A thousand years of poetry,
reborn as J-POP.

Garu JP reimagines classical Japanese poetry — the Man'yōshū, the Tale of the Heike, the Iroha song — as contemporary music. Words that have lived a thousand years, reborn in today's sound.

古典詩歌 × J-POP
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Latest Music Video

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“The Path of Dreams” (Suminoe no)Hyakunin Isshu No. 18 — Fujiwara no Toshiyuki AsonSong page →

About Garu JP

千年の詩を、J-POPに。

A thousand years ago, people cried through the same nights we do — longing in love, wounded by partings, anxious about tomorrow, and still rising to meet the morning. The words left in these old poems are the honest, unguarded hearts of people who lived a thousand years ago.

Those feelings were handed down from song to song, from heart to heart, until they became Japanese culture itself — the very sensibility we carry today. Without knowing it, we have all received a baton carrying a thousand years of human feeling.

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The Hyakunin Isshu Project

百人一首

The Ogura Hyakunin Isshu is Japan's most beloved poetry anthology: one hundred poems by one hundred poets, spanning some six centuries, compiled around 1235 by the poet Fujiwara no Teika. Emperors and priests, court ladies and wandering monks — each left exactly one poem. Our project is to set all one hundred of them to music, one by one, as J-POP songs.

Hyakunin Isshu

One hundred poems, one hundred poets. Original text, romaji, English translation, and the story behind every song.

71 / 100 poems — 70 released
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Classics

The Man'yōshū, the Tale of the Heike, the Iroha poem, Bashō's haiku — the classics beyond the Hyakunin Isshu.

80 songs — 9 classics
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Songs

楽曲一覧
No. 1 Aki no Ta “The Autumn Fields” — Emperor TenjiReleased→No. 2 Haru Sugite “Spring Has Passed” — Empress JitōReleased→No. 3 Ashibiki no “The Long Mountain Night” — Kakinomoto no HitomaroReleased→No. 4 Tago no Ura “Tago Bay” — Yamabe no AkahitoReleased→No. 5 Okuyama ni “Deep in the Mountains” — Sarumaru no DayūReleased→No. 7 Ama no Hara “The Wide Plain of Heaven” — Abe no NakamaroReleased→No. 8 Waga Io wa “And Thus I Live” — Priest KisenReleased→No. 9 Hana no Iro wa “The Color of the Flowers” — Ono no KomachiReleased→No. 10 Kore ya Kono “So This Is the Place” — SemimaruReleased→No. 11 Wata no Hara Yasoshima Kakete “Across the Wide Sea” — Sangi Takamura (Ono no Takamura)Released→No. 12 Ama tsu Kaze “Wind of Heaven” — Archbishop HenjōReleased→No. 13 Tsukubane no “From the Peaks of Tsukuba” — Retired Emperor YōzeiReleased→No. 14 Michinoku no “Tangled (Not My Fault)” — Kawara no Sadaijin (Minamoto no Tōru)Released→No. 15 Kimi ga Tame Haru no No ni Idete “For You” — Emperor KōkōReleased→No. 16 Tachiwakare “Though We Part” — Chunagon Yukihira (Ariwara no Yukihira)Released→No. 17 Chihayaburu “Unheard of, Even in the Age of Gods” — Ariwara no NarihiraReleased→No. 18 Suminoe no “The Path of Dreams” — Fujiwara no Toshiyuki AsonReleased→No. 19 Naniwa-gata “Between the Joints of a Reed” — Lady IseReleased→No. 21 Ima Kon to “Think It Over (I'm Coming Right Away)” — Priest SoseiReleased→No. 22 Fuku kara ni “The Storm on the Mountain” — Fun'ya no YasuhideReleased→No. 23 Tsuki Mireba “When I Gaze Upon the Moon” — Ōe no ChisatoReleased→No. 24 Kono Tabi wa “An Offering of Autumn Leaves” — Sugawara no MichizaneReleased→No. 26 Ogurayama “Mount Ogura” — Teishin-kō (Fujiwara no Tadahira)Released→No. 29 Kokoro-ate ni “A White Morning” — Ōshikōchi no MitsuneReleased→No. 32 Yamagawa ni “The Weir the Wind Built” — Harumichi no TsurakiReleased→No. 33 Hisakata no “The Unhurried Light of Spring” — Ki no TomonoriReleased→No. 35 Hito wa Isa “The Plum Blossom Remembers” — Ki no TsurayukiReleased→No. 36 Natsu no Yo wa “Where the Moon Sleeps on a Summer Night” — Kiyohara no FukayabuReleased→No. 37 Shiratsuyu ni “Scattered Pearls of Dew” — Fun'ya no AsayasuReleased→No. 38 Wasuraruru “Forgotten, I Still Fear for You” — UkonReleased→No. 40 Shinoburedo “Though I Tried to Hide It” — Taira no KanemoriReleased→No. 41 Koi su Chō “They Say I Am in Love” — Mibu no TadamiReleased→No. 42 Chigiriki na “We Promised, Didn't We” — Kiyohara no MotosukeReleased→No. 43 Aimite no “Since the Night We Met” — Fujiwara no AtsutadaReleased→No. 46 Yura no to o “The Yura Strait” — Sone no YoshitadaReleased→No. 47 Yaemugura “And Yet, Autumn Has Come” — Priest EgyōReleased→No. 48 Kaze o itami “The Wave That Breaks Alone” — Minamoto no ShigeyukiReleased→No. 50 Kimi ga tame oshikarazarishi “Once Is No Longer Enough” — Fujiwara no YoshitakaReleased→No. 53 Nagekitsutsu “A Long, Long Night” — Mother of Michitsuna (Fujiwara no Michitsuna no Haha)Released→No. 54 Wasureji no “Today, and Only Today” — Mother of Gidō Sanshi (Takashina no Takako)Released→No. 56 Arazaran “Once More, Before I Go” — Izumi ShikibuReleased→No. 57 Meguriaite “The Midnight Moon” — Murasaki ShikibuReleased→No. 58 Arimayama “Wind over Mount Arima” — Daini no SanmiReleased→No. 59 Yasurawade “Watching the Moon Till It Leaned West” — Akazome EmonReleased→No. 60 Ōeyama “The Road I Have Never Walked” — Koshikibu no NaishiReleased→No. 61 Inishie no “Of Ancient Nara” — Ise no TaifuReleased→No. 62 Yo o Komete “The Gate Will Not Open” — Sei ShōnagonReleased→No. 63 Ima wa Tada “If Only I Could Tell You Myself” — Fujiwara no MichimasaReleased→No. 65 Urami wabi “Only the Sleeves” — SagamiReleased→No. 67 Haru no yo no “A Spring Night's Dream” — Suō no NaishiReleased→No. 68 Kokoro ni mo “This Midnight Moon” — Emperor Sanjō (Sanjō-in)Released→No. 70 Sabishisa ni “In Loneliness” — Ryōzen HōshiReleased→No. 71 Yū Sareba “When Evening Falls” — Dainagon Tsunenobu (Minamoto no Tsunenobu)Released→No. 72 Oto ni kiku “I Won't Fall for That” — Lady Kii of Princess Yūshi's Household (Yūshi Naishinnō-ke no Kii)Released→No. 73 Takasago no “Cherry Blossoms on the High Hills” — Ōe no MasafusaReleased→No. 76 Wata no Hara Kogiidete “Where Sea Meets Sky” — Hosshōji Nyūdō (Fujiwara no Tadamichi)Coming soon→No. 77 Se o Hayami “The Stream Will Meet Again” — Retired Emperor SutokuReleased→No. 79 Akikaze ni “In the Autumn Wind” — Sakyō no Daibu Akisuke (Fujiwara no Akisuke)Released→No. 80 Nagakaran “Tangled as My Morning Hair” — Taikenmon'in no HorikawaReleased→No. 81 Hototogisu “Only the Dawn Moon” — Go-Tokudaiji no Sadaijin (Fujiwara no Sanesada)Released→No. 84 Nagaraeba “Someday, Even This Night” — Fujiwara no KiyosukeReleased→No. 86 Nageke tote “The Moon Is Not to Blame” — Priest SaigyōReleased→No. 87 Murasame no “A Passing Shower” — Priest JakurenReleased→No. 88 Naniwae no “Naniwa Bay” — Kōkamon'in no BettōReleased→No. 89 Tama no O yo “O Thread of My Life” — Princess ShikishiReleased→No. 90 Misebaya na “If Only I Could Show You” — Inpumon'in no TaifuReleased→No. 92 Waga Sode wa “The Stone Below the Tide” — Nijōin no SanukiReleased→No. 93 Yo no Naka wa “Let the World Stay as It Is” — Minamoto no SanetomoReleased→No. 94 Miyoshino no “Autumn Wind from Yoshino” — Councillor Masatsune (Asukai no Masatsune)Released→No. 97 Konu Hito o “Waiting by the Salt-Fires” — Fujiwara no TeikaReleased→No. 98 Kaze Soyogu “Evening at the Sacred Stream” — Fujiwara no IetakaReleased→

Classics

歌集めぐり
Iroha Uta “The Iroha Song” — Iroha — the pangram poem (attr. Kūkai, Heian period)Released
Mochizuki “The Full Moon” — Fujiwara no Michinaga's 'Full Moon Poem' (Shōyūki diary, 1018)Released
Kagerō “First Light” — Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (Man'yōshū I · 48)Released
Gion Shōja no Kane “The Bell of Gion” — The Tale of the Heike, opening lines (Kamakura period)Released
Harumi “Spring Sea” — Ariwara no Narihira (The Tales of Ise, episode 68)Released
Iyoyo Masumasu “More and More” — Ōtomo no Tabito (Man'yōshū V · 793)Released
Samidaregawa “River of May Rain” — Matsuo Bashō, haiku (The Narrow Road to the Deep North, 1689)Released
Koke no Koromo “The Robe of Moss” — Ono no Komachi & Archbishop Henjō, poem exchange (Gosenshū / Tales of Yamato 168)Released
Iyashike Yogoto “Let Good Things Pile Up” — Ōtomo no Yakamochi (Man'yōshū XX · 4516 — the anthology's final poem)Released

Release History

リリース履歴

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The Path of Dreams▶
2026.10.06

The Path of Dreams

Suminoe no · Hyakunin Isshu No. 18 — Fujiwara no Toshiyuki Ason
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Only the Dawn Moon▶
2026.10.01

Only the Dawn Moon

Hototogisu · Hyakunin Isshu No. 81 — Go-Tokudaiji no Sadaijin (Fujiwara no Sanesada)
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The Yura Strait▶
2026.09.29

The Yura Strait

Yura no to o · Hyakunin Isshu No. 46 — Sone no Yoshitada
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A Spring Night's Dream▶
2026.09.27

A Spring Night's Dream

Haru no yo no · Hyakunin Isshu No. 67 — Suō no Naishi
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The Weir the Wind Built▶
2026.09.27

The Weir the Wind Built

Yamagawa ni · Hyakunin Isshu No. 32 — Harumichi no Tsuraki
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Only the Sleeves▶
2026.09.25

Only the Sleeves

Urami wabi · Hyakunin Isshu No. 65 — Sagami
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This Midnight Moon▶
2026.09.24

This Midnight Moon

Kokoro ni mo · Hyakunin Isshu No. 68 — Emperor Sanjō (Sanjō-in)
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Between the Joints of a Reed▶
2026.09.23

Between the Joints of a Reed

Naniwa-gata · Hyakunin Isshu No. 19 — Lady Ise
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Once Is No Longer Enough▶
2026.09.22

Once Is No Longer Enough

Kimi ga tame oshikarazarishi · Hyakunin Isshu No. 50 — Fujiwara no Yoshitaka
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I Won't Fall for That▶
2026.09.21

I Won't Fall for That

Oto ni kiku · Hyakunin Isshu No. 72 — Lady Kii of Princess Yūshi's Household (Yūshi Naishinnō-ke no Kii)
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Next release　わたの原 漕ぎ出でて（百人一首 第76番・法性寺入道前関白太政大臣（10/12 19時公開））— 2026.10.12

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