[Songs to Listen to in March] Classic Spring Tracks and Moving Songs About Meetings and Partings
When it comes to songs you want to listen to in March, graduation and farewell songs—centered on parting and new beginnings—are the classics.
In this article, we’ve gathered moving tracks that are perfect for March, when we leave familiar places behind and step into the next stage.
For those starting a new life due to graduation or a job transfer, songs that celebrate bonds with longtime friends will resonate; for those seeing others off, songs that cheer on their departure may strike a chord.
We’ve also picked out tear-jerking tracks ideal for the season, including cherry blossom songs and gentle tales of young love—be sure to give them a listen!
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[Songs to Listen to in March] Spring Classics & Moving Songs Depicting Meetings and Partings (171–180)
YellKobukuro
It’s a warm, cheering song that feels like it announces the arrival of spring.
Even though it was their major-label debut, it’s a track packed with all the charm of Kobukuro.
Like a small bud blooming as it welcomes spring, it carries hopes of encouraging those taking a new step forward.
Released in March 2001, it was later used as the ending theme for Fuji TV’s “Ucchi Kuru!?” and as a commercial song for Tokio Marine & Nichido.
It’s perfect as BGM for graduation and entrance ceremonies, and it’s also recommended for anyone feeling anxious about a new chapter in life.
Its gentle melody and powerful vocals are sure to give you a push forward.
Cherry Blossom MoonSakurazaka46
This song weaves a poignant farewell story that pairs perfectly with the spring season.
Released by Sakurazaka46 in February 2023, it expresses the feelings of seeing off a lover who is leaving for Tokyo upon graduation.
Using cherry blossoms as a motif, the lyrics portray the beauty and transience of parting, leaving a deep impression on the heart.
While cherishing memories, it’s a track that gives you the courage to take a new step forward.
The song captured many hearts, debuting at No.
1 on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart.
It’s a piece you’ll want to listen to if you’re starting a new life in spring or have experienced a farewell with someone important.
10-year cherry blossomsAKB48
AKB48, the nationally beloved idol group, released “10nen Zakura” in 2009—a song whose catchy melody and the members’ cute performances give you a boost of energy.
Graduation songs sung by artists around the same age as students feel especially relatable, don’t they? Debuting on a major label with “Aitakatta” in 2006, they quickly rose to fame and became so popular that there was hardly a day you didn’t see them on TV.
Even for such a popular idol group, when members graduate, they send off their friends as they head down different paths.
This bright graduation song, true to their ever-smiling style, is a perfect fit for students celebrating their own graduation.
It’s also a great song to sing with friends and get the crowd going.
My Best FriendLittle Glee Monster
This song, sung from the perspective of a girl about her feelings for her best friend, has lyrics many girls can relate to.
There are things you understand and words you want to say precisely because you’re friends.
Those feelings don’t change, even if you end up apart due to graduation and other life changes.
It’s the perfect track to listen to in March, graduation season! Written specifically as a song for a Round One commercial, it’s a bright, poppy piece that’s quintessential Little Glee Monster.
Their powerful, full-bodied vocals make it a song that gives you energy.
Song of DepartureMr.Children
March is the season when farewells like graduations and job transfers await.
You might even be separated from someone important to you.
This song is also about parting with someone dear.
However, rather than treating parting as something sad, it expresses the feeling of celebrating it as a new departure.
Even if you part ways, the feeling of support remains unchanged, and surely you’ll meet again somewhere—this is a song that gives you that kind of positive outlook! It was also used as the theme song for the 2007 film “Koizora” (Sky of Love).
[Songs to Listen to in March] Classic Spring Tracks & Moving Songs About Meetings and Partings (181–190)
oneselfTani Yuuki
Singer-songwriter Tani Yuuki, who has won popularity with exquisitely rhymed lyrics set to beautiful melodies.
His ninth digital single, “Jibun Jishin,” chosen as the tie-in song for UQ mobile’s web-exclusive UQ Ouenwari commercial, is a stirring number featuring a dynamic arrangement of piano and strings.
Its message—that the irreplaceable memories of youth won’t fade even as we set out on new paths—fits perfectly with March, the season of farewells and new beginnings.
It’s a positive ballad that sweeps away anxieties about a new chapter in life.
A flower that blooms only hereKobukuro
Kobukuro is a two-member musical duo consisting of Shunsuke Kuroda and Kentaro Kobuchi, and “Koko ni Shika Sakanai Hana” was released in May 2005 as their 11th single.
It served as the theme song for the Nippon TV drama Ruri no Shima, reached No.
2 on the Oricon charts, and became a major hit with 400,000 copies sold.
Among Kobukuro’s many famous songs, it ranks third in CD sales.
With a chorus that stands out and vocals and lyrics that move you no matter how many times you listen, it’s a masterpiece that people of all generations should hear.