A Nationwide Compilation of Timelessly Beloved Railway Songs

Living with the citySakushi: Entetsu Gurūpu Shain Ichidō/Sakkyoku: Muramatsu Takatsugu/Uta: Entetsu Gasshōdan

This song was created to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Enshu Railway.

The lyrics were written by employees of the Entetsu Group, and the music was composed by Takatsugu Muramatsu, a native of Hamamatsu City.

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Muramatsu is a pianist who has provided music for many TV dramas and films, and it is said that he also coached the choir during the recording.

Song of the Nankai Electric Railwaysakushi sakkyoku: miki torirō/ uta: ban kumiko

Nankai Train Song (with Lyrics) — Kumiko Ban, Railway PV

This is a Nankai Electric Railway commercial jingle used in the late 1950s to 1960s.

Back then, the trains were green, so the phrase “green train” appears in the lyrics, but today trains run in different colors.

Toriro Miki, who wrote and composed the song, also created many commercial jingles for other railway companies.

Iyo Railway SongSakushi: Owada Kenki/Sakkyoku: Tamura Torazo/Uta: Kido Burazazu

Iyo Railway Song, all 25 verses, original lyrics

This song was released in 1909, the 20th anniversary of Iyo Railway’s founding.

It has 25 verses, and even today verses 2 and 6 are reportedly the ones mainly sung at Iyo Railway events.

Before this song was created, there was a piece titled “Geography Education: Iyo Railway Shōka,” produced in 1900, which was apparently made for the purpose of studying geography.

Tokyo Geography Education Train SongSakushi: Ishihara Wasaburō/Sakkyoku: Tamura Toraozō/Uta: Dāku Dakkusu

Tokyo Geography Education Train Song

This is a song that depicts the scenery from the area around Hibiya Station to Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo City, where the streetcars were operated by Tokyo Railway Electric and two other companies, for a total of three operators.

The lyricist, Wasaburo Ishihara, is also famous for writing the children’s song “Kintaro.” This Tokyo Geography Educational Streetcar Song is regarded as one of his representative long-form works.

The Train of TimeSakushi sakkyoku, uta: Kumaki Anri

Niigata Note: A Journey of Encounters

This is a song that was used in a corporate commercial for Keio Corporation.

The lyrics, composition, and vocals are by Anri Kumaki.

Anri Kumaki has provided many other songs for commercials, TV programs, and companies.

This song is not used as the departure/arrival jingle; it seems the melodies for those are determined based on each station’s characteristics.

Seasonal windSakushi sakkyoku: Minato Genta

Minato Line Support Image Song “Kisetsu no Kaze” (Seasonal Wind)

This song was created as a cheer song for the Minato Line.

Genta Minato, who was born and raised in the communities along the line, wrote and composed the song and also performed it.

At the time it was made, the Minato Line was facing a crisis that might have led to its closure, so he produced the cheer song he had long envisioned.

Supple WindLyrics: Mori Yukinojō / Composition: Hiro Tsunoda / Vocals: Hiro Tsunoda, Nahoko Takahashi

Supple Wind

It’s the image song of Nagoya Railroad.

This track is also well known for being played as background music in Meitetsu station concourses and near the ticket gates.

There’s also a short, roughly two-minute version that plays two minutes before 00 and 30 past every hour.

Although it was once discontinued, it was included on a CD commemorating the 400th anniversary of the founding of Nagoya, which brought the song back into the spotlight.