On the day of your departure, tabitachi no hi ni
Popular Graduation song of Japanese schools. It was composed by a music teacher and lyriced by the principal of Kagemori Junior High School in Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture in 1991. Chichibu is a mountainous area in Saitama. So no wonder this song includes the mountain range that looks like waves of the sea. 旅たちの日 Tabitachi no Hi ni Ｏｎ ｔｈｅ ｄａｙ ｏｆ ｙｏｕｒ ｄｅｐａｒｔｕｒｅ 白い光の中に 山並みは萌えて shiroihikarino nakani yamanamiwa moete in the streaming white light, the mountain's waves come to sight はるかな空の果てまでも 君は飛び立つ harukanasorano hatemademo kimi wa tobitatsu though the sky may seems endless out there, you can still fly high 限りなく青い空に 心ふるわせ kagirinakuaoisorani kokorofuruwase in that big blue sky, my heart trembles 自由をかける鳥よ 振り返ることもせず jiyuu wo kakeru toriyo furikaerukotomosezu but birds that fly towards freedom, will never look back 勇気を翼に込めて 希望の風に乗り yuki wo tsubasani komete kibounokazeninori Let those wings of courage soar you high, ride on the wind of hope この広い大空に 夢を託して konohiroioosorani yume wo takushit...