Mamiko Hirai was in charge of the theme music for the NHK Kinki Block broadcast mini program Ano Hi wo Mune ni ~ Hanshin・Awajidai Shinsai 23nen (That Day in Our Hearts – 23 Years After The Great Hanshin Earthquake).

The mini program is a series of 1 minute segments of various residents in Kobe voicing their experiences on “that day” of The Great Hanshin Earthquake. The events of “that day” continue to be shared in an effort to overcome sadness and to bring together hope. Kinki Block is currently broadcasting these segments as a memorandum of the disaster.

National broadcast details of each segment are as follows:
(schedule and appearances may be subject to change)

NHK General TV

Tuesday, January 9th, 2018
4:10am – 4:11am
Comedian Kanpei Hazama

Wednesday, January 10th, 2018
4:10am – 4:11am
Painting Class Director Yoko Nakajima

Thursday, January 11th, 2018
4:10am – 4:11am
Brass Musician Seiji Nakao

Friday, January 12th, 2018
4:10am – 4:11am
Suma Aqualife Park Tatsuya Oshika

Saturday, January 13th, 2018
4:59am – 5:00am
Kobe Chinatown’s Steamed Pork Bun Restaurant Owner Hideo Sou

2018 Theme Song of Ano Hi wo Mune ni (translated as That Day in Our Hearts)

Composed and Arranged by Mamiko Hirai
Saxophone: Ryoko Egawa
Piano: Mamiko Hirai
Recording & Mixing Engineer: Tetsuya Hasue
Assistant Engineer: Yoshiharu Moriyama
Sound Design: Kouhei Yanagihara

Videos can be found here: Short News Stories