I can say that I have never listened to a pianist who could always draw my attention to her interpretation either folk songs or her alternate versions, her "variations", her musicianship and technique talently bails out any pianist in popular music. I still remember how stunning it was to me when I heard "Japanese Girl" in the late 1970s first time and Tokimeki later. Cover of アンダンテ.カンタービレwas repeatedly played more than a thousand times. I kneel down for you, Akiko. You are such a magic."
This is the master piece of master pieces. I have just been to Nebuta Matsuri. I just remembered that in Yano Akiko's first album, there was a song similar to Nebuta hayashi. Indeed this is the one.