[Spring Love Songs] Recommended Classics and Popular Love Songs to Listen to During Cherry Blossom Season

Love and romanceNovelbright

Novelbright – Love and Romance [Official Music Video]

This is a song by Novelbright that sings about a happiness so warm that just thinking of your lover can make even a gloomy Monday feel fun.

It portrays how one’s own tastes naturally change to match a loved one’s hobbies and how two people keep thinking of each other even when they’re apart, warming the listener’s heart.

Included on the May 2022 album “Assort,” the track stands out for its lyrics that gently depict the small joys of everyday life.

It’s a perfect springtime song that warmly embraces the feelings of someone in love.

The season of farewellSHISHAMO

SHISHAMO “Season of Goodbyes”

SHISHAMO is beloved by a wide range of generations for their down-to-earth lyrics that capture everyday life.

This song is about a bittersweet unrequited love, where all you can do at graduation is follow your senior with your eyes.

It was included on the album “SHISHAMO 2,” released in March 2015.

A crush where you’re never even in the same class, only watching from afar.

After graduation, you won’t be able to see them anymore, but you can feel the aching wish to at least not be forgotten.

It’s a song I especially want you—an elementary school student holding back words you couldn’t say and parting from someone important—to listen to.

bookmarkkuriipuhaipe

CreepHyp - “Bookmark” (MUSIC VIDEO)

CreepHyp’s song gently encourages you to take a new step after a breakup.

Set against a spring scene of falling cherry blossoms, it delicately portrays feelings where lingering attachment to the past intersects with hope for the future.

Included on the album “NakITakunaru Hodo Ureshii Hibi ni,” the track was released in September 2018.

This piece quietly supports anyone who has experienced a farewell or needs courage to dive into a new environment.

Listen to it during the season of spring goodbyes, and it will surely give you the strength to face forward and start walking.

Nameless PoemMr.Children

Mr.Children “Nameless Poem” Mr.Children “HOME” TOUR 2007 ~in the field~

This is a masterpiece—their 10th single—that achieved double million sales.

It’s a song about the shape of love that makes you think deeply about what love really is.

At first, it may sound like a straightforward love song, but the more you listen, the more the difficulty of love—and feelings of sadness and poignancy—grow stronger.

Love so sweetarashi

Love so sweet – Arashi (Full)

A gem of a love song that became a massive hit as the theme for the drama “Hana Yori Dango 2.” Although the lyrics don’t include words like “spring” or “cherry blossoms,” its cheerful sound evokes fluttering sakura petals and perfectly captures the spring vibe.

One of Arashi’s signature tracks that conveys a love that won’t stop once it starts running.

It’s a recommended song for couples who’ve ended up in a long-distance relationship with the start of a new chapter, as well as for anyone hoping for a wonderful romance in the season of new encounters.

Spring Lover≠ME

≠ME (Not Equal Me) / 1st album track 'Spring Lover' [MV full]

When spring’s warmth beckons and you feel like falling in love, I recommend this song! Produced by Rino Sashihara, the idol group ≠ME included this track on their album “Springtime In You,” released in March 2024.

Its melody line, reminiscent of ’80s and ’90s pop, has a gently nostalgic warmth.

Centered on Moeko Kanisawa, the unit members deliver an emotive performance that captures the bittersweet feelings of love woven into everyday scenes—like meeting on a station platform.

Even among the masterpieces on this album, which debuted at No.

1 on the Oricon Weekly Album Ranking, this is a pop number that especially evokes a pleasant spring breeze.

Why not listen to it on your commute, gazing out at the passing scenery from the train?

Your third button＝LOVE

=LOVE (Equal Love) / 16th single B-side “Your Third Button” [MV full]

When it’s graduation season, the sight of cherry blossoms brings back bittersweet memories, doesn’t it? At times like these, I find myself wanting to listen to songs by the idol group =LOVE, produced by Rino Sashihara.

They delicately portray that uniquely youthful, complex feeling of choosing to swallow the words “I like you” precisely because you want to remain friends.

Kiara Saito, who takes center position, delivers a fresh, expressive vocal that seems to gently embrace those unspoken feelings of love.

This track is included as a B-side to the single “Norotte Norotte,” released in March 2024.

It’s a warm song that quietly stays by the side of anyone facing graduation without the courage to confess, or those taking a new step forward while holding their precious memories close.