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Enka Music Posted by Ginny on Sep 16, 2010
Enka (演歌) music is a combination of Jazz, Blues and traditional Japanese music. Enka music is especially popular with the postwar generation in Japan. To this generation, Enka songs bring back some of the nostalgia of the “good old days” as well as memories of hardship and poverty. Hachiro Kasuga (春日八郎) is considered the first…