The Lyrics The song's taken from Mei's POV, for those who have watched the movie. I met him in the woods, in the camphor trees, Where the flowers bloom and the sky is clear like Kyoto, Just like in Kyoto. I climbed on his belly when he was asleep, I thought up a name and in...
Tonari no Totoro: Directed by Hayao Miyazaki. With Noriko Hidaka, Chika Sakamoto, Shigesato Itoi, Sumi Shimamoto. When two girls move to the country to be near their ailing mother, they have adventures with the wondrous forest spirits who live nearby.
On April 16, he met with Rieko Nakagawa, author of children's books, and asked her to write the lyrics for the opening credits song of the film, Sanpo (Promenade). That same day, he asked Joe Hisaishi to begin composing music for the film.[17] ...