{"id":6221,"date":"2017-12-25T14:36:35","date_gmt":"2017-12-25T05:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shiga-ken.com\/blog\/?p=6221"},"modified":"2023-04-26T00:48:45","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T15:48:45","slug":"kyoto-universitys-biwako-shuko-no-uta-100th-anniversary-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiga-ken.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/kyoto-universitys-biwako-shuko-no-uta-100th-anniversary-celebration\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyoto University’s Biwako Shuko no Uta 100th anniversary celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Unveiling the new song monument at Kyoto University. (\u8a18\u5ff5\u7891\u9664\u5e55\u5f0f)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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After the epic 100th anniversary celebration of Biwako Shuko no Uta<\/em> in Shiga<\/a> with a Lake Biwa rowing trip and concert in June 2017, it was Kyoto University’s<\/a> turn to celebrate. On November 25, 2017, they unveiled a new song monument on campus and held a lecture session, music festival, and party. It was an all-day affair from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. coinciding with the university’s annual school festival called “November Festival.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Biwako Shuko no Uta<\/em> (Lake Biwa Rowing Song)<\/a> was created in June 1917 by rowing club members (especially Oguchi Taro<\/a>) at an old elite university called Daisan Koto Gakko<\/em><\/strong> (No. 3 High School, nicknamed “Daisanko” or “Sanko<\/strong>” \u4e09\u9ad8) which merged with Kyoto University in 1949. Kyoto University has since adopted the legacy of Sanko by absorbing the Sanko campus (now the Yoshida-South Campus right across from the Main Campus), the rowing club, and adopting Biwako Shuko no Uta<\/em> as one of the university’s official songs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Kyoto University Rowing Club<\/a> (KURC) has a very active and dedicated alumni association called Noseikai<\/em><\/strong> (\u6fc3\u9752\u4f1a), which means “Dark Blue Association,” named after the rowing club’s official color of dark blue. (Their oar blades are dark blue.) This association spearheaded the planning and execution of the university’s celebration of the song’s 100th anniversary and also greatly helped with Shiga’s 100th anniversary song celebration<\/a> in June 2017 which included a four-day rowing excursion around Lake Biwa by KURC alumni. They also helped to raise funds to build a new song monument on campus. Much of the fund-raising was done by the university’s water sports clubs (rowing, yachting, canoeing, and swimming).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I took photos and videos of Kyoto University’s celebration and compiled the highlights in a 66-min. video that includes English subtitles. The video includes excellent concert performances of Biwako Shuko no Uta <\/em>and Lake Biwa Rowing Song<\/em> by the Kyoto University Glee Club and Kyoto University Symphonic Band. There’s also flashback footage from the Lake Biwa rowing trip in June 2017.\uff08\u4eac\u90fd\u5927\u5b66\u300c\u7435\u7436\u6e56\u5468\u822a\u306e\u6b4c\u300d\u8a95\u751f\u767e\u5468\u5e74\u8a18\u5ff5\u4e8b\u696d\u306e\u30c0\u30a4\u30b8\u30a7\u30b9\u30c8\u7248\u52d5\u753b\uff09<\/p>\n\n\n\n