Memphis is one of the great American stories.

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Situated in Shelby County, Tennessee, Memphis is the second largest city in the state after Nashville, on the largest city on the Mississippi River, named after the capital of ancient Egypt.

アメリカ人公民権運動で示した 情熱

Just like its namesake, Memphis has risen from the shores of one of the world's most storied rivers into a shining center of commerce and culture.

メンフィスはアメリカの偉大な歴史の 1 つです

Memphis has also endured its share of hard times.

テネシー州シェルビー郡に位置するメンフィスは

Yet ever since the plantation era, the city has found solace in the unifying power of its music. Music which would one day take pride of place in the soundtrack of the 20th century. Head downtown to the Memphis Cotton Exchange and walked the trading floor, which was once the center of the world cotton trade.

州ではナッシュビルに次ぐ 2 番目に大きな都市で

Then follow the threads of an industry which has woven its prosperous and painful legacy through Tennessee's DNA.

ミシシッピ川沿いでは最大の都市です

Take the trolley down south main to the National Civil Rights Museum, built around the historic Lorraine Motel, follow 400 years of African Americans footsteps from those made in leg irons to the Long March to Washington and beyond, featuring the bus on which Rosa Parks took a stand by staying seated, and the Freedom Riders Greyhound coach, which was brought to a fiery stopped by Klansmen.

エジプトの古代都市にちなんで 名付けられたメンフィスは

The museum is a sometimes sobering experience, but there is no exhibit more moving than Room 306.

世界で最も歴史的に名高い川の 1 つ ミシシッピ川の岸辺から

Peer into the suite where Martin Luther King Jr spent his final hours before he was slain by a gunshot, which reverberated around the entire world.

商業と文化で栄える 中心地へと成長しました

Just a mile and a half from the hotel balcony where the civil rights leader was shot.

苦難の時期もありましたが

Visit the pulpit of the Mason Temple, where the night before he delivered one of his greatest and most prophetic speeches.

プランテーションの時代から 1 つになれる音楽の力に

I've been to the mountaintop.

励まされてきました

After King's death, sorrow and civil unrest descended upon the nation, but the Memphis spirit refused to break.

いつの日か 20 世紀最大のサウンドトラックと

As always, it found solace in its deep faith and in the unifying power of song at the Memphis Rock and Soul Museum.

言われるであろう音楽に

Learn how the uplifting field hollers and porch songs of Delta sharecroppers evolved into a new, cathartic musical expression, the blues and how in the 19 fifties, the blues gave birth to a wild, liberating sound which jumped the racial divide.

ダウンタウンのメンフィス綿花取引所を

Rock and roll groove on into the Stax Museum of American Soul music and experience the sounds, costumes and moves that in the 19 sixties made Memphis the epicenter of the soul music universe.

歩いてみましょう ここはかつて世界の綿花貿易の中心地でした

The museum is stacked with incredible artifacts, including Isaac Hayes, Incredible Superfly Cadillac Eldorado, forever spinning in all its shag carpet 24 karat glory.

そしてテネシー州の DNA と

Of course, no one loves shag pile and gold plated caddies more than Elvis Presley stopped by Sun Studios, where in 1954 a 19 year old kid from the other side of the tracks recorded That's all right, Mama, changing the course of popular music forever.

繁栄と苦難の歴史を織り込んだ 業界の「糸」を辿ってみてください

Just three years later, Elvis purchased Graceland, a 13 acre estate on the outskirts of town.

トロリーでサウス メインを下ると 国立公民権博物館があります

Tour the mansion where Elvis resided for 20 years, then in the meditation garden, paused by his final resting place with fans from across the globe whose lives have been touched by the boy from Tupelo.

歴史的なロレイン モーテルを中心に建てられました

Just across the road.

アフリカ系アメリカ人の 400 年の足跡を感じられます

Take off on a joyous ride through Elvis's life and times at Elvis Presley's Memphis, from his galaxy of gold records and jumpsuits through his years as a Hollywood star to his lifelong obsession with fine automobiles.

足枷をはめられていた時代から ワシントン大行進 そしてその後の足跡を

There's a whole lot of Elvis to explore here, so set aside at least a few hour.

展示にはローザ・パークスが 座ったまま耐えていたバスや

As Elvis knew well,

フリーダム ライダーズが KKK の団員に

You can't enjoy music on an empty stomach.

荒々しく停車させられたグレーハウンド社の長距離バスもあります

Thankfully, Memphis is home to some of the best soul food and Southern barbecue in America.

胸が締め付けられるような体験になるかもしれません

From Monroe Avenue, Follow your nose down an alleyway named after the restaurant, which put Memphis on the barbecue map.

最も心揺さぶられるのは 306 号室でしょう

Just like the city's music.

マーティン・ルーサー・キング・ジュニアが 最後の時を過ごし そして

The menu at Charlie Virgos Rendezvous was born out of hardship, buying up cheap ribs, which in the 19 fifties were considered off cuts.

凶弾に倒れた 全世界に知れ渡ったあのスイートをご覧ください

Charlie combined the art of backyard cookouts with a secret spice rub.

公民権指導者が撃たれたホテルのバルコニーから

Today, his subterranean restaurant serves up an astonishing five tons of charcoal fire, dry rubbed ribs every week.

わずか 2.4 km のところには

Mhm.

メイソン寺院があります 彼が事件の前夜に

It might not look like much from the outside, but just around the corner at Gus is joined Pilgrims from all over the world who come to savor fried chicken so lip smacking good.

最も偉大かつ予言的な演説を行った 説教壇を見てみましょう

It's been called a spiritual experience.

「私は山頂に達した…」

After visiting chicken heaven, head over to the Big Rooster, which stands proudly over the rooftop of old Dominic distillery, take a tour and enjoy a few samples at this Memphis icon which has been crafting fine bourbon and Tennessee toddy since the 18 hundreds.

キング牧師の死後 国は悲しみと社会不安に包まれました

As evening approaches, head down to Beale Street, landing as the sun drops like liquid gold across the far shores of the timeless Mississippi.

しかしメンフィスの精神は失われませんでした

After sundown, Memphis lights up and Beale Street is where it all comes together.

いつものように 深い信仰と 歌の力に救いを見出したのです

The history, the food, the music.

メンフィス ロックンソウル博物館では

It was here where a teenage Elvis pressed his ear to blues club windows to hear legends like Howlin Wolf.

デルタのシェアクロッパーたちの気分を上げる フィールド ホラーや黒人音楽がどのようにして

And it's here where you'll feel the true spirit of Memphis, a city that's learned the secret of turning hard times in trouble into a magic that soothes, nourishes and lifts the soul.

新しいカタルシスを得られる音楽表現 ブルースへと 進化したのかがわかります