Japanese singer Kobayashi dedicates new song to shrine

Japanese singer Kobayashi dedicates new song to shrine

NARA, Japan - Top Japanese singer Sachiko Kobayashi displays the lyrics to her new song, which she dedicated to Kasuga Shrine in Nara Prefecture, on June 22. Kobayashi performed the song, based on poems taken from the Manyoshu, the oldest existing collection of Japanese poetry, while dressed in traditional costume. (Kyodo)

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