[Spring Songs] Classic and Latest Hit Collections Perfect for a Bright, Gentle Spring

Azure Swimnishina

Nishina – Seiran Yūei [Official Video]

This is a captivating track with a distinctive, floating sensation that feels as if you’re drifting through a fantastical underwater world.

Nishina’s crystalline vocals meld with the gently flowing melody, evoking the arrival of spring.

Released in June 2022 and later included on the album “1999,” the song brims with determination and hope for setting out on a new path.

Like freely swimming along the boundary where the night sea and sky, dyed a deep blue, meet, it carries a resolve to move forward powerfully through the life ahead.

Even without anyone’s approval, it conveys a strong will to follow the path you believe in—gently giving a push to anyone preparing to take their next step.

It’s goodbye, but it’s not goodbye.yamadakatsutenai Wink

It's goodbye, but it's not goodbye.

Yamada Katsutenai Wink wraps this classic spring song—one you want to hear around graduation season—in warm, gentle vocals.

Its melody, which sings of the sorrow of parting and the hope of reunion, nestles close to the heart and gives you courage to face a new future.

Released in February 1991, the song was used as an insert track on Fuji TV’s “Hō-chan no Yamada Katsutenai Terebi” and became a major hit, reaching No.

2 on the Oricon weekly chart.

With lyrics by Kuniko Yamada and music by KAN in beautiful harmony, it’s a gem of a message song that teaches us that parting is not an end but a beginning.

Listened to in the season of departures, it’s a wonderful, heartwarming cheer song that continues to be loved by many.

Harumiyuzu

[Yuzu/Farewell-Eve Studio Live] 1999 11 24 Harumi

Yuzu is a folk duo that has been active since 1996.

“Haruzo” (Spring Three), included on their second mini-album YUZUMAN, is a very compact track just over two minutes long.

This song is a folk number with exhilarating acoustic guitar, and its lively melody conjures up images of a spring breeze.

With a sense of speed that makes it fly by from start to finish, it’s also perfect for listening to while strolling down a springtime path!

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A spring without cherry blossomsDoramasure

A spring without cherry blossoms

Drama Store is a four-piece rock band from Osaka.

Their song “Sakura no Sakanai Haru” is a cherry blossom tune featuring emotionally rich, kayōkyoku-inspired vocals.

The track was included on their 2002 album LAST DAY(S) LAST.

The album contains many songs that beautifully tackle difficult themes, and it’s one you should definitely listen to from start to finish.

Vocal-guitarist Kai Hasegawa’s clear, translucent voice will move you no matter the style of the song.

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Yuuki

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to feel like spring; to become spring-likeNanatsukaze

Nanatsukaze – Springlike

A light, springtime song by Nanatsukaze, the duo of trackmaker PIKASONIC and singer-songwriter nakotannmaru.

Centered on a digital track, the addition of acoustic sounds creates a gentle, floating feel.

Nakotannmaru’s soft vocals are a key element, vividly evoking the sensation of taking in the tender scenery of spring with your whole being.

It’s a song filled with positive emotion, expressing both the savoring of various spring memories and the forward motion toward summer.

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UraraBikkeburanka

Vickeblanka – Ulala

You’ll be captivated by this pop number, brimming with a light, breezy atmosphere that evokes the cheerfulness of spring and the sense of new beginnings.

While the song centers on farewells and encounters in spring, it gently guides you toward a positive mindset.

Buoyant acoustic guitar and soaring vocals wrap the listener in warmth, as if giving a gentle push forward.

Released in April 2018 as the major-label debut single, the track opens with a goodbye at the doorstep and goes on to portray the courage and hope needed to take a new step.

It’s a song that will resonate with anyone facing a season of change—entering a new school, starting a job, or relocating.

Yearning for springBotanikaru na kurashi.

Yearning for spring

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.

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Hamada Takuya

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