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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. Beautiful, heartwarming messages (91–100)

Have the plums bloomed? Are the cherry blossoms not yet?Metis

Metis / Has the plum blossomed? Is the cherry blossom not yet?
Have the plums bloomed? Are the cherry blossoms not yet?Metis

A single released in 2007.

Born in 1984, a singer-songwriter from Hiroshima Prefecture.

This was their first single after making a major-label debut.

Centered around the lyric phrase “The cherry blossoms will bloom,” it spread by word of mouth—particularly among students preparing for entrance exams—as a so-called “success/entrance exam song,” and became a hit.

Cherry Blossom Rainabuzōbu fiito. hatsune miku

In recent years, Vocaloid has become extremely popular, especially among elementary and middle school students! This song is a graduation anthem themed around cherry blossoms, representing Vocaloid music.

It’s also incredibly popular as a choral piece for graduation ceremonies.

The lyrics are striking, evoking memories of student life filled with youthful days.

Come, springthe shes gone

the shes gone “Spring, Come” Music Video
Come, springthe shes gone

A song by the shes gone that stirs the heart with the arrival of spring.

Featured on their February 2023 album HEART, this track captures overflowing feelings of love amidst the cherry blossom season, filled with the band’s heartfelt emotion.

With fresh lyrics and delicate phrasing, it beautifully conveys the uniquely springlike blend of wistful sadness and fluttering excitement.

The words, which touch on feelings for a loved one and the self-discoveries that come with falling in love, resonate deeply with listeners.

It’s a spring song that will set your heart racing at the start of a new season—highly recommended for you, too.

Even if we forget springaibii karaa

Ivy Color [Even If We Forget Spring] Music Video
Even if we forget springaibii karaa

This Ivy Color track gently embraces springtime scenery and the bittersweet feeling of parting, making it a deeply moving song perfect for cherry blossom season.

Released in March 2019, it’s characterized by a beautiful melody woven by piano and strings.

It wonderfully captures both the anticipation of a fresh start that comes with spring and the nostalgia for time gone by.

Highly recommended for those who’ve experienced graduation or farewells, and for anyone about to take a new step forward.

Listening to this piece conjures up images of cherry blossoms dancing in the air and leaves your heart feeling warm.

Cherry blossoms, along the path where petals swirl upElefanto Kashimashi

Elephant Kashimashi – “The Road Where Cherry Blossoms Dance Up”
Cherry blossoms, along the path where petals swirl upElefanto Kashimashi

Sakura no Hana, Maiagaru Michi wo, released by Elephant Kashimashi in 2008, portrays a resolve to live forever together with a beloved person, building a future as beautiful as cherry blossoms.

It tells of how meeting someone special changed the narrator’s indifference toward cherry blossoms into a desire to walk toward a wonderful future with that person.

Encounters with others can truly transform our feelings, can’t they? If you’ve had a meeting that changed your life, please give this song a listen and let your future bloom even more.