The official song for the festival is Sakura Sakura, a traditional Japanese folk song.
In 2013 Marc Edwards recorded an album featuring 3 20 minute versions of Sakura Sakura, in a free jazz electric guitar style.
In early the 2010s, Japanese singer Kiyoshi Hikawa performed the second of the two verses of " Sakura Sakura "-the first and only Enka singer to do so.
1965's " Sakura Sakura " united the quintet ( including Terumasa Hino on trumpet ) with three female koto players as Shiraki moved into a world jazz approach.
Grego Applegate Edwards described his 2014 release, "'Sakura Sakura "', as " " very vibrant free rock, a sort of Ascension in the metal zone.
The opening theme for the whole season is performed by the idol group DALI . " Heart Moving ", performed by Misae Takamatsu of Sakura Sakura, is used as the ending theme for the first 26 episodes, DIC Entertainment made an English-language version of the Japanese opening theme for their adaptation.