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Yokai Festival Dance

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"Yokai Festival Dance" is a bright, joyful dance number that blends the feel of a Japanese festival with a modern J-pop beat.

It paints a world where yokai gathering on a moonlit night begin to dance merrily to the beat of taiko drums and clapping hands. Will-o'-the-wisps, tengu, nekomata, rokurokubi and more — creatures that are a little mysterious yet endearing — appear, making it a song that stirs fun and togetherness rather than fear.

With catchy chants and easy-to-repeat phrases, it's crafted as a modern-style yokai festival song that everyone from children to adults can enjoy.

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  1. Yokai Festival Dance
    Yokai Festival Dance

    Standard version · 4:28 · Japanese Myth

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Lyrics (Japanese)

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月が昇れば 街の角When the moon climbs over the corner of town

小さな灯りが ゆらりゆらりlittle lanterns flicker, swaying, swaying

鬼火が飛んで 天狗が笑うwill-o'-the-wisps fly up, a tengu laughs

今夜はみんなで お祭りだtonight we're all together — it's a festival

からかさ ぴょんと跳ねたならWhen the karakasa umbrella gives a hop

狐も狸も 手を叩くfoxes and tanuki clap their hands

ネオンの川を 越えて来てcome across the river of neon

秘密の太鼓が 鳴り出したand a secret taiko starts to sound

どろろん どろんと 雲が割れDoron, doron — the clouds split wide

星まで一緒に 踊り出すand we dance our way up to the stars

右へ 左へ 手拍子合わせto the right, to the left, clap along in time

せーので よいやっさready now — yoi-yassa!

妖怪音頭で 回れ回れWith the Yokai Ondo, spin and spin

月夜の真ん中 きらりきらりright in the moonlit night, glittering, glittering

怖くないよ みんなで笑えばthere's nothing to fear when we laugh together

百鬼夜行も 花火になるeven the night parade turns to fireworks

よいさ よいさ ほいさ ほいさYoisa, yoisa, hoisa, hoisa

あやかしビートで どんどんどんon this spirit beat — don, don, don

妖怪音頭で 騒げ騒げwith the Yokai Ondo, raise it up

朝が来るまで どんどんどんtill the morning comes — don, don, don

よいやっさ ほいさ ほいさYoi-yassa, hoisa, hoisa

よいやっさ ほいさ ほいさyoi-yassa, hoisa, hoisa

踊れや踊れ 回れや回れdance now, dance — spin now, spin

妖怪音頭で どんどんどんwith the Yokai Ondo — don, don, don

路地の向こうで 猫又がBeyond the alley a nekomata

尻尾を二つに ゆらりゆらりsplits its tail in two, swaying, swaying

ろくろ首さえ 首を伸ばしてeven a rokurokubi cranes its neck

やぐらの上から 歌ってるsinging from high on the festival tower

お化けの声も 怖くないEven the voices of ghosts aren't scary

リズムに乗せたら ラララ ラララride them on the rhythm — la la la, la la la

悩みも影も 輪になってworries and shadows all form a ring

太鼓の音へ 溶けてゆくmelting into the sound of the drum

ひゅるりら ひゅるりら 風が吹きHyururira, hyururira — the wind blows through

提灯明かりが 夢を見るthe lantern light begins to dream

前へ 後ろへ 手拍子合わせforward, backward, clap along in time

せーので よいやっさready now — yoi-yassa!

妖怪音頭で 回れ回れWith the Yokai Ondo, spin and spin

心の真ん中 ひらりひらりright in the heart of you, fluttering, fluttering

ひとりじゃない みんなで歌えばyou're not alone when we sing together

暗い夜さえ 祭りになるeven the darkest night becomes a festival

よいさ よいさ ほいさ ほいさYoisa, yoisa, hoisa, hoisa

あやかしビートで どんどんどんon this spirit beat — don, don, don

妖怪音頭で 騒げ騒げwith the Yokai Ondo, raise it up

夢の向こうへ どんどんどんoff beyond our dreams — don, don, don

暗い気持ちも 輪の中へEven gloomy feelings, into the ring

名前を呼べば 光り出すcall out their name and they start to shine

笑ってしまえば 不思議だねonce you let yourself laugh, isn't it strange

涙もきらりと 星になるeven tears turn glittering into stars

太鼓が どんと鳴ったならWhen the taiko gives a mighty "don"

足音そろえて もう一度match your footsteps once again

人間も妖怪も 関係ないhuman or yokai, it makes no difference

今夜はみんなが 仲間だよtonight every one of us is a friend

妖怪音頭で 回れ回れWith the Yokai Ondo, spin and spin

月夜の真ん中 きらりきらりright in the moonlit night, glittering, glittering

怖くないよ みんなで笑えばthere's nothing to fear when we laugh together

百鬼夜行も 花火になるeven the night parade turns to fireworks

よいさ よいさ ほいさ ほいさYoisa, yoisa, hoisa, hoisa

あやかしビートで どんどんどんon this spirit beat — don, don, don

妖怪音頭で 騒げ騒げwith the Yokai Ondo, raise it up

朝が来るまで どんどんどんtill the morning comes — don, don, don

よいやっさ ほいさ ほいさYoi-yassa, hoisa, hoisa

よいやっさ ほいさ ほいさyoi-yassa, hoisa, hoisa

月が沈んで 朝が来るThe moon goes down, the morning comes

またねと笑って 消えてゆく"see you," we laugh, and fade away

ぱぱんが ぱん ぱぱんが ぱんpapan-ga-pan, papan-ga-pan

妖怪音頭 また会おうYokai Ondo — let's meet again

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