A cherry blossom song with great lyrics. A wonderful, heartwarming message.
In Japan, when spring arrives, a lot of cherry blossom songs start to appear, don’t they?
For a long time, cherry blossoms have held a special place in the hearts of Japanese people, inspiring many songs filled with different emotions.
Love, graduation and farewells, starting school and new encounters… It’s precisely because of the season of spring and its beauty that cherry blossoms have become something we entrust our feelings to.
Among those sakura songs, there must be many people who want to listen to tracks with truly moving lyrics—songs that feel like they’re speaking on your behalf.
So in this article, we’ll introduce cherry blossom songs with wonderful lyrics!
They’re all masterpieces that will stay close to your heart, so if you find a favorite, try listening while reading the lyrics.
Cherry blossom songs with great lyrics. Touching, beautiful messages (1–10)
That’s not fair, Sakura.NEW!toku feat. Kanda Sayaka
A track born from the collaboration between toku—who also works as a composer for GARNiDELiA—and Sayaka Kanda, who was active as both an actress and voice actress.
The lyrics personify the complex emotions evoked by cherry blossoms, and the arrangement is striking for the way modern beats overlap with live-instrument melodies.
Every word penned by Kanda resonates deeply, carried by her transparent yet powerful and delicate voice—it’s a poignant and beautiful spring song.
It is included as the first track on toku’s solo album “bouquet,” released in June 2021, positioned as the very first flower in the album’s bouquet concept.
It’s a song you’ll want to listen to quietly on the way home after cherry-blossom viewing, as you find your own memories reflected in the beauty and transience of the sakura.
Sakura and YouNEW!yasashii hitotachi.
A heartwarming number by Yasashii Hitotachi, a three-piece band that presents universal songs distilled from everyday life and gently accompanies listeners’ hearts.
Released as a single in March 2025, it’s known—following earlier works like “Hoshi no Arika”—for its careful depictions of seasonal scenes.
The lyrics capture springtime urban imagery, such as the crowds along the Meguro River and the rush of excitement as people hurry toward the ticket gates, while Rikan’s soft, embracing vocals are filled with a kindness that makes you feel the arrival of a new season.
It’s a spring song that blends seamlessly into daily life—sure to sound comfortable as background music on the way to a famous cherry-blossom spot or while waiting to meet someone special.
The Last SakuraNEW!Sandaime Jē Sōru Burazāzu fromu Eguzairu Toraibu
An achingly sad R&B ballad that overlays the end of a romance onto falling petals, moving enough to bring tears.
Performed by Sandaime J SOUL BROTHERS from EXILE TRIBE, this is a hidden gem that highlights the vocalists’ rich expressiveness.
It was included as the B-side to the single “Go my way,” released in March 2012, and can also be heard on the 2013 album “MIRACLE.” With lyrics by Masato Odake, the song portrays a piercing emotional state that, while sensing an impending farewell, quietly tries to accept the moment.
It’s a number you’ll want to listen to softly after the splendor of a celebration, gazing up at the night cherry blossoms.
Sakura: To You Who Couldn’t GraduateNEW!Hanzaki Yoshiko
A song by Hokkaido-born singer-songwriter Yoshiko Hanzaki.
It’s a number in which she weaves her feelings for a late friend who should have graduated alongside her, delivered in a voice that feels like a heartfelt conversation.
It expresses the sense of loss felt during cherry blossom season, as well as deep affection for someone who continues to live on in the heart.
After 17 years of groundwork, she made her major debut, and the song was included on the mini-album “Utaben,” released in April 2017, before later being released as a single.
Performed when she won the New Artist Award at the 50th Japan Cable Radio Awards, the piece is also widely loved as a choral song.
The animated music video also drew attention.
It’s a song that gently stays with you when you want to quietly remember someone after cherry-blossom viewing, or for those who have experienced parting with someone dear.
SAKURANEW!Shunsuke Kiyokiba
After his time with EXILE, Shunsuke Kiyokiba—now performing as a “uta iya,” a singer who moves the soul—continues to sing songs that stir the heart.
This work, with its beautifully resonant string melodies, overlays the chill of winter with the imagery of cherry blossoms, conveying a message that is both heartrending and powerful.
Although it was released as a single in December 2007, it had actually been performed earlier in the bonus footage of the album IMAGE and at live venues, making it a piece that fans had long hoped to see officially recorded.
The melody co-written by Shunsuke Kiyokiba and Raon Kawane sinks deeply into the heart.
In this season where partings and new departures intersect, it is a masterpiece best heard while quietly gazing up at the night cherry blossoms.
Late-blooming cherry blossomsNEW!AKB48
This is a spring number imbued with a bittersweetness that tightens your chest in the season of partings.
It’s a song released in 2026 by the nationally beloved idol group AKB48, with 19th-generation member Momoka Ito serving as center.
The lyrics, depicting the pangs of fleeting youth and a love that scatters as delicately as cherry blossoms, are truly stirring.
With its refreshing melody that resonates in the heart, this piece is perfect to listen to as graduation approaches, when you want to look back on memories with someone you love.
Surely every memory will remain gently in your heart.
The season of farewellNEW!SHISHAMO
SHISHAMO is beloved by a wide range of generations for their down-to-earth lyrics that capture everyday life.
This song is about a bittersweet unrequited love, where all you can do at graduation is follow your senior with your eyes.
It was included on the album “SHISHAMO 2,” released in March 2015.
A crush where you’re never even in the same class, only watching from afar.
After graduation, you won’t be able to see them anymore, but you can feel the aching wish to at least not be forgotten.
It’s a song I especially want you—an elementary school student holding back words you couldn’t say and parting from someone important—to listen to.