The song is not directly linked to the novella of the same title by Seichō Matsumoto nor to the movie of the same title based on the novella, which was released in 1983. There is a monument commemorating the song in front of the Jōren Falls in Amagi, Shizuoka Prefecture. As of 2020, Ishikawa has sung Amagi-goe twelve times at the annual NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen. By the song, Ishikawa was nominated for the 28th Nippon Record Taisho Award (Japan Record Award 日本レコード大賞) in 1986 but she did not win the award. Together with "Tsugaru Kaikyo Fuyu-geshiki", the song is Ishikawa's most popular from her career. The sleeve does not have the time of the song. The single was released on July 21, 1986, by Nippon Columbia. The song is written by Osamu Yoshioka as lyricist, Tetsuya Gen (弦哲也) as composer and Nobuyuki Sakuraba (桜庭伸幸) as arranger. "Amagi-goe" (天城越え Walk Over Amagi Pass) is the 45th single by Japanese singer Sayuri Ishikawa.
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