Silent Night

December has come and we feel the Christmas atmosphere everywhere in the cities, towns or villages. I love Christmas time and Christmas carols. They are not just beautiful but remind me of my happy Christmas time that I spent with my wonderful parents and family during my childhood and having practiced and sung for  the mass at schools. I'm sure you also have some lovely episodes about Christmas. What are  your favourite Christmas carols?

I'd like to share the video with you which I recorded my singing "Silent Night". I hope you will have some peaceful moment listening to it. Thank you for visiting my blog.

Chiharu

The 11th of March: The day we think back on the preciousness of human life and the power of Mother Nature

It's been exactly five years today since the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami occurred (the 11th of March 2011, at 14:46 Japan Time).

The afflicted people the affected area and Japan are still struggling to recover even now. Watching the footage of the disaster or the tragedy on TV the past few days, it hurt my heart a lot and I am sincerely sorry for the victims and those who were killed and who still remain missing in the earthquake and the tsunami.

I got a fresh reminder of the elements, the natural threats or the terrible power of nature. the forces of nature is immense.

We, especially people of Japan or those living in this country, must not forget the tragedy. I would like to exert effort in my way to support them. I express my heartfelt condolences to relatives of the victims.

Here is the song that I covered a few years ago. It was composed and dedicated to the disaster victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami.

"花は咲く Hana wa saku (Flowers will bloom)"

Concert in Faenza, Italy (Videos Uploaded on YouTube)

Here are the videos of the concert (Concerto del libro, poesia e musica a Faenza, Italia) where I performed 9 Japanese songs in public in December 2015 at a hall of Ms. Muky's beautiful mansion in Faenza in the region of Emilia Romagna, Italy. Thank you very much for coming to listen to my voice. I hope to come to Italy to sing for you again. Grazie mille di tutto!

- Chiharu :-)

"Hanamizuki" 

(a cover performed by Chiharu *originally performed by Hitotoyo)

"Kokoro no hitomi" 

(a cover performed by Chiharu *originally performed by Kyu Sakamoto)

2016 has come. Wish You a Lot of Happiness, Healthy Life and Love in Your 2016 :-)

5 days have gone by since the beginning of the new year 2016. I hope you spent a heartwarming Christmas with your family and loved ones and welcome the new year happily. I wish all of you a wonderful, peaceful and healthy year and a lot of happiness and love in 2016.

I was thinking about my new year's resolutions. Hmm, my mind is filled with lots of hopes, challenges and ideas. This year, I will try more things than these past years. I'm kind of excited. I hope to try something new; something I have never done before. It could be different types of art, collaborating with other artists from different fields, creating something unique etc.

My new year's resolutions in music is that I will try to sing in different languages and upload the videos of me singing them on YouTube and SoundCloud.

Here below is the link to one of my videos at the concert in Faenza, Italy.

"Kokoro no Hitomi" (Gli Occhi del Cuore / Eyes of the Heart)*cover by Chiharu

I hope to make an international singing group again one day outside Japan, sharing the joy of singing and multi-cultural exchanges heart to heart through music across national boundaries.

I wish you, your family and loved ones once again a happy, prosperous and healthy year :)


Chiharu