A ray of light shines in the darkness that has yet to be dispelled, with the words of Tomihiro Hoshino and the simple melody of Akane Nakanishi.

Singing: Shuntaro Konuma
Piano: Ena Mukaiyama

1. When it was

The honest lyricism of Tomihiro Hoshino, riding on a fresh, transparent melody, seeps into the heart like a gentle breeze.
A dandelion's fluff carries its seeds on the wind for a single mission, but perhaps in that inconvenience lies the ultimate freedom.
Many of you may have heard of Mr. Tomihiro Hoshino, and nowadays it is easy to find out more about anything, but in order to get the word count, I must explain.
Tomihiro Hoshino was a physical education teacher when he suffered a cervical spine injury in a club coaching accident, completely losing the freedom of his limbs at the age of 20.
A few years after the accident, he began to use his mouth to write, draw and write poetry.
He was baptized into Christianity four years after the accident.
His poems and paintings continue to light up the hearts of many people.
His words strike a chord with many people because of their simplicity, but between each line you can glimpse his unimaginable pain and struggle.
Perhaps it was a family member close by, or a small scene in the garden that opened the door to a dark abyss where no words of comfort could reach, and poured a ray of light into the eyes that looked up from the bottom. Or perhaps it was a small garden scene, or a dandelion with its cotton wool flying in the air.


2. Hydrangeas in Autumn

It teaches us to live each day with care. They teach us to sing each note with care, each word, each letter with care.
For Tomihiro Hoshino, who writes and paints with a brush in his mouth, politeness is an unavoidable quality.
I don't think it's something that can be consumed in the sense of 'you write well' or something like that.
I feel that the very act of writing or drawing is a sacred ritual.
If you think about it, singing and writing are like prayers and rituals.
It's like a key to access the infinite world from a small space that you can never leave.


3. Let's go to the mountains

How do you feel when you write this poem? When he thinks of the little enclosure in his mind, is he looking at it from the top of the mountain?
Mr. Hoshino was a mountain climber in his youth. I think that what a mountaineer sees is not only a magnificent view of nature.
When you look down in pain, you can see twigs and small stones covering the ground. When you look down, you can see twigs covering the ground, small stones, unknown grasses and flowers, and maybe even insects trying to survive.
Encouraged by the sound of a small voice, our feet would move forward. There may have been times when we were encouraged by the sound of a small voice.


4. More than a joyful gathering

I feel like I'm angry all the time. But I've also heard that the main current of anger is sadness, so maybe I am actually much sadder.
As I look at the landscape of this country over the past year, there is something strangely resigned about this song that resonates with me.
We treat the negative emotions that arise in us as if they are bad.
But I think we can only truly move forward if we acknowledge the sadness, pain and weakness within ourselves.
I think it is the same for a person and a society.


5. Under the fig tree

When we feel rejected by the world, we may dare to climb a tree.
Zacchaeus was a character in the Bible who was the head tax collector in the large city of Jericho.
At that time, Judea was a Roman province, so the tax was to be paid to Rome. For this reason, Zacchaeus was despised and hated by the people of Jericho.
One day, Jesus was coming through town and there was a crowd of people.
Zacchaeus also approached the crowd to catch a glimpse of Jesus, but the people of the city blocked his path and would not let him look ahead. He was not tall enough.
So he went ahead and climbed a tree and waited for Jesus to pass. While people were cursing him, Jesus called out to him gently, "Zacchaeus, hurry up and get down.
Zacchaeus, come down quickly, I would like to stay at your house tonight.
Xaqai hurried down from the tree and welcomed Jesus with joy.


6. One more thing today

We all know the preciousness of ordinary life. Rarely do we savor it to the point of biting down on it, nor do we seek it out like crazy. But we all know it. That's the way it is, I think.
When I was thinking about making a video for this collection, I wanted to make it as much like a home video as possible. But when I edited it, it turned out to be more like a home video than I expected. But when I edited it, it turned out to be more like a home video than I expected. But when I edited it, it turned out to be more like a home video than I expected.
This song is the closest to that image, I wanted to create a 'festival for the everyday' kind of atmosphere. Because of this, I think the 'inside joke' as an expression came out the strongest, but I don't regret it.
Inside a small, small circle. I want to love the world without stepping out of it. That's what I wanted.


7. The second thing I want to say

This is a park called Senmoudai, where you can see my hometown Rumoi city and the site of the Mifune Martyrdom Incident, where my grandfather's family was killed. I have many memories of this place from my childhood and it's one of my favourite places. I'm sorry to be so intimate, but in the middle of the picture, dancing on the rocks, is my friend's daughter and my wife, and the scenery seems to contain everything I love most.
A new generation of children, a family I love, the place I love the most, the regret of my grandfather's family, the wish for peace, home. For me, it's the one picture that has a lot of hashtags going around. But only for me.
I wanted to end the songbook with the most domestic expression.
For the next song.