Winter songs with lyrics that really hit home. Winter tunes you’ll want to listen to closely.

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This ballad, which closes the album “CAROL ~A DAY IN A GIRL’S LIFE 1991~” released at the end of 1988, is a delicate piece that gently reflects the urban scenery of December.

With images of double-decker buses and a park, the protagonist’s heart quietly carries feelings they wished to convey and a poignant sense of what has been lost.

It was also used as the ending theme for the NTV anime City Hunter 2, and the synthesizer tones that echo on winter nights leave an even deeper impression.

This song is perfect for those who want to pause amid the year-end rush and spend a reflective moment looking back on the past year.

The snow is piercingly coldatarayo

Atarayo – Snow Pierces the Chill (Music Video)

Set against the crisp, piercing air of winter, this work paints a scene of the season’s first snowfall.

Released by Atarayo in December 2022, the song tenderly portrays the ache of memories with a loved one—recollections of the four seasons flashing back like falling snow.

Seasonal images—cherry blossom-lined streets, a seaside café, a field of cosmos—illuminate the feelings of a protagonist who, despite the pain of parting, tries to take a step forward with a faint hope in their heart.

The transparent vocals and arpeggio-driven arrangement delicately capture winter’s quiet and an introspective worldview.

Chosen as the ending theme for ABEMA’s “ABEMA Prime,” it is performed frequently in winter setlists.

On a clear winter night, it will stay close to you as you look back on the past while resolving to face forward.

Around the time winter endsberii guddoman

Berry Good Man / Around When Winter Ends (Official Full Version)

A single ray of light offered in a frigid season, this song wraps gratitude born from farewell in a beautiful harmony.

It’s a track from the 2014 album “SING SING SING 2.” Standing on the seasonal boundary where snow turns to rain, it gently accepts a relationship that can never return, while expressing kindness in praying for the other person’s happiness “just as they are.” In 2015, it was chosen as an ending theme for TBS’s “Hiruobi!” and Kyushu Asahi Broadcasting’s “Dooo” among others, etching itself deeply into viewers’ winter memories across regions.

Though originally an indie-era song, it was included in a remastered version on a best-of album in 2018, and remains a staple that unites audiences at winter live shows.

For those trying to move forward while carrying a sense of loss, or when you need gentle words on a solitary night, let this one song by Benri Goodman be your companion.

Snow, fall and scatter toward you.Wagakki Band

Wagakki Band / Snow, Fall and Scatter Toward You

This is Wagakki Band’s enchanting winter ballad, where shamisen and koto weave their tones together with Yuko Suzuhana’s vocals interlaced with shigin (poetic recitation).

Included on the album “Shikisai,” released in March 2017, it was also chosen as the theme song for the stage play “Laughing in Purgatory,” performed that summer.

Set against a landscape of falling, accumulating snow, it portrays a heartrending tale of feelings that cannot reach the one who matters most.

Highly recommended if you’re looking for a dark, beautiful rock ballad that seeps into the depths of your heart on a cold night.

Winter MorningRyokushokushakai

“Winter Morning / Ryokuoushoku Shakai” covered by Sakuya Saori [Acoustic Performance]

A classic ballad that sets a heart swaying between bravado and true feelings against a winter backdrop.

This track, placed at the end of Ryokuoushoku Shakai’s 2020 album “SINGALONG,” was written by vocalist Haruko Nagaya during her university days, with moving to Tokyo in mind.

Its lyrics—where the small lies we tell to hide our loneliness intersect with the resolve to keep moving forward—are tenderly supported by delicate piano and string arrangements.

It’s a song that gently stays by the side of those who’ve started living on their own or are striving in a new environment.

A winter tune perfect for a quiet night when you want to face yourself.

A Winter TaleGivun

Given “Winter Story -with Ritsuka ver.-” Music Video (Short ver.)

A classic winter song performed as an insert track in the TV anime “Given,” which reached No.

1 on the digital charts.

It is included on the single “Marutsuke / Fuyu no Hanashi,” released in September 2019.

The piece expresses the weight of loneliness and the earnest determination to keep looking forward through a contrast of calm and intensity in a band sound.

Its emotional melody, where heartache and hope intersect, is deeply moving.

Please take your time and listen closely.

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back number “Heroine” Music Video

It’s a heartbreaking love song that sings, “It has to be you by my side.” It’s a track by the rock band back number, released in 2015 as their 11th single.

Chosen as the theme for JR East’s “JR SKISKI” commercial, it became a hot topic.

The protagonist longs for “you,” who is somewhere they can’t reach… Just thinking about those feelings makes my chest ache.

It even makes me wonder who that kind of person is for me.

Please take your time and listen to it alone if you can.

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