[Rain Songs] Songs to listen to on rainy days. A special feature on Japanese rain-themed songs [2026]
Going out or commuting on a rainy day inevitably makes your steps feel heavy, doesn’t it? That’s exactly when you should try changing the scenery with the power of music.
In this article, we’ll introduce plenty of Japanese “rain songs” perfect for rainy days.
From tender ballads that gently stay close to your heart to bright J-pop tracks that blow away the gloomy skies, we’ve picked a wide range—from timeless classics everyone knows to the latest buzzworthy hits.
Enjoy them alongside the sound of raindrops on the window, and rainy days might just become something to look forward to! Find the one song that’s perfect for you.
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[Rain Songs] Songs you want to listen to on a rainy day. Special feature on Japanese rain songs [2026] (101–110)
Rainy MidosujiŌyō Fifi
This song was the debut single of Fifi Ouyang (Fei Fei Ouyang), released in 1971, and it was composed by The Ventures, who sparked the electric guitar boom among Japanese youth.
Speaking of Ventures compositions, Yuko Nagisa’s “Kyoto Bojo” is also famous.
The lyrics are heartrending: on a rainy night, a woman, without even an umbrella, wanders up and down Osaka’s main street, Midosuji, from Kita to Minami, searching for her lover.
Through Fifi Ouyang’s dynamic vocals, you can sense the resolve of a woman determined to face forward and live strongly from now on.
Rainy dayHamasaki Ayumi
This is a song included on Ayumi Hamasaki’s seventh original album, (miss)understood.
It was released in 2006.
The composition is by GEO of SWEETBOX, the arrangement is by Yuta Nakano, and it served as the ending theme for the PS2 game “Shin Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams.” Rather than a heavy downpour, I felt a poignant yet warm quality in the image of gently falling rain.
By the time the rain lets upSuda Masaki
A track by Masaki Suda, who’s been hugely successful as an actor in films and TV dramas.
Included as a B-side on the single “Kokyū” and on the album “PLAY,” this song carries Suda’s signature freshness that sweeps away the sorrow and dreariness of rainy days.
Not just rain—there are plenty of annoying, demoralizing things in everyday life.
The message is: don’t let that dreariness crush you! On rainy days especially, all the unpleasant stuff can feel more than twice as heavy, right? When that happens, listen to this song, reset your mindset, and give it your best!
Straw DogsFujii Fumiya
Fumiya Fujii’s voice is truly wonderful.
The Checkers have many great songs, and his solo work also includes many truly beautiful love songs.
His kindness and love shine through, and it brings to mind a scene of a truly wonderful man protecting the woman he loves.
I can’t see because of the drizzle.Reimi
A classic song written by Yuming.
When it comes to evoking a longing for lost innocence, no one surpasses her.
We’re always being pulled back, and yet we have to keep moving forward to live.
It’s like a passage from Gatsby—drifting with, and resisting against, the ocean current of time.
[Rain Songs] Songs to listen to on rainy days. A special feature on Japanese rain songs [2026] (111–120)
Taking shelter from the rainsadamasashi
Here’s a bit of mini trivia common to all of Masashi Sada’s songs: where most people would write “lyrics” (作詞), Sada writes “poetry” (作詩).
It reflects his insistence that the words aren’t just lines for a song—the song itself is a single poem.
Very much like Sada.
This track is his second solo single after the breakup of the duo Grapes.
It comically portrays the bold actions of a woman who falls in love with a man she meets while taking shelter from the rain.
Rainy days can sap your energy, but listening to this song somehow lifts you up.
futureKobukuro
It’s Kobukuro’s 27th single, written and composed by Kentaro Kobuchi.
It served as the theme song for the Toho-distributed film “orange” and the ending theme for the anime of the same name.
Its tender, heartrending tone feels like gentle words of encouragement being whispered in your ear, wrapping you in a warm feeling.