker for the kids. It is a very popular and beautiful Japanese song by Angela Aki that all the kids in Japan know: Tegami (Haikei Jūgo no Kimi e), or Letter (Greetings to a 15 Year Old).
Angela Aki was born in Shikoku between a Japanese father and an Italian-American mother. This song became big hit in Japan among young people especially 15 year olds as this song features a 15 year old person.
We would like our kids to learn it for the Welcome & Farewell banquets so that they can sing it together with the Japan kids. Here are a couple of Youtube sites to refer to. We're hoping the kids will be able to practice this song at a couple of our meetings.
Romaji with English translation:
Music video with English subtitles:
And another version with video plus romaji lyrics:
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