List of seasonal songs: a classic guide to finding tracks that fit the current season

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&TEAM ‘Yukiakari’ Special Video for LUNÉ

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This track, included on their 2nd album “Yukiakari,” released in December 2024, is a number that evokes hope like a light shining on a winter night.

As the finale to a story depicted through spring, summer, autumn, and winter, it expresses the strength of a bond that moves forward with trust in each other, even amid harsh cold.

Symbolic of the album that topped the Oricon Daily Chart on its release day, the song captivates with its beautiful choral work and the warm sound crafted by Soma Genda and others.

Why not give it a listen when you’re feeling uncertain or on a night when you want to feel the bond with your treasured friends? The light kindled in your heart will surely give you the courage to move forward.

four seasons progressionMegatera Zero

Megatera Zero - Four Seasons Progression [Original]

Megatera Zero is a singer known for his husky, emotional voice.

This song is one of four released simultaneously in September 2025.

It’s a mid-tempo ballad with the warm tones of acoustic guitar, and its lyrics, which mirror the changing relationship between two protagonists with the shifting seasons, inevitably make you reflect on your own experiences.

The pain of growing accustomed to each other—and the strength to keep walking together nonetheless—are beautifully expressed through Megatera Zero’s delicate vocals.

It’s a song that gently stays by your side during the changing of the seasons.

Rain of the Four SeasonsNEW!chosha fushou

Shiki no Ame (Japanese Children's Song)

The classic song “Shiki no Ame” (Rain Through the Four Seasons) has long been cherished as a Japanese school song.

It became widely known after being included in the June 1914 publication Songs for Elementary Schools: For the Sixth Grade.

Although individual authorship was withheld and the piece was adapted as educational material, the resonance of its words—delicately portraying scenes of rain in each season—is truly captivating.

From the hazy spring showers to the bleak chill of winter rain, you can picture how the same rain takes on entirely different expressions with each season.

Set to a gentle triple meter, it’s a song that lets you feel the beauty of Japan’s natural world.

On a rainy day when children can’t play outside and are feeling bored, it would be lovely to gaze out the window together and sing this tune.

All of the YouthFujifaburikku

Fujifabric – Youth of Everything

This is a classic song by Fujifabric that you suddenly feel like listening to in the season where summer ends and autumn begins.

The longing for the passing summer and the brilliance of youth that will never return are layered over the image of the “last fireworks,” and its bittersweet melody sinks deep into the heart.

Released as a single in November 2007, the track later stayed with many listeners as an insert song in the drama SUMMER NUDE.

There’s also a lovely anecdote that in the composer’s hometown, the song was played as the evening chime for three days in December 2012.

On nights when you want to bask in summer memories, or on a sentimental walk home, why not give it a quiet listen?

Spring, Summer, Autumn, Wintersumika

Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter

A song that beautifully portrays the changing of the four seasons, which gained attention as the theme song for the animated film Let Me Eat Your Pancreas.

Released by sumika in August 2018, this slow ballad features a warmly resonant acoustic guitar, and the delicate emotions depicted across spring, summer, autumn, and winter deeply move the listener.

Along with the shifting seasons, memories with a loved one and farewells are depicted, and the hope that leads into the next spring is expressed through gentle vocals and melody.

Its beautiful, heartrending lyrics—echoing the film’s story—are sure to resonate deeply with anyone who has experienced parting from someone dear.

Rain and CappuccinoYorushika

Yorushika – Rain and Cappuccino (Official Video)

Set in summer, this is a heartwarming, soothing song that keeps you company during quiet rainy moments.

The transparent vocals meld with the piano’s melody, gently enveloping the bittersweet feelings of remembering someone you’ve lost.

Included on Yorushika’s August 2019 album “Elma,” the track richly portrays the emotional resolve to look forward while holding onto memories of someone dear, within a highly narrative world.

An animated PV evoking a café atmosphere has also been released, enhancing the song’s charm with its dreamlike visuals.

It’s a perfect tune for a calm rainy day, to enjoy by the window with your favorite drink as you unwind.

hometownshouka

Furusato (♪ The mountain where we chased rabbits ~) by Himawari ×4 [Chorus] With Lyrics [One of Japan’s 100 Famous Songs] FURUSATO Hometown |

Blue mountains, pure waters, and memories of childhood play.

The gentle melody that wraps these scenes of a beloved hometown, along with feelings for family and friends living far away, holds a universal appeal that resonates with everyone.

First published in 1914 as a Ministry of Education school song, this piece was created by Tatsuyuki Takano and Teiichi Okano, vividly reflecting the rural landscapes and lifestyles of Japan at the time.

It was sung at the closing ceremony of the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics, moving countless people.

Its simple, memorable melody in G major and triple meter continues to be sung at life’s milestones, such as graduation and coming-of-age ceremonies.

With lyrics and melody that evoke nostalgia, it is truly a song that stands by all who live away from their hometowns—a work that can be said to symbolize the heart of Japan.