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

When cherry-blossom hues danceNakajima Mika

Mika Nakashima – When Cherry Blossoms Dance in Pink [Japanese-Chinese Lyrics]

Mika Nakashima’s “Sakurairo Maukoro” begins with an arresting intro where delicate piano tones intertwine with a clear, pure singing voice.

It’s a song that tightens the heart with its contrast between an undying love that remains through the changing seasons of spring, summer, autumn, and winter, and the reality of being alone now.

The lyrics beautifully depicting the passage of the seasons have won wide acclaim, with comments like “There’s no other song that sings so beautifully of the seasons and the course of love,” and “It feels purifying to the soul.” Perhaps there’s no need to force yourself to forget a sorrowful feeling; as the seasons cycle again and again, it may be sublimated into a beautiful memory.

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1.15 Million Kilometers of FilmOfisharu Higedan Dism

Official HIGE DANDism – 1,150,000 Kilometers of Film [Official Live Video]

This song, 115 Million Kilometer Film, included on Official HIGE DANDism’s first album, has also been featured in commercials, so many of you may have heard it.

It’s a heart-fluttering love song that likens a romance—and the future that follows—to a movie, to film.

Its light, bright melody is sure to lift your spirits in the spring.

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utatane

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You know what,are-kun &『yuika’}

You know. / Are-kun & “Yuika” [MV]

This song is a collaboration between singer-songwriter Are-kun, who’s especially popular among younger generations and active mainly on social media, and Yuika.

Rather than a back-and-forth between a man and a woman, it paints an inner emotional landscape, tracing the path from a frustrating, almost-missed-connection kind of romance—where they’re actually into each other yet somehow out of sync—to finally becoming mutual.

As a viewer, you can’t help wanting to say, “Just confess already!” But that fluttery, awkward feeling of thinking it might be one-sided—that nervous limbo—is also one of the charms of love, isn’t it?

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Spitz / Cherry

If you want a cheerful, spring-like song, I recommend Spitz’s “Cherry.” Released in 1996 as their 13th single, it sold over 1.6 million copies, becoming a million-seller and reaching No.

1 on the Oricon Singles Chart.

With its bright tone that starts with rhythmic guitar cutting and lyrics about trying to move on from a breakup, it’s a song that can lift your spirits.

Spring is also a season of new encounters.

If you’re feeling down from heartbreak, listen to “Cherry” and keep moving forward toward new beginnings!

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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.

forget-me-notAwesome City Club

Awesome City Club / Wasurena (MUSIC VIDEO)

Awesome City Club’s hit song “Wasurena” (勿忘), which also became a hot topic as the inspiration song for the film “We Made a Beautiful Bouquet,” starring Masaki Suda and Kasumi Arimura.

It feels like this track catapulted Awesome City Club into the spotlight.

Spring usually puts us in a buoyant mood as the weather finally warms up, yet many spring-themed songs are tinged with melancholy—and this song may well be one that embodies those feelings.

The male–female vocal interplay resonates all the more deeply.

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flumpool - Become a Flower (Music Video)

Hana ni Nare is a download-only single that marked flumpool’s major-label debut.

It was used as the campaign song for au KDDI’s “LISMO” and “PAINT IT MUSIC!” commercials.

The song conveys the feeling of reexamining who you are now and wanting to shine, even if only for a moment.

All the more when it comes to someone you love, you want to be someone you can be proud of, don’t you?

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