category: instrumental easy listening / country

[from the original album liner notes]:
"During 1965 I toured the major cities of Japan along with Skeeter Davis, The Browns and Hank Locklin. It was a memorable visit and I enjoyed meeting and visiting with the people. My only regret was that I had not the time to learn any of the traditional Japanese melodies.

With the help of the fine people at RCA I have now fulfilled that goal by learning and recording the songs in this album. I sincerely hope you will enjoy and appreciate my rendition of them." -- Chet Atkins, 1973

CD Track Listing

  1. Hamabe No Uta (beach song) (Narita) (3:11)
  2. Yurikago No Uta (cradle song) (Kusakawa) (2:39)
  3. Sato No Aki (autumn in my place of origin-family home) (Kainuma) (2:27)
  4. Natsu Wa Kinu (here comes summer) (Koyama) (2:17)
  5. Mikan No Hanasaku Oka (hillside of blossoming tangerine trees) (Kainuma) (2:03)
  6. Jyogashima No Ame (rain on Joga Island) (Yamada) (3:43)
  7. Kojyo No Tuki (moon over the castle ruins) (Taki) (2:55)
  8. Akatonbo (red dragon fly) (Yamada) (2:09)
  9. Yashi No Mi (coconut meat) (Ohnaka) (3:00)
10. Hana (cherry blossoms) (Taki) (2:28)
11. Habu No Minato (Hau Harbor) (Nakayama) (2:42)
12. Furusato (place where one spent childhood) (Okano) (2:52)
13. Yuyake Koyake (glowing sunset) (Kusakawa) (2:26)

Total timing: 34:57

Label/No: BMG/RCA BVCP-7398 (Japanese import)

Release date: (c)1973, 1995 reissue