Masterpieces that sing of beauty. Recommended popular songs.
This is a song list that gathers tracks themed around beauty and being beautiful.
Most of the songs praise a lover’s beauty, but they also celebrate many other beautiful things—names, birds, stars in the night sky, sunsets, and more.
Please enjoy comparing them as you listen.
Masterpieces that sing of beauty. Recommended popular songs (1–10)
Beautiful Place ~Final Destination~Imai Miki
It’s a grand ballad by Miki Imai.
Released in January 2026, the song is included on Smile, her first album in about eight years.
Written and composed by Masashi Sada, it sets a journey of the heart toward life’s summit to a rich sound centered on piano and strings.
A highlight is the luxurious arrangement where Sada’s violin resonates with Tomoyasu Hotei’s guitar.
It’s a song that will stay close to those who wish to reflect on the lives they’ve led.
Something like a miracleKamishiraishi Mone
It’s a sweeping ballad that quietly reminds us how precious those ordinary, everyday moments really are.
Written as the theme song for the anime film “Peleliu: Guernica of Paradise,” set to be released in December 2025, this track is performed by Mone Kamishiraishi and was released in November 2025.
The lyrics were penned by Kiyosaku of MONGOL800, and together with a melody by Kazuyo Suzuki, they convey the passing of the baton of life and the sanctity of living.
This work helps us realize that the everyday is itself a miracle.
Why not listen to it carefully on a night when you want to calm your heart?
One more time, One more chanceYamazaki Masayoshi
A signature song by Masayoshi Yamazaki that portrays the poignant sense of loss in endlessly searching for someone who is gone.
Released in January 1997, it became known as the theme song for the film he starred in, “The Moon and a Cabbage,” and enjoyed long-running success with over 300,000 copies sold.
In 2007, it was used again as the theme song for Makoto Shinkai’s animated film “5 Centimeters per Second,” bringing it widespread recognition among younger audiences.
With a simple arrangement centered on acoustic guitar arpeggios and piano, the song delicately weaves feelings of lingering attachment and regret.
Its gentle melody and heartfelt lyrics pair beautifully with the piano’s delicate timbre.
Recommended for those who want to perform it quietly on a calm night while thinking of someone dear.
Starlight ParadeSEKAI NO OWARI
SEKAI NO OWARI is a band of four members: Fukase, Saori, Nakajin, and DJ LOVE.
While many of their works have a fantastical quality, this piece sets the stage for a “dreamlike night of sleeplessness,” as envisioned by Fukase, unfolding within the song a mysterious and beautiful world that blurs the line between dream and reality.
As the title suggests, the star-lit mood is exquisitely beautiful.
Teru’s SongAoi Teshima
Aoi Teshima, a singer with a pure and beautiful voice.
The song she sings with her clear vocals is the theme song from the Studio Ghibli film Tales from Earthsea.
Released in 2006.
The lyrics, filled with beautiful imagery—heart, pale pink petals, a meadow where insects whisper—are perfectly matched with a song that somehow feels like a nostalgic children’s tune.
Beautiful worldAimer
When I listen to this track, I’m captivated by the sheer beauty of the voice’s resonance.
Recorded with the intention of conveying emotion through timbre before words, the piece stands out for its crystalline, transparent sound.
The lyrics, which begin with the image of a gentle rain, depict small lights and hopes found in everyday life, quietly nestling close to the listener’s heart.
Chosen as the corporate CM song for Idemitsu Kosan airing from November 2024, it was included on and released as the single “SCOPE” in February 2025.
Give it a listen when you want to rediscover the beauty of the world.
Hymn No. 312: “What a Friend We Have in Jesus”Charles Crozat Converse
This is a beloved hymn by Charles Crozat Converse, who also worked as a lawyer.
The original lyrics are said to have been written by someone who suffered the profound sorrow of losing a fiancée twice.
The warm, enveloping melody—overflowing like a prayer to a friend who shares every burden—soothes the heart.
Composed around 1868, the piece’s composer, Converse, was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree in 1895.
It’s a recommended song to listen to when you want to quietly reflect or drift off to sleep with a sense of peace.
Flower ~Flowers in Everyone’s Heart~Lyrics and Composition: Kanō Shōkichi
It’s a warm, heartfelt song that, like the flow of a river, accepts both tears and smiles, and sings of making beautiful flowers bloom in our hearts.
Its somewhat nostalgic melody, rooted in Okinawan folk music, and its lyrics filled with an earnest prayer for peace resonate deeply with listeners.
Released in June 1980, the piece was also used as the ending theme for the 1995 film “Himeyuri no Tō” (The Tower of Himeyuri).
The fact that it is beloved in more than 60 countries speaks to the universality of its message.
It is a song that reminds us not to forget tragic history and teaches the importance of building a future without conflict.
Purple MonsoonUeda Chika + Karyobin
In 1980, when she was still only 21, Chika Ueda played the piano and sang this piece together with KARYOBIN, a string quartet consisting of two violins, one viola, and one cello.
At the time, artists performing with such an ensemble were rare and drew attention.
She also displays a unique aesthetic sense, such as describing “wind” as the color of freshly picked grapes.
Moon DropsRUI (Shibasaki Kou)
A single released in 2003 under the name RUI by Kou Shibasaki.
It was the theme song for the film “Yomigaeri.” Along with its sound, the lyrics exude a dreamlike mood, and the words used—such as waning moon, water’s surface, ephemeral bubbles, and chorus of cicadas—are carefully chosen.