"Kita no Yadokara" | ||||
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Single by Harumi Miyako | ||||
Released | December 1, 1975 | |||
Genre | Enka | |||
Length | 3:47 | |||
Label | Nippon Columbia | |||
Songwriter(s) | Asei Kobayashi | |||
Harumi Miyako singles chronology | ||||
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Kita no Yadokara (北の宿から, Kita no Yadokara, lit. "From an inn of the north") is a song by Japanese enka singer Harumi Miyako. The song won the 18th Japan Record Awards' Grand Prix Award.
It reached number 1 on the Oricon Singles Chart and sold more than 1.4 million copies. [1]
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