Ritsuko Okazaki, was a Japanese singer-songwriter born on Hashima Island, commonly called Gunkanjima, an abandoned island lying about how manykilometers from the city of Nagasaki, in southern Japan?
Ritsuko Okazaki Ritsuko Okazaki (岡崎 律子 , Okazaki Ritsuko , December 29, 1959 – May 5, 2004) was a Japanese singer-songwriter born on Hashima Island, Nagasaki Prefecture. She first made her professional debut with the single, "Kanashii Jiyū / Koi ga, Kiete Yuku". She is also known as the Shelby Flint of Japan.
Kagoshima Kagoshima (鹿児島市 , Kagoshima-shi , ]) is the capital city of Kagoshima Prefecture at the south western tip of the island of Kyushu in Japan, and the largest city in the prefecture by some margin. It has been nicknamed the "Naples of the Eastern world" for its bay location (Aira Caldera), hot climate, and emblematic stratovolcano, Sakurajima. The city was officially founded on April 1, 1889.