japan's biggest export.

in japanese, the song's title is ue o muite arukō (i shall walk looking up). however, the producers in the early 60's thought this title would be too hard for english speakers to remember, so they renamed it "sukiyaki" - which is the japanese dish where you simmer your food at the table in hotpot. now, unless you are hot-potting it WHILE listening to this song, sukiyaki has NOTHING to do with the song. it was presumed that most english speakers would never know, nor care.


personally, i would have just called it noodles.





上を向いて歩こう ue o muite arukō ([I] shall walk looking up)
涙がこぼれないように namida ga kobore nai yō ni (so [my] tears won't fall)
思い出す春の日 omoidasu haru no hi (remembering spring days)
一人ぼっちの夜 hitori bocchi no yoru ([on this] lonely night)



















and you thought japan only exported hello kitty.