Hakone Hachiri
箱根八里
| [Genre] | Modern |
| [Composed] | Miyata Kōhachirō - Shakuhachi - 1992 |
History:
| From Kanagawa Prefecture. |
Hakone Hachiri appears on the following albums
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 | Japanese Folk Songs | |
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One of the dangerous paths of the Tokaido which linked Tokyo and Kyoto in the Edo period. The easiest way to cross the mountains of Hakone was to use a horse led by a pack horse driver. Those drivers sang this famous song whilst spinning their reins.
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