Moving songs to listen to in spring. Classic and popular spring tracks.
Spring is also the season when we reach new milestones—graduations, school entrances, and the start of new lives.
When you’re feeling a mix of excitement and anxiety, music is there to stay by your side, isn’t it?
Sometimes the shining presence of your favorite artist gives you a push, and sometimes a moving song stirs your heart.
So, among spring songs, we’re going to spotlight the truly touching, emotional tracks and introduce our top recommendations.
From songs with great lyrics to ones that might make you cry before you know it, I think each one will resonate with us listeners’ feelings!
They’re all wonderful tracks that gently accompany moments of parting, uncertainty, and more!
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Heartwarming songs to listen to in spring. Classic and popular spring tracks (181–190)
Sakura RabbitKawasaki Takaya
A bittersweet story of unrequited love unfolding beneath the cherry blossoms.
This song portrays the delicate feelings of a girl on the brink of graduation.
Unable to confess her feelings, the “Sakura Usagi” can only watch from afar.
Perhaps that figure is filled with emotions anyone can relate to.
Takaya Kawasaki released this song in January 2021.
Spring is a season for new beginnings.
This work is sure to gently nudge graduates who lack the courage to confess.
Moving songs to listen to in spring. Classic and popular spring tracks (191–200)
Lila LilhaKimura Kaera
As spring arrives and it’s time to take a new step forward, Kaela Kimura’s song is a perfect fit.
Born out of a desire to regain confidence and individuality amid a busy life, this track also became well-loved as a mobile phone commercial song and went on to be a record-breaking hit.
It portrays a protagonist who faces life’s uncertainty while holding on to a source of inner support.
As an encouraging anthem to nudge you into a new chapter, this work—shining with Kimura’s trademark energetic, pop melody—is just right.
Released in March 2005, let this song help you feel the spring sunshine and meet a new you.
Tomorrow, when spring comesMatsu Takako
A quintessential J-pop song marked by a breezy pop tune and poignant melodies, it gently encourages those stepping into a new life with the arrival of spring.
It conveys feelings toward “you,” who are devoted to baseball, by entrusting them to the arc of a white ball, tenderly embracing cherished memories and farewells.
Takako Matsu’s clear, translucent voice soothes the anxieties deep within the heart.
Released in March 1997 as her debut single, it reached No.
8 on the Oricon charts and was also featured in an NTT commercial.
A decade later, a version with new lyrics was released, evolving into a deeper, more nuanced work.
It’s a song we highly recommend to anyone standing at a crossroads in life or preparing to take a new step forward.
Come, spring.Matsutōya Yumi
Originally produced as the theme song for an NHK morning drama series of the same name, this piece has a long history, later being included in music and language textbooks and serving as the theme for a charity project.
Its grand sound, carried throughout by the timbre of the piano, gently seeps into the heart.
You can feel a powerful message of hope—standing by and encouraging those living through dark times, and calling on everyone to move forward together toward a brighter era.
It is a song with the power to bring hope to people of all ages.
Spring-colored airmailMatsumoto Noriko
Noriko Matsumoto’s debut single is a refreshing track released with the arrival of spring.
The way she entrusts her feelings for a faraway lover to an airmail letter is expressed through her clear, invigorating vocals.
Evoking a sense of youthful innocence and the start of a new season, the song was released in March 1985.
Written and composed by EPO, it brings out Matsumoto’s charm to the fullest.
The lyrics—featuring a scene of quietly putting on spring-colored lipstick to savor a grown-up mood, and the heartache of a long-distance romance—resonated with many listeners.
It’s a perfect song to play in spring, when new school terms and new lives begin.
Why not listen with a flutter in your heart?
Sakura (Solo)Moriyama Naotaro
A staple tear-jerker by Naotaro Moriyama, an artist beloved across generations for his soaring high tones that captivate listeners and his delicate vibrato.
This springtime number carries a message of supporting ourselves with the joyful days of our school years as we each move forward on our own paths.
Far, far awayMakihara Noriyuki
The song I want people who’ve left their hometowns and are striving every day to listen to is Noriyuki Makihara’s “Tooku Tooku” (Far, Far Away).
It was included on his 1992 album “Kimi wa Boku no Takaramono” (You Are My Treasure).
Though it was never released as a single, it’s one of Makihara’s signature songs and has been covered by many artists.
Makihara himself has also re-recorded self-cover versions twice.
The lyrics, which say “When spring comes, I think of my faraway hometown,” are something many people working in the city can probably relate to.
