Ito Kashitaro - My Narrow Road (ぼくのほそ道)

Or, according to Kashitaro, "My Thin Way".
The song is based on a very famous poetic travel diary written in the Edo Period by a Japanese poet, Matsuo Basho, as he traveled through Japan on foot. The original text is titled "Oku no Hosomichi, or "Narrow Road to the Interior". Many lines of this song make reference to famous lines from this text. I don't think you guys particularly need or want a history/Japanese Literature lesson, so I'll stop there, but you can always google it for more info or send me a message on tumblr.
Lyrics: Ito Kashitaro (伊東歌詞太郎)
Composition: MikitoP (みきとP)
Illustration: Yuroi (川野)
Video: Otori (大鳥)
Original Video:
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[@ChocobitzXD]

I swear, this guy loves his cats so much that he includes them in his songs.

[@thanhhuyen3236]

+ChocobitzXD "you" in the song is Pon and Mimi =))))))))))

[@thanhhuyen3236]

AWWWWWWWW HE'S SO FUCKING CUTE :3 I heard he would write a song about the frog that he saw last few days :)))

[@SoAS26]

cats always deserve to be included in your songs! its a cat lover's rule.! you didnt know? i bet u aren't a cat lover...

[@akitelin2316]

Lyrics : Aitai na furari to tabi ni deyou
otto abunai ne kamen ga hazuresou
kimi ni shika misenai yo
boku no hontou no kao wa
Joudan wo tobashinagara yukou
otto abunai ne tobaseba tsukamaru zo
kaze to tomo ni itsuka wa
tadori tsukeru ki ga shita
Koushite I know you know shitte
bokura wa yurari yurari iku yo
souya misaki kaze tsuyoi
sore demo utau ta
soshite itsuka kitto toki ga
tate wa sukoshi zutsu iroase
sepia ni somatte waraou
Saisentan bokura no jidai de wa
isso sai seitan hateruma de dakiaou
haji no ooi shougai da
kaki sutete iketara
Umareta toki bokura wa
sude ni tabi ni deteta
Dou yattatte ai no sainou mitsukaranai
kara furari furari iku yo
yonaguni wa taiwan made
te wo tsunagesou da
soshite motto motto bokura
wa nousabu misaki wo koete
maigo ni natte waraou
Tsuwamono mo yume ni kiete
matsushima no tsuki mo kumotte
tsurezure ni naranai jinsei
dakara koso tabi wa tanoshi
Boku wa nande konna chi ni ashi
tsukezu furafura shiteru no
ie no naka nekotachi
dake machitsuzukete iru
sou da yatto mietekita zo
tabi ni deru riyuu ga hora
kimi ni aeru nara shiawase
mou nidoto iwanai.
~THANK YOU~

[@vahlia2935]

Ito Kashitaro has such a wonderful voice. He pairs so nicely with MikitoP's songs~

[@niknyaa7244]

seriously ito's voice is so beautiful

[@officialkathychan]

I love how simple and calming this PV looks and how my song makes my heart all happy. 8)

[@theoverlordbear]

And this song's so relaxing that I had lots of fun with making a song cover of this song! ^_^

[@susi9240]

Yes ^-^

[@marseatheadrest]

this song is a bit old now n i only discovered it a year ago, but its so special and it makes me super emotional. it feels so hopeful even though the perspective implied by the lyrics feel sort of lonely. idk i just love it so much, plus the instrumentals alongside ito kashitaro’s voice is a charming combo. mikitoP’s music is amazing

[@linac.7709]

I finally found this song after 5+ years,,,,,

[@jeansomelette4117]

SAME OMG i randomly remembered it and it took me so long to find it ._.

[@jennal1727]

I saw the Miku version first and decided to watch this one...
My heart melted as soon as the singing started my WoRD iT's BEautiFUL

[@nickeloniku00]

Still my favourite since 2015 ♡♡

[@alexanderking6110]

Darn it, I was going to stop watching videos after this one, but then I heard his voice.

[@mrdz3552]

He's done it againnnnn
his songs are so ... warm and fuzzyyyy

[@AkiraKisaragi]

The songs feel hopeful, but sometime bittersweet.

[@tkcldk]

really love this song, ito kashitaro is awesome as always

[@bunnnybox]

Yes! Ito Kashitaro's voice is so nice.

[@asyy2072]

is he a real person or a vocaloid

[@bunnnybox]

Real person.

[@wasabilee8026]

we are vietnamese but in literature,there's 1 part we learn about matsuo basho-which his student brings home a banana tree and that's where his "nickname" come from ,influenced by the greatest Chinese's poet Li Bai,as "white plum" ;)

[@OliviaBarnaby]

Still one of the best.

[@murple3]

I finally found it again omg

[@physicalmediamp4]

I've been searching so long to find this song again, I'm so happy!

[@TheSingingBUn]

I love This guy. Thank you so much for this AmeSubs-san

[@shiemiin]

I just noticed at at 2:13 the '1, 2, 3, Oh Yeah Part' in the right side, one of the voices says '1, 2, 3' in Chinese.

[@rafaeljohnrobosa6327]

It sounded like korean. Hahaha

[@Nichijouforfun]

the first time I saw this I was in high school, since then, I come back to this video hoping one day to be able to live the way the speaker does so. how do i begin living a life careless like the wind when i've got things to do? feeling rlly wanderlust rn

[@racoonmakanramen]

he made me fall in love with this song!

[@ghostmoths_]

I prefer this one to Miku's

[@TheBigDjFish]

I love the music to this soooo much >w

[@yazuki2889]

歌詞さんマジイケボ♡

[@umbrella638]

Tanaka always listless :DD OP song

[@zee.bakutwice]

I just love this kind of music!

[@lux1436]

Here we are again

[@whizxcoffee]

this song caught me off guard, i swear i've heard this before :-:

[@pattycakemocha2425]

Love this song ~ *his voice*

[@asamiha13]

This is so beautiful T_T

[@moplymatplaysgumingsayjdee5584]

lets go visiting my old songs that i vibe to

[@nagywywy]

This guy has an amazing voice. :3 Good translation as always, thanks Ame! ^-^

[@serinchan9300]

SUTEKIIIIIIII~~~~~~~

[@pora_]

みきとPが大好き

[@qwecatnip]

found it again 😁

[@Mochi_Waffles]

This song reminds me of the song "ikanaide". I think that's how you spell it but, the guy looks like the guy from the other song looking for his friend and finally getting to see her again. For so many years he can see her at last

[@Mochi_Waffles]

That's the thing. But it would be also cool if they had a song of the girl's point of view, or something like that. Like the "distant fields" song and the song sequels after that and it told the story form both point of veiws.

[@YungPollock]

Tuturu-u~!

[@iloveJustinBieber774]

あれは美しかった

[@Ark-i2b]

NICE MUSIC !!

[@caramelldansen1000]

This makes my day! *u*

[@rocimi7321]

My ears plz

[@nirwansyah1705]

nice song i like this

[@audreychan1011]

I'm so deluded I like to think this is a song about our backpacking honeymoon...like how did it get there right? hahaha

[@이새론-c3w]

so👍

[@PinkDemon_OuO]

This song is so nice! :) is the character in the video from an anime? I feel like I've seen the fox mask like that somewhere before.

[@TheIncomingVirus1]

+Naomi Weneck that fox mask is a traditional mask in japan so its probably in a lot of different animes :)

[@nalqi4506]

Fox mask is the mask that ito wears to hide his identity on stages

[@isaachawj9550]

Nooooooo it's not on soundcloud

[@FlutistPride]

Can you sub 脱獄／まふまふ【歌ってみた】?

[@akikazeCos]

Does anyone know if a karaoke/instrumental exists yet? ;3;

[@froggykimmy]

Please .. Can someone tell me where I can download this song ;___; I want it so bad!!

[@froggykimmy]

***** OMG TY SO MUCH

[@ehei1024]

@@froggykimmy where lol?

[@froggykimmy]

@@ehei1024 honestly if you googled 'youtube mp3' you should some sites where you can put the url of the video and download the song

[@xng_xing5136]

First

[@チヱ]

Nope.

[@violetwullur1866]

+朧
ur display pic...
is uzumaki!(・∀・)
fukin creepay(~ ^ ~;)

[@チヱ]

VioNeko wullur :D