Otogibanashi: Fairy Ring

Otogibanashi (おとぎばなし) (subtitled "Fairy Ring") is the 30th studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Miyuki Nakajima, released in October 2002. Like some efforts such as Jidai: Time Goes Around, it mainly consists of her compositions which had previously interpreted by other singers, or performed on the series of her musicals Yakai.

Nakajima had a duet with Masashi Sada on "You Reminds Me of...", a song they wrote for Ken Takakura and Nae Yuki in 1994.

Track listing
All songs written by Miyuki Nakajima (unless otherwise noted), arranged by Ichizo Seo.
 * 1) "Hitsumugiuta (陽紡ぎ唄)" – 4:05
 * 2) "Shangri-La (シャングリラ)" – 4:54
 * 3) "Fairy Tale (おとぎばなし)" – 4:57
 * 4) "The Snow, the Moon and the Flowers (雪･月･花)" – 4:46
 * 5) Medley: "Fragrant Glass from the Distant Past (匂いガラス)"/"Yasuko's Shoes (安寿子の靴)" (Nakajima/Juro Kara) – 5:35
 * 6) "You Remind Me of... (あの人に似ている)" (Masashi Sada/Nakajima) – 6:45
 * 7) "The Ugly Duckling (みにくいアヒルの子)" – 5:06
 * 8) "Loved Flower, Unloved Flower (愛される花、愛されぬ花)" – 4:00
 * 9) "The Clawless Lion (裸爪のライオン)" (Tsugutoshi Goto/Nakajima) – 5:40
 * 10) "Jacaranda (Purple Sakura) (紫の桜)" – 6:24
 * 11) "Sea! (海よ)" – 6:05

Personnel

 * Miyuki Nakajima – Vocals
 * Masashi Sada – Vocals
 * Michael Thompson – Electric guitar, nylon guitar
 * Masayoshi Furukawa – Electric guitar
 * Song Rui – Electric guitar
 * Dean Parks – Mandocello, acoustic guitar, bouzouki, flat mandolin
 * Tim Pierce – Flat mandolin
 * Jia Pengfang – Erhu
 * Neil Stubenhaus – Electric bass
 * Reggie Hamilton – Bass
 * Vinnie Colaiuta – Drums
 * Yūta Saito – Keyboards
 * Elton Nagata – Keyboards
 * Jon Gilutin – Keyboards, acoustic piano, electric piano, yangqin, pad
 * Shingo Kobayashi – Keyboards, drums programming
 * Ichizo Seo – Keyboards
 * Yousuke Sugimoto – Synth programming, percussion loop
 * Keishi Urata – Drums programming, percussion loop, synth programming
 * Tomo'o Sato – Drums programming, synth programming, acoustic guitar
 * Yoshiaki Sato – Accordion
 * Dan Higgins – Tenor sax
 * Stephanie Bennett – Irish harp
 * John Clarke – Penny whistle
 * Julia Waters – Backing vocals
 * Maxine Waters – Backing vocals
 * Oren Waters – Backing vocals
 * Kazuyo Sugimoto – Backing vocals
 * People of Yamaha Music Foundation – Chorus
 * Suzie Katayama – Strings conductor
 * Sid Page – Violin (Concertmaster)
 * Charlie Bisharat – Violin
 * Joel Derouin – Violin
 * Norm Hughes – Violin
 * Beri Garabedian – Violin
 * Peter Kent – Violin
 * Susan Chatman – Violin
 * John Wittenberg – Violin
 * Amen Garabedian – Violin
 * Mark Robertson – Violin
 * Carole Mukogawa – Viola
 * Damin MaCamn – Viola
 * Dan Smith – Cello
 * Stefanie Fife – Cello
 * Tomoyuki Asagawa – Harp