Music composed, scored, arranged & produced by Akira Senju


<Featuring Artists>
Narration: Masaaki Uchino (01)
Niko: Chen Min (02)
Flamenco Guitar: Jin Oki (11)
Tsugaru Shamisen: Hiromitsu Agatsuma (20)
Violin: Mariko Senju (28)
Piano: Akira Senju (34)


<Main Theme Recording in Tokyo>
Ken Takaseki Conducting NHK Symphony Orchestra
Recorded & Mixed by Akira Fukada (NHK) at NHK 509 & 506 on Sep. 18 & 19, '06


<Tokyo Recording Sessions>
Conductor: Akira Senju, Koji Haishima
Flute & A.Flute: Hideo Takakuwa
Oboe & E.Horn: Tomoka Hirota
Clarinet & B.Clarinet: Kimio Yamane, Tadashi Hoshino, Masashi Togame
Basson: Yoshihide Kiryu
Horns: Hirofumi Mori, Tsutomu Isohata
C. Percussions: Mari Kotake
Harp: Tomoyuki Asakawa
Piano: Haruki Mino
Strings: Masatsugu Shinozaki Group, Hiroyuki Koike Group
Shakuhachi & Yokobue: Ozan Shibata
Satsuma Biwa: Kumiko Shuto
Wadaiko: Hiroshi Motofuji
Recorded & Mixed by Akira Fukada (NHK) at NHK 509, 506 & 604 on Nov '06~Sep'07 Assisted by 細川恵子 (NEOTECH)
Musician inspector: 大久保利視, Fumio Takano (Tokyo Chamber Music Society)
Coordination: Akira Senju Office Corporation


<Additional Recording for Featuring Artists>
Recorded & Mixed by Akihiko Kurazono (02), Jin Oki (11), Masaaki Hayashibara (11), Toshiyuki Yoshida (34)
at studio TERRA, Jin's action studio, Cricket Studio, ASVOX on Nov '06~Oct '07


<Music & Album Crew>
Composed, Scored, Arranged, Produced & Artistic direction: Akira Senju
Except 11: Arranged by Jin Oki & Akira Senju
Executive producers: Shuichi Amagai (NHK Publisher),
　　　　　　　　　　　Hitoshi Namekata (EMI)
Co-producers: Ari Komai (NHK Publisher),
　　　　　　　  Takashi Hiraoka (EMI)


Mastered by Hiroyuki Hosaka at Hitokuchizaka Studio on Oct 29, '07


Secretary to Akira Senju: Mikiko Nose (Akira Senju Office)
Score copyist: NHK Office Planning
Album Promotion: Yuka Noguchi, Itsuko Fukasawa
　　　　　　　　　 Kazuhiro Kobayashi, Ryuta Koike
　　　　　　　　　 Yuko Hirose, Rie Iwata
Artwork of booklet: Shin-ichi Suzuki (design studio BAR)


Label: the most relaxing
Manufacturer: EMI Music Japan Inc.