Shima Uta (島唄, Islan Song?) is a 1992 song by the Japanese band The Boom. It was written by the lead singer, Kazufumi Miyazawa, based on his impressions from visiting Okinawa for a photo shoot. It is the band's best selling song, well-known throughout Japan and Argentina, and one of the most widely known songs associated with Okinawa. Despite the title Shima Uta, which is also a term for traditional music from the Ryukyu Islands, the band members are all from Yamanashi Prefecture and the song uses a mix of modern pop and rock styles as well as min'yō. Okinawan musical instruments and Okinawan vocabulary have been incorporated into the song.