Credits:

Mai Tsugumi & Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Middle Army Band

Description:

In 2021, 10 years after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsurumi Mai and the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Chubu Area Band will release a new album with themes such as the reconstruction of the disaster areas where the Self-Defense Forces have been active, the beautiful nature of Japan, and the spirit of "harmony" that the Japanese people have cherished. The new song "Great Harmony" is a large-scale work that expresses the album's concept of the Japanese spirit of harmony and altruistic values. Departures" is a song with lyrics based on the main theme of the movie that won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and features Dai Miyata, a leading cello player, as a solo cellist. Hana ha, saku" is the song that thrush himself has sung most often as a song of hope for the recovery from the Great East Japan Earthquake. This time, she re-recorded the song with the chorus of Self-Defense Forces personnel as a version for the year 2021, the 10th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake.