is a Japanese song. The song was composed by Komei Sone. The song was originally noted down in a juvenile classification home.

The lyric of the song was re-written by various lyricists. Mari Sono's cover version of this song was released in 1966. However, the song is best known for being sung by enka

Enka

is a popular Japanese music genre considered to resemble traditional Japanese music stylistically. Modern enka, however, is a relatively recent musical form which arose in the context of such postwar expressions of modern Japanese nonmaterial nationalism as nihonjinron, while adopting a more...

 singer Keiko Fuji

Keiko Fuji

, real name , is a Japanese enka singer and actress. She had success in Japan in the 1960s and 1970s with her ballad-type songs. Her parents were itinerant musical performers. Her father was a rōkyoku singer. Her mother was a blind shamisen player or goze...

. The song was included in her album Shinjuku no Onna/ 'Enka no Hoshi' Fuji Keiko no Subete (lit. "Woman in Shinjuku/ 'Star of Enka' All of Keiko Fuji") released on March 5, 1970. The album topped Japanese Oricon

Oricon

, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...

 charts for 20 consecutive weeks. Her version of this song was named . Her version of this song was released as a single on April 25, 1970. The single topped Oricon charts for 10 consecutive weeks.

Japanese folk rock singer Kan Mikami

Kan Mikami

is a Japanese folk singer-songwriter. His music, heavily influenced by American blues, was popular in Japan in the 1970s. He re-wrote the lyric of the song "Yume wa Yoru Hiraku" for his cover version in 1972...

also released his version of this song with his new lyric in 1972. However, his version was banned from being used on the air.