Sakuragai Kaigan / Yoru no Kaikyo

[Machine Translation] Megumi Shinkawa's long-awaited new song is a requiem for her departed loved ones! This is the first new song in two years since her last song "Sanriku Kaigan", a song of the soul for the departed loved ones. Sakuragai Kaigan" refers to Masuhoura Beach in Ishikawa Prefecture. Masuhoura is one of the "Three Famous Places of Small Shellfish in Japan" along with Wakanoura in Wakayama and Yuhigahama in Kanagawa. It is famous for "Kaiyose-no Kaze" (wind of shell gathering) in winter time, which launches a lot of small shellfish onto the beach. Yoru no Kaikyo" is a blues-style song set in Kabukicho, Shinjuku, about an adult woman's grief.

二度と戻らぬ愛しい声が、幸せ祈ると聞こえるようで・・・ 新川めぐみ待望の新曲は、亡き人に贈る鎮魂の叫び! 前作「三陸海岸」以来、2年ぶりの新曲は、今は亡き愛しい人を想う魂の歌。「さくら貝海岸」は、石川県の増穂浦海岸のこと。増穂浦は和歌山の和歌の浦、神奈川の由比ガ浜と並び、「日本小貝三名所」のひとつ。冬に時期には「貝寄せの風」が多くの小貝を浜に打ち上げる事で有名。「夜の海峡」は、新宿・歌舞伎町を舞台にした、大人の女の悲哀を歌ったブルース調歌謡曲。