Sado Okesa

Sado Okesa (in Japanese: 佐渡おけさ) is a Japanese folk song that originated in Sado Island, Niigata Prefecture.

"Okesa' or "Okesabushi" is a style of the Japanese folk songs that is said to have originated in Amakusa City, Kumamoto Prefecture.

They typically describe the dialog between a man and a woman in love, and were sung there when the seamen drank sake together.

These songs were brought to Sado Island by these seamen who worked on the Japan Sea route of sea transportation.

During the latter half of the Meiji period, it already was a favorite song of those who worked in the famous gold mines of Aikawa on Sado Island.