Okinawa no Kaze

Okinawa no Kaze
Compilation album by Rimi Natsukawa
Released	February 25, 2004 (2004-02-25)
Recorded	2001–2004
Genre	Shima uta, traditional
Length	47:18
Label	Victor Entertainment
Rimi Natsukawa chronology
Famureuta (2003) Okinawa no Kaze (2004) Kaze no Michi (2004)

Okinawa no Kaze (沖縄の風, Okinawan Wind) is a compilation album released by Rimi Natsukawa on February 25, 2004 (2004-02-25), marketed as an Okinawan song cover album.

Song sources

The album features 10 covers of songs by Okinawan artists. Eight of these are already released tracks. Of the new songs, "Umi no Kanata" is a Parsha Club cover, and "Kui nu Hajimi" is a Misako Koja cover. Both of these artists have been covered before by Natsukawa, and those songs also feature on the album ("Famureuta"/"Manten no Hoshi," "Warabigami" respectively).

Four of the songs are originally from Minamikaze, and two from Tida: Tida Kaji nu Umui and Sora no Keshiki each.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Arranger(s)	Length
1.	"Umi no Kanata (海の彼方, Other Side of the Sea)"	Maya Nekoda, Masaaki Uechi	Seiichi Kyōda	4:52
2.	"Warabigami (Yamatoguchi) (童神～ヤマトグチ～, Little God (Standard Japanese))"	Misako Koja, Kazuya Sahara	Kyōda	4:47
3.	"Kui nu Hajimi (恋ぬ初み, Okinawan: First Love)"	Koja, Sahara	Kyōda	4:24
4.	"Manten no Hoshi (満天の星, Sky Full of Stars)"	Toshiaki Arashiro, Uechi	Kyōda	4:28
5.	"Irayoi Tsukiyohama (イラヨイ月夜浜, Treasured Moonlit Beach)"	Yasukatsu Ōjima, Eishō Higa	Chuei Yoshikawa	5:41
6.	"Shimajima Kaisha (島々清しゃ, Purity of the Islands)"	Hitoshi Kume, Tsuneo Fukuhara	Kyōda	5:02
7.	"Famureuta (ファムレウタ（子守唄）, Lullaby)"	Yukito Ara, Uechi	Kyōda	4:19
8.	"Ōgon no Hana (黄金の花, Green Gold Flower)"	Osami Okamoto, Sadao China	Yoshikawa	4:48
9.	"Bashōfu (芭蕉布, Banana Cloth)"	Yasuichi Yoshikawa, Fukuhara	Kyōda	4:38
10.	"Nada Sōsō (涙そうそう, Great Tears Are Spilling)"	Begin, Ryoko Moriyama	Kyōda	4:19

Japan sales rankings

Release	Chart	Peak position	First week sales	Sales total
February 25, 2004 (2004-02-25)	Oricon Weekly Albums Chart	32	8,250	87,800