Nagaku Mijikai Matsuri

"Nagaku Mijikai Matsuri/Kamisama, Hotokesama"
"Nagaku Mijikai Matsuri/Kamisama, Hotokesama"
Single by Ringo Sheena
from the album Sandokushi
Released	August 5, 2015
Recorded	2015
Length	7:48
Label	Virgin Records
Songwriter(s)	Ringo Sheena
Producer(s)	Uni Inoue
Ringo Sheena singles chronology

"Nagaku Mijikai Matsuri/Kamisama, Hotokesama" (Japanese: 長ながく短みじかい祭まつり／神様かみさま、仏様ほとけさま, "No verão, as noites / God, nor Buddha")^{[note 1]} is Ringo Sheena's 15th single and her 2nd double A-side single. It was released on 31 July 2015 by Universal Music Japan.

Background and development

"Nagaku Mijikai Matsuri" was used in advertisements for Coca-Cola Japan's 2015 summer campaign. "Kamisama, Hotokesama" was used as an TV commercial jingle for the au smartphone "isai vivid" manufactured by LG Electronics, in which Sheena also stars in the commercial.^[2]

A picture of the Nebuta Matsuri was used for the album artwork of the single.^[3]

Sheena sings two duets in both songs with two of her close male musician friends: Ryosuke Nagaoka, also known as Ukigumo (former member of Tokyo Jihen) in "Nagaku Mijikai Matsuri" and Shutoku Mukai for "Kamisama, Hotokesama".^[4]

Music video

Both videos for "Nagaku Mijikai Matsuri" and "Kamisama, Hotokesama" are directed by Yuichi Kodama.^[5] The video of "Nagaku Mijikai Matsuri" is inspired by the song theme "the summer of woman’s life". The first video shows an impatient heroine interspersed with scenes of Sheena and Ukigumo singing a duet together. The session musicians who played the song at the recording session there also appear on the "Kamisama, Hotokesama" video, where they play as spectres of the "Hyakki Yagyō".^[6]

Both music videos were released in full on 31 July 2015 at Ringo Sheena's YouTube channel.^[6]^[7]

Track listing

All music is composed by Ringo Sheena

CD single
No.	Title	Lyrics	Arranger(s)	Length
1.	"Nagaku Mijikai Matsuri"	Ringo Sheena	Ringo Sheena Yoichi Murata (wind instruments)	4:09
2.	"Kamisama, Hotokesama"	Ringo Sheena Shutoku Mukai	Ringo Sheena Yoichi Murata (wind instruments)	3:39
Total length:				7:48

Credits and personnel

Credits are taken from the singles's liner notes.^[8]

Nagaku Mijikai Matsuri

Ringo Sheena – vocals, songwriter, arrangement, digital programming
Ryosuke Nagaoka – vocals
Tom Tamada – drums
Keisuke Torigoe – bass
Masayuki Hiizumi – wurlitzer & piano
Koji Nishimura – trumpet
Masahiko Sugasaka – trumpet
Yoichi Murata – trombone, wind instrument arrangement
Mataro Misawa – percussion
Uni Inoue – recording & mixing

Kamisama, Hotokesama

Ringo Sheena – vocals, songwriter, arrangement
Tom Tamada – drums
Keisuke Torigoe – bass
Masayuki Hiizumi – clavinet
Ryosuke Nagaoka – guitar, sitar & background vocals
Koji Nishimura – trumpet
Masahiko Sugasaka – trumpet
Yoichi Murata – trombone, wind instrument arrangement
Takuo Yamamoto – tenor sax & flute
U-zhaan – tabla
Shutoku Mukai – vocals, lyrics
Uni Inoue – recording & mixing

Notes

^ "Nagaku Mijikai Matsuri" has a Portuguese title in Western languages, but it literally means "long and short festival" in English.^[1]

References

^ "Yakuza Developers Tease New Project and Update on New Mainline "Shin Yakuza" Game". TWINFINITE. 2018-12-19. Retrieved 2020-03-24.
^ "椎名しいな林檎りんごのニューシングル『長ながく短みじかい祭まつり／神様かみさま、仏様ほとけさま』発売はつばい中ちゅう！" (in Japanese). SR 猫柳ねこやなぎ本線ほんせん. 5 August 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
^ "大型おおがたCMタイアップ2タイトルの両りょうA面めんシングル発売はつばい決定けってい！ジャケット・アートワーク＆ニュービジュアル公開こうかい！" (in Japanese). ユニバーサルミュージック. 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2015-10-31.
^ "椎名しいな林檎りんごの新しんシングルに浮雲うきぐも、向井むかい秀徳ひでのりら参加さんか、11会場かいじょう巡めぐるホールツアーも" (in Japanese). CINRA.NET. 26 June 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
^ "ONE OK ROCK、林檎りんご、星野ほしの、セカオワ、Perfumeら『MTV VMAJ』にノミネート" (in Japanese). RO69. 2015-10-03. Retrieved 2015-10-31.
^ ^a ^b "椎名しいな林檎りんご「長ながく短みじかい祭まつり」「神様かみさま、仏様ほとけさま」MVを同時どうじ公開こうかい" (in Japanese). 音楽おんがくナタリー. 2015-07-31. Retrieved 2015-10-31.
^ "椎名しいな林檎りんご『長ながく短みじかい祭まつり/神様かみさま、仏様ほとけさま』本日ほんじつ8/5リリース両りょう曲きょくのMVを公開こうかい" (in Japanese). Billboard JAPAN. 5 August 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
^ Nagaku Mijikai Matsuri/Kamisama, Hotokesama (Media notes) (in Japanese). Ringo Sheena. Tokyo, Japan: EMI R. 2015.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

External links

Ringo Sheena "Nagaku Mijikai Matsuri/Kamisama, Hotokesama" special web site
Ringo Sheena - Nagaku Mijikai Matsuri on YouTube (SheenaRingoVEVO)
Ringo Sheena – Kamisama, Hotokesama on YouTube (SheenaRingoVEVO)
Ringo Sheena "Nagaku Mijikai Matsuri" (music audition Short Ver.) on YouTube (Ringo Sheena official channel)

[2] "Nagaku Mijikai Matsuri" has a Portuguese title in Western languages, but it literally means "long and short festival" in English.^[1]

[1] "Yakuza Developers Tease New Project and Update on New Mainline "Shin Yakuza" Game". TWINFINITE. 2018-12-19. Retrieved 2020-03-24.

[3] "椎名しいな林檎りんごのニューシングル『長ながく短みじかい祭まつり／神様かみさま、仏様ほとけさま』発売はつばい中ちゅう！" (in Japanese). SR 猫柳ねこやなぎ本線ほんせん. 5 August 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2015.

[4] "大型おおがたCMタイアップ2タイトルの両りょうA面めんシングル発売はつばい決定けってい！ジャケット・アートワーク＆ニュービジュアル公開こうかい！" (in Japanese). ユニバーサルミュージック. 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2015-10-31.

[5] "椎名しいな林檎りんごの新しんシングルに浮雲うきぐも、向井むかい秀徳ひでのりら参加さんか、11会場かいじょう巡めぐるホールツアーも" (in Japanese). CINRA.NET. 26 June 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2015.

[6] "ONE OK ROCK、林檎りんご、星野ほしの、セカオワ、Perfumeら『MTV VMAJ』にノミネート" (in Japanese). RO69. 2015-10-03. Retrieved 2015-10-31.

[natalie1-7] "椎名しいな林檎りんご「長ながく短みじかい祭まつり」「神様かみさま、仏様ほとけさま」MVを同時どうじ公開こうかい" (in Japanese). 音楽おんがくナタリー. 2015-07-31. Retrieved 2015-10-31.

[8] "椎名しいな林檎りんご『長ながく短みじかい祭まつり/神様かみさま、仏様ほとけさま』本日ほんじつ8/5リリース両りょう曲きょくのMVを公開こうかい" (in Japanese). Billboard JAPAN. 5 August 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2015.

[9] Nagaku Mijikai Matsuri/Kamisama, Hotokesama (Media notes) (in Japanese). Ringo Sheena. Tokyo, Japan: EMI R. 2015.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

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