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Love songs I want to listen to in spring

Spring is often called the season of new encounters.

If you’re starting school or beginning your career this spring, you’ll surely have many new meetings ahead of you.

In this article, we’re introducing spring love songs we especially recommend for you.

As you meet new teachers, bosses, and friends, you might also find someone you like.

The songs we’re featuring here are all classics that sing of spring’s beautiful scenery and delicate feelings of love.

You’re sure to find a track that resonates with your newfound feelings of romance!

Love Songs to Listen to in Spring (41–50)

The flowers are cherry blossoms; you are beautiful.ikimonogakari

Flowers are cherry blossoms, you are beautiful — Ikimono-gakari cover
The flowers are cherry blossoms; you are beautiful.ikimonogakari

A refreshing spring song themed around cherry blossoms, it captivates with its heartwarming melody and poetic lyrics.

By layering the beauty of cherry blossoms with that of a loved one, it delicately portrays budding feelings of love and the anticipation of new beginnings that come with the arrival of spring.

Released in January 2008 as Ikimono-gakari’s eighth single, it was also featured in a commercial for au by KDDI.

It’s a perfect track to listen to in the spring season, recommended for those embarking on new encounters or beginnings.

Ideal for leisurely moments under the cherry trees or for reminiscing about precious memories with someone special.

Love Songs to Listen to in Spring (51–60)

Yearning for springBotanikaru na kurashi.

The Tokyo-based six-piece pop band Botanical na Kurashi released their seventh digital single, “Haru ni Akogaru,” in April 2023.

It’s a warm, city pop-tinged pop tune where electric piano and saxophone resonate mellowly.

The pleasantly laid-back groove feels great.

True to the band’s motto—“A new paradise discovered by misfits in the Reiwa era”—it’s a track that gently unravels the heart.

Sakura PhotographHatsuboshi Gakuen

Hatsuboshi Academy “Sakura Photograph” Official Music Video (HATSUBOSHI GAKUEN – Sakura Photograph)
Sakura PhotographHatsuboshi Gakuen

It’s a moving ballad perfect for the season when cherry blossoms dance.

Released in April 2025, this song is the theme for the season event “Sakura-Mau Start Line” in the game Gakuen Idolmaster.

The gentle harmonies of the trio—Liliya Katsuragi, Sayaka Shiun, and Saki Hanami—leave a lasting impression.

It’s as if the tender melody rides the spring breeze and soars into the sky.

The lyrics, which portray meetings, farewells, and irreplaceable friendship, will especially resonate with those graduating from school.

Be sure to give it a listen during cherry blossom season.

At the thawHatsuboshi Gakuen

Hatsuboshi Gakuen “At the Thaw” Official Music Video (HATSUBOSHI GAKUEN – Yukidokeni)
At the thawHatsuboshi Gakuen

A moving work in which the elegant melodies of Japanese tradition and contemporary musicality are beautifully harmonized.

Released by Hatsuboshi Academy in February 2025, this piece takes “snowmelt,” a symbol of spring’s arrival, and the Hinamatsuri festival as its motifs to portray the unfulfilled love between the Emperor doll and the Empress doll.

It expresses the frustration of hearts that remain distant despite their physical closeness with a refreshing melody.

Recommended for those who want to savor the feeling of first love while sensing the coming of spring.

Only the graduation photo knowsHinatazaka46

The Only One Who Knows Is the Graduation Photo by Hinatazaka46
Only the graduation photo knowsHinatazaka46

A song by Hinatazaka46 set in the cherry blossom–filled spring season, depicting the bittersweet feelings of a love that couldn’t be confessed on graduation day.

It tells a memorable story of hidden emotions sealed within a graduation photo and lingering regrets that won’t fade with time.

Nao Kosaka serves as center for the sixth time after a six-release interval, and the music video portrays a fantastical world of swirling cherry blossoms under the theme of a parade that heralds spring.

The single, set for release on January 29, 2025, will be available in five formats: Limited First Edition TYPE-A through TYPE-D, and a regular edition.

The song premiered at the Tokyo Dome concert on December 26, 2024, captivating the audience.

It’s a track to be heard with empathy during spring, the season of partings and new encounters.

Come, spring.Matsutōya Yumi

Beginning with a scene of early spring bathed in gentle light, this beloved song by Yumi Matsutoya tenderly depicts memories with a cherished person and the hope of reunion.

Its melodic style and warm vocals evoke a deeply moving, heartwarming sensation.

Written as the theme song for an NHK morning drama series, it was released in October 1994 as her 26th single and reached No.

1 on the Oricon weekly chart.

It was also used in commercials for Huis Ten Bosch and the Yomiuri Shimbun.

As a staple at graduation ceremonies, many listeners are sure to remember it.

With its calm tempo and singable range, it’s a song you’ll find yourself humming along to, wrapped in fond memories.

spring thunderYonezu Kenshi

Like thunder that only rumbles in spring, this work by Kenshi Yonezu leaves a strong impression with the intense emotions born from a fleeting encounter.

The purity and poignancy of first love are depicted in poetic language, carefully narrating the shift in feelings from meeting to the end of the romance.

With its dreamlike sound and striking lyrics, it’s a song that lingers deeply in the listener’s heart.

Included on the album BOOTLEG, released in November 2017, the album won the Grand Prize at the 10th CD Shop Awards in 2018.

The music video, celebrated for its fantastical visual beauty, also drew attention and surpassed 100 million views on YouTube in July 2020.

It’s a perfect track to listen to in the season when spring arrives, and its melody makes it easy to sing at karaoke.

Why not try singing it at spring farewell parties or occasions that bring new encounters?