Okay, So It's Not New Years or Graduation....

This is the Emoto Family Duet. If Uncle Chuck were here we could've made this a trio!

Ethan and Obaachan just started playing around with this song this evening. Not bad for the first time through, huh?

Obaachan is singing the song in Japanese (Hotaru no Hikari) although it's a little difficult to hear. In Japan, this song is played at graduations and the Japanese title can be translated to "The Glow of Fireflies":

By the glow of fireflies, and the moonlit snow by the window, Days and months spent reading, Years have even passed, through the cedar door, This morning, we leave.

Whether staying, or leaving, Remember each other, in the Depths of our hearts, in a word, Sing, "Good luck,"

蛍の光 (Hotaru no Hikari) The Glow of Fireflies

蛍の光、窓の雪、
書読む月日、重ねつゝ、
何時しか年も、すぎの戸を、
開けてぞ今朝は、別れ行く。 

止まるも行くも、限りとて、
互に思ふ、千萬の、
心の端を、一言に、
幸くと許り、歌うなり。