A rainy love song. A love song perfect for a rainy day.

A Bouquet of Kisses in the RainImai Miki

The Last Rain – Yasushi Nakanishi

It’s a song that really feels like a product of its time.

It’s a bit different from today’s era, but I don’t think a woman’s feelings in love are bound by time.

It strikes me as a situation overflowing with happiness, and I think if it were an experience like this, I wouldn’t mind getting soaked and freezing in the rain.

Rainy dayHamasaki Ayumi

Ayumi Hamasaki / rainy day

It’s a deeply heartrending, sorrowful song.

It’s not the kind that soars in the chorus; rather, it keeps a fairly steady, similar flow throughout.

But this kind of understated song really fits a rainy day.

It somehow makes me feel like I can keep going.

Let your hair down.bird

The intense rain on a southern island pairs perfectly with an intense feeling of love.

The song was composed by Takaki Horigome, the elder brother of Kirinji.

Despite its high difficulty, bird sings it effortlessly—impressive indeed.

It’s produced by Takao Tajima of Original Love—what a luxurious combination.

Odakyu Kakio19

Odakyu Kakio

This is the B-side track to “Taisetsu na Hito,” the second-to-last single by the folk duo 19, who disbanded to much regret in 2002.

It begins with a scene of leaving the apartment where the narrator lived with their lover, likening the lover to rain and singing about their own passion.

Although there’s no depiction of rainfall in the lyrics, the song pairs beautifully with a rainy day—perhaps because the dark sky and the sound of rain mirror the landscape of the heart that the song portrays.

Wherever you areONE OK ROCK

Wherever You Are – ONE OK ROCK Full

Although it’s not a song about rain, ONE OK ROCK’s ballads feel wonderfully fitting and comforting when you listen to them on a rainy day as the temperature drops and you feel a slight chill.

It makes you think how truly happy you’d be to be thought of this way by the person you love most, gently stirring a woman’s heart.

It’s a song that can make you happy on a gloomy, rainy day.

After the rainRemioromen

Remioromen – After the Rain

The first single by the Japanese rock band Remioromen.

Released on May 21, 2003.

Using rain as a metaphor for the past, it captures the heart of a young person moving toward the future while holding onto nostalgic memories.

It’s an up-tempo track where the lyrical world and the straightforward vocals are a perfect match.

MY Gift to youCHEMISTRY

CHEMISTRY “My Gift to You” Official Video

I feel like listening to CHEMISTRY’s ballads on rainy days.

Their voices are truly soothing.

This song seems to be sung from a man’s perspective about a girl who is an incredibly precious treasure.

It’s the kind of song that fills the loneliness when it’s raining, you can’t go out, and you can’t see your lover.