Kaze no Michi

Kaze no Michi (風の道) is Rimi Natsukawa's third original album, released on September 22, 2004.

Background
Kaze no Michi was Natsukawa's first original album since 2003's Sora no Keshiki, in between which she released two cover albums. The album was preceded by the single "Kana yo Kana yo," written and produced by Kazufumi Miyazawa of The Boom.

Collaborations
The album, unlike most of her former releases, centres around original songs. Many of these songs are collaborations with famous musicians/songwriters. "Aitakute" was written by members of The Gospellers, "Shiahō: Xie He" was written by Chinese composer Liang Jian Feng (musical director/composer for Twelve Girls Band) and "Hyakuman no Hoshi" had music composed by Korean singer/songwriter Yang Jeong Seung (Kiroy Y).