re: #234 Barefoot Grin
The “saraba” reference reminding me of this great song sung by Tanimura Shinji the chorus of which ends “saraba, Subaru-yo” (the constellation, not the car).
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Interesting:
Subaru (Tanimura Shinji’s song)
ja.wikipedia.org
And this may explain the context you mentioned regarding the previous song (From Google Translate)
“it closely resembles ” Kato Hayabus Battle Corps Military Song “”
Which has me thinking about how certain subtexts reappear in new generations.
(And we are seeing a lot of that now, right here. In just this thread we discussed Neo-Confederates and the separation of Religion and Science.)