https://soundcloud.com/commodore-64/yamanote-sen/s-eGCzOHello mates
Well here's a last minute entry for the Spring Quest... a bit of a daft curiosity piece really, but the quest felt like a chance to do something different, and it's the taking part, innit?
The claim to exoticness is that it's in Japanese. It's an auditory map of the Yamanote Line, which is the train line that runs in a big circle around Tokyo, and just keeps going almost 24 hours a day. The lyrics are mostly just a complete list of the station names, in order, so it ain't my deepest piece but hey, it might come in useful if you are ever lost in Tokyo and want to catch the right train home.
Good luck to all in the quest.
Paul
Lyrics:
Sa, norimasho (Well, let's get on board)
Shinagawa
Osaki
Gotanda
Meguro
Ebisu
Shbuya
Harajuku
Yoyogi
Shinjuku
Shinokubo
Takadanobaba
Mejiro
Ikebukuro
Otsuka
Sugamo
Enkei no yamanote sen (The circular Yamanote line)
Kuru kuru mawaru (Goes round and round)
Atama karapo dakedo (My head is empty but)
Kaiten suru (Keeps turning over)
Guru guru suru (And keeps going round and round)
Komagome
Tabata
Nishi-Nippori
Nippori
Uguisudani
Ueno
Okachimachi
Akihabara
Kanda
Tokyo
Yurakucho
Shinbashi
Hamamatsucho
Tamachi
Mata, Shinagawa
Go josha arigato gozaimasu (Thanks for riding)