Touyama 作曲 : Mirei Toyama/Samuel Morris Zornow/Zak Adams Leaver When I see the ocean of Oki I always remember what my grandma once told me when she was young, she saw the horizon in black On all sides, battleships ready to attack Okinawa is an Island in the island With hibiscus and dialect blooming out of the soil of my family's ghosts This prefecture wasn't always part of Japan and is was turned into a battlefield for WW2 Where mothers and babies had to hide together in forced silence holding each other as soldiers destroyed their lives I was born and raised in Naich in Osaka with my father last name of Oki The first time I saw him cry was when we visited his childhood home and memories of his parents, brothers and sisters washed over him Even with my imperfect nationality, my uncles siad, You're family, come back here any time Now when I hear the ocean, even with the waves breaking on foreign military bases I picture my grandpa and his Sanshin guitar. I heard him playing once and it was beautiful 谷茶前ね浜に スルル小が 寄てぃてぃんどーへい スルル小が 寄てぃてぃんどーへい タンチャマシマシ デイアングワ ソイソイ デイアングワ ソイソイ When I see the ocean of Oki I always remember what my grandma once told me This is the song of my history, in the name of Touyama