Japanese Listening Practice | Walk around in Yoyogi Park in Tokyo

#SpeakJapaneseNaturally #pitchaccent Hi, welcome to Speak Japanese Naturally! I’m Fumi. I’m walking around Yoyogi Park in Shibuya in Tokyo on November 26th. The autumn leaves are still beautiful. They say you can get the widest view of the sky in Tokyo in Yoyogi Park. And the phrase “the widest view of the sky in Tokyo“ reminded me of a poem, あどけない空の話 An innocent story of the sky written by Kotaro Takamura(1883-1956) Here’s the whole poem あどけない話 Innocent story 智恵子は東京に空がないといふ Chieko says there’s no sky in Tokyo ほんとの空が見たいといふ。 She says she wants to see the real sky 私は驚いて空を見る。 Which made me look up at the sky in surprise 桜若葉の間に在るのは、 What I can see between young sakura leaves is 切つても切れない　むかしなじみのきれいな空だ。 The beautiful sky that I have been familiar with for a long time どんよりけむる地平のぼかしは The foggy horizon is unclear with うすもも色の朝のしめりだ。 Pale pink moist morning 智恵子は遠くを見ながら言ふ。 Chieko looks far away and says 阿多多羅山(あたたらやま)の山の上に Above the Atatara mountain 毎日出てゐる青い空が The blue sky you see every day is 智恵子のほんとの空だといふ。 Her real sky, she says あどけない空の話である It is an innocent story of the sky 高村光太郎 1928年 Kotaro Takamura, 1928 ———— 「言う」＝「言う」 「ゐる」＝「いる」 These parts are written in an old Japanese style I hope you’ll enjoy this video. Thank you for visiting. Fumi --------------------------- Follow me for updates! Twitter Facebook Music: -