Songs of Nighttime Cherry Blossoms: A curated selection of classic and popular cherry blossom tracks that evoke a dreamlike scene!

the realm of carnageNEW!Kami wa saikoro o furanai

Pandemonium

Kamisai (God Does Not Roll Dice) is a four-piece rock band from Fukuoka.

This work is a digital single released in April 2023, created as an insert song for TBS’s Sunday drama “Last Man: The Blind Investigator.” While “yozakura” (night cherry blossoms) often evokes an image of fleeting petals, what they deliver is a robust, life-affirming rock sound forged to survive the crucible.

Like cherry blossoms glowing in the dark, it portrays a fierce attachment to life that shines precisely amid loneliness and adversity.

The music video, noted for its use of visual tricks, carries the message that what you see isn’t everything.

When you feel crushed by an irrational reality, this song may spark a flame deep within your heart.

Nighttime Cherry Blossom ResearchNEW!akano wai

Yozakura Research / Megurine Luka

This number intertwines a light triple-time rhythm with Japanese-style melodies, inviting you into a beautiful nocturnal world.

The wistful lyrics pair perfectly with Luka Megurine’s mature vocals, and listening to it has a strangely calming effect.

Released by Vocaloid producer Akano wai in January 2021, this piece was created for submission to the open-call project “The 2nd Proseka NEXT,” a popular rhythm game contest.

You can really feel Akano wai’s assured skill and sensibility, which would later lead to their selection in the same contest.

The quietly resonant sound, as if tracing memories beneath the night cherry blossoms, is perfect for savoring alone with a drink on a long spring night.

Tokyo, the City of DreamsNEW!Hikawa Kiyoshi

Tokyo, the City of Dreams

I can picture the city’s neon lights wet with rain, shimmering across the sidewalks like blossoms of light.

Sung with rich emotion by Kiyoshi Hikawa—an artist who captivates many fans with his genre-defying expressiveness—this piece is included on the album “Kiyoshi Hikawa: Enka Masterpiece Collection 4 ~ Banba no Chutaro ~,” released in September 2004.

Set in nighttime Tokyo—Gaien and Ginza—it portrays a wistful longing to make love bloom, perfectly matching the damp atmosphere of a spring night.

The images of red and blue city lights swaying evoke a fantastical beauty that overlaps with illuminated night cherry blossoms.

Listening on the way home from hanami, gazing at the passing city lights from a car window, might make the mood feel all the more romantic.

SAKURA DropsUtada Hikaru

Hikaru Utada – SAKURA Drops

A song by Hikaru Utada that depicts a fragile, beautiful love like cherry blossom petals swaying in the wind.

As the pain of heartbreak begins to heal, the mingled hope and anxiety of falling in love again are expressed like the feeling of waiting for spring’s arrival.

Released in May 2002, the track was used as the theme song for the TBS drama “First Love” and reached No.

1 on the Oricon weekly chart.

The music video, directed by Kazuaki Kiriya, conveys the song’s world with dreamlike, visually stunning imagery.

It’s a piece you’ll want to listen to while strolling beneath illuminated rows of cherry trees on a spring night.

cherry blossom rainJUJU

JUJU “Sakura Ame” (Cherry Blossom Rain)

A poignant medium-tempo ballad by JUJU, layered with reflections on a beautiful cherry blossom rain.

Visiting a riverside path of memories alone, the protagonist wistfully recalls a past love—tenderly portraying the bittersweetness of spring in a gem of a song.

Released in February 2010, it was featured as the March opening theme for TBS’s CDTV and in a RecoChoku commercial, and is also included on the album “JUJU.” It’s a song to listen to on nights when the coming of spring makes you look back, or when you’ve said goodbye to someone dear.

cherry blossoms at nightSEKAI NO OWARI

Yozakura

Included on SEKAI NO OWARI’s album “Eye,” released in February 2019, this song is a moving piece that overlays fleeting cherry blossoms with the stirrings of love.

It forms a pair with “Himawari,” featured on the album “Lip” and sharing the same melody, and leaves a strong impression with its dark atmosphere that delicately depicts the loneliness of spring nights.

Its gentle acoustic sound exudes lingering attachment and bittersweet longing for a loved one.

By contrasting opposing realms—past and future, night and day—the song succeeds in drawing out deeper emotions.

A gem of high artistic quality, it’s a track you’ll want to listen to alone on a quiet night.

Cherry Blossom MoonSakurazaka46

Sakurazaka46 'Sakuzuki'

A bittersweet song that overlays the parting of youth with the way cherry blossoms fall.

Like a graduation album packed with cherished memories on a single page, Sakurazaka46’s work is wrapped in warm emotion.

Released in February 2023, this track drew attention as Rena Moriya’s first center song and sold 349,000 copies on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart, debuting at No.

1.

With lyrics that resonate in the season of new meetings and farewells and a beautiful melody, it’s sure to gently encourage those standing at a life’s turning point.