A classic song themed around a summer festival. A song of summer memories (2026).
When you think of summer, it’s the season of summer festivals and fireworks.
Hearing the festival music brings back happy memories, and those who love festivals might feel their excitement bubbling up.
In this article, we’ll introduce songs themed around summer festivals and fireworks, as well as tunes that capture summer memories.
From lively, boisterous tracks that embody the fun of festivals to beautiful, fleeting songs about a bittersweet summer romance, these recommendations are full of summer vibes.
If you’re looking for festival songs or summer-themed tracks, or want to listen to songs about summer festivals, be sure to check them out!
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[2026] Masterpieces themed around summer festivals: Songs of summer memories (31–40)
Fireworks of ShoesYorushika
Yorushika is a band rapidly gaining popularity, especially among young people.
Consisting of n-buna, also known as a Vocaloid producer, and the singer suis, Yorushika is best known for their emotional songs.
Their track “Kutsu no Hanabi” (“Fireworks of Shoes”) showcases their strengths to great effect, combining a heartrending sound with lyrics that feel almost otherworldly.
A beautiful nightHamada Shogo
“A Beautiful Night” is a song included on Shogo Hamada’s album “Journey of a Songwriter,” released in 2015.
As his first original album in ten years, the record topped the Oricon album chart at No.
1.
With lyrics that capture the joy of spending time with you at a festival where fireworks light up the sky, and a mellow sound, it’s a wonderfully sweet love song.
It’s the perfect track for a calm moment at a summer festival!
Matsuriteranishi yuma feat. izumi pinko
This work, featuring an impressive fusion of traditional Japanese elements and EDM, is a wildly upbeat celebratory number created under the theme of “connecting the world through laughter.” Released in August 2025, it drew major attention for its cross-generational collaboration between singer-songwriter Yuma Teranishi and actor Pinko Izumi.
The structure, where Teranishi’s high-tone vocals intersect with Izumi’s punchy, declamatory singing, delivers a truly festival-like exhilaration.
It might be just the thing to listen to when you want to blow your worries away!
summer festivalTUBE
When it comes to bands essential to summer songs, TUBE surely comes to mind.
If you’re looking for a bittersweet summer track among TUBE’s songs, “Natsu Matsuri” is highly recommended! Released in 2004 as their 43rd single, it reached No.
5 on the Oricon Singles Chart.
The story of a summer festival with someone you finally got to meet, only to have to part ways, brings on a poignant, aching feeling.
Don’t just listen to upbeat tracks—try a bittersweet summer song once in a while!
After the FestivalKuwata Keisuke
This is the fifth solo single released under the name Keisuke Kuwata.
It was used as the theme song for the Nippon TV drama “Shizukanaru Don” and became a huge hit, selling 810,000 copies.
With poignant lyrics that recall summer on an autumn night in the city and a cool, masculine vibe, it’s a hard-boiled number.
[2026] Masterpieces themed around summer festivals: Songs of summer memories (41–50)
H.A.N.A.B.I ~The Summer When You Were There~ZONE
ZONE, the girls’ band that took the early 2000s by storm.
While they’re best known for “secret base ~Kimi ga Kureta Mono~,” the song “H.A.N.A.B.I ~Kimi ga Ita Natsu~” also remains a longtime favorite among fans.
The lyrics, which recall someone you loved but who is no longer here during the summer festival season, really hit home.
That was the Fifteen Summer Festival (Suku-Suku Ondo)Za Pīnattsu
Let me introduce a masterpiece that blends the bustle of summer festivals with a sudden, bittersweet pang of nostalgia.
It’s a single released by The Peanuts in August 1961.
With a rhythm reminiscent of festival music and the twins’ perfectly synchronized, beautiful harmonies layered on top, it has a refined charm that sets it apart from a typical festival song.
The lyrics vividly portray scenes from a summer at fifteen—hearts fluttering in twisted headbands and yukata, memories of sweet Nikke candies—awakening in listeners the bygone days of their youth.
The track is included on the album “The Peanuts Sings Yasushi Miyagawa” and the live album “Monument / The Peanuts Last Live!” If you want to feel the excitement of a summer festival, or if you’re in the mood to reminisce on a summer evening, listening to it will surely resonate with your heart.
I hope everyone who loves the atmosphere of summer in Japan will enjoy it!