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Japanese National Anthem

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Sunday, 03 February 2008

Do you know the Japanese National anthem? Have you ever even heard it?
Well if your like me then your answer will probably be no. So add this to your knowledge of Japanese Culture!

君が代 Kimi ga yo ? Imperial Reign (One of the worlds shortest National anthems) Composed in 1880 by Hiromori Hayashi		The anthem is a Waka Poem from the Heian period, which was later sung to a melody from the Meiji Era

Kanji 君が代は千代に八千代に細石の巌となりて苔の生すまで	Hiragana きみ　が　よ　はちよ　にやちよ　にさざれ　いし　のいわお　と　なりてこけ　の　むす　まで		Furigana Kimi ga yo wa Chiyo ni yachiyo ni Sazare ishi no Iwao to narite Koke no musu made

English Translation

May your reign
Continue for a thousand years.
And last for eight thousand of generations
Until pebbles
Turn into boulders
And covered with Moss

Kimi ga yo score