KITARO - Matsuri

Matsuri is probably Kitaro's most wellknown piece and it is one of his best music. An astonishing song that touches the spirit and soul.

The Kitaro Mind, body, and spirit continues to be a developing organism and preparing itself to set out upon a lifetime commitment composing signature sounds, and to continue to embody the human spirit within his music, as we can now read his first published poem from 1986:


TENKU

I SEND A MESSAGE OF SOUND
TOWARD THE SKY
ENGULFING EMPTY SPACE
SORING FAR BEYOND GRASP
HIGH ABOUE MOUNTAIN TOPS
BEYOND OCEAN WAVES
STRETCHING TO REACH THE ANDES
AND LIGHTLY TOUCHING NEPAL
WATCH AS THE SOUNDS FLOW
LISTEN AS YOU FEEL THE WIND BLOW
NATURE IS COLORED WITH ROMANCE
UNFOLDING A DRAMA DAY BY DAY
PLANTS BREATH A RHYTHM
INSECTS PLAY THEIR MELODY
LIGHT FLIES AS WIND CRYS
NOW CATCH THE SOUND…FEEL THE LIGHT
BY FEELING THINGS WHICH ARE WITH LIFE
INNOCENTS RESPOND TO THE DELICATE SIGH
OF THE WORLD, WEAVING THEIR OWN DREAMS
DREAMS WHICH SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE WORLD
PEOPLE BEGIN TO SING HARMONIES OF LOVE, WORDLESS
THIS IS A BEGINNING
CONNECTING THE DREAM
TO THE COLOR OF YOUR BREATHLESS HEART
PEACE AND TRANQUILITY, YOU NEED ONLY TO SING
IT IS FOR YOU

As we could interpret, Kitaro Mind poetry is not restricted to one specific thought but encompasses all living entities that are woven together affecting a collective dream reality by feelings we call nature. Again, it should be understood that we couldn’t elaborate or speculate about another’s essence, psyche, spirituality, etc. What can be presented is personal knowledge of Mr. Takahashi through his music and his candid remarks.