FORESTA Popular Songs Ranking [2026]

Plover on the BeachFORESTA1rank/position

Hamachidori (children’s song / school song)

Hamachidori, published in 1919 (Taisho 8), is a school song with lyrics by Naruaki Kashima and music by Ryutaro Hirota.

When Mr.

Kashima visited his friend Taichi Kuwayama in Kashiwazaki, the two took a walk from Urahama to the Banjin Coast.

What Mr.

Kashima jotted down at that time became the song’s lyrics.

Oedo NihonbashiFORESTA2rank/position

Shamisen Song: Oedo Nihonbashi (Ichimaru)

Oedo Nihonbashi is a folk song from Nihonbashi, Tokyo, with unknown composer and lyricist.

It weaves in the post station names of the Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido, presenting in succession the place names and famous spots along the Tokaido journey spanning 124 ri and 8 cho—about 500 km—from Nihonbashi in Tokyo to Sanjo Ohashi in Kyoto.

No regrets in my lifeFORESTA3rank/position

No regrets in my life (Yūjirō Ishihara) — Kojiro Tofū

The late, great actor Yujiro Ishihara’s “No Regrets in My Life.” This cover is performed by FORESTA.

It’s a wonderful song—one that deserves to be passed down across generations.

For those in their 70s and older, isn’t it a very nostalgic tune? You’ve surely heard it before.

It’s a number I’d love to see sons sing for their fathers.

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Funiculi FuniculaFORESTA4rank/position

With Japanese Translation: Funiculì Funiculà (Neapolitan Music) – With Katakana Reading

It was used as a parody song for “Maxim Triplesso Bottle Coffee.” The original is an Italian song said to have been written for the mountain railway up Mount Vesuvius.

It’s also said to have been sung by the world’s three great tenors.

It’s a lively piece that fills you with energy.

Saitaro-bushiFORESTA5rank/position

Aizankai Saitarobushi

Saitaro-bushi is a folk song sung by fishermen along the Matsushima coast in Miyagi Prefecture when they head out for skipjack tuna fishing, praying to the sea gods for a bountiful catch.

It is said to have developed from Kesenzaka, a song from Iwate Prefecture.

On days of big catches, it is also sung upon returning to the bay, and it is cherished as a celebratory song for venerating Toshitokujin, the deity who presides over the year’s good fortune.

Moon over the Ruined CastleFORESTA6rank/position

Foresta Music Collection 20 — Listening Comparison 1 — “Kojo no Tsuki”

“Kōjō no Tsuki” is one of Rentarō Taki’s signature works, a song that sings of the rise and fall of fortunes.

It is included in music textbooks, so many people are likely familiar with it.

Taki is said to have conceived the piece at the ruins of Oka Castle in Taketa City, Ōita Prefecture, where a statue of him now stands.