DESCRIPTION:
"For Mikko chan"

When I met Iwahana-san, I felt that he 'gave' me his story and felt it must be told.

The story is set to the music "Azafu", composed by Nobuko Miyazaki. This piece was inspired by the amazing spirit of children- one little girl in particular, who was joyously playing with a festival streamer in the grounds of the Ugoku Tanabata Matsuri in Rikuzen Takata, where houses once stood and livelihoods once were before the tsunami struck in 2011.

Nobuko Miyazaki - shinobue
Emi Inaba - piano

Recorded live at Renee Weiler Recital Hall, New York City
March 29th, 2015