# 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.
* "Hitsumugiuta (陽紡ぎ唄, Song of Elves Spinning Sunrays)" – 4:05
* "Shangri-La (シャングリラ, Shangurira)" – 4:54
* "Fairy Tale (おとぎばなし, Otogi Banashi)" – 4:57
* "The Snow, the Moon and the Flowers (雪･月･花, Setsu Getsu Ka)" – 4:46
* Medley: "Fragrant Glass from the Distant Past (匂いガラス, Nioi Garasu)"/"Yasuko's Shoes (安寿子の靴, Yasuko no Kutsu)" (Nakajima/Juro Kara) – 5:35
* "You Remind Me of... (あの人に似ている, Ano Hito ni Niteiru)" (Masashi Sada/Nakajima) – 6:45
* "The Ugly Duckling (みにくいアヒルの子, Minikui Ahiru no Ko)" – 5:06
* "Loved Flower, Unloved Flower (愛される花、愛されぬ花, Aisareru Hana, Aisarenu Hana)" – 4:00
* "The Clawless Lion (裸爪のライオン, Hadashi no Raion)" (Tsugutoshi Goto/Nakajima) – 5:40
* "Jacaranda (Purple Sakura) (紫の桜, Murasaki no Sakura)" – 6:24
* "Sea! (海よ, Umi yo)" – 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

## Chart positions

| Year | Album | Chart | Position | Weeks | Sales |
| 2002–03 | Otogibanashi -Fairy Ring- | Japanese Oricon Weekly Albums Chart (Top 300) | 5 | 12 | 78,000+ |

## Release history

| Country | Date | Label | Format | Catalog number |
| Japan | October 23, 2002 | Yamaha Music Communications | CD | YCCW-00039 |
| Japan | December 3, 2008 | Yamaha Music Communications | CD | YCCW-10082 |