Songs for Sunday. Classic and popular Japanese tracks
Most people think Sunday is the most relaxing day of the week.
You stay out late on Saturday night, then laze around on Sunday to get ready for tomorrow…
I imagine a lot of people are like that.
This time, I’d like to introduce some wonderful Japanese songs that sing about things that happen on Sundays and the feeling of looking forward to Sunday.
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Sunday Songs: Classic and Popular Japanese Tracks (21–30)
Sunday nightkinmokusei
What a sad Sunday it is—and what a fine man he is, too.
It’s a breakup song about stepping aside for her happiness, and the ballad style matches the lyrics perfectly.
Shungo Ito’s gentle, heartfelt vocals are wonderful, and it’s a song that could move even men to tears if they listen to it after a real heartbreak.
SANDAY KITCHENKobukuro
It’s a heartwarming song that sings about the simple happiness of an ordinary rainy Sunday.
It’s unclear whether the couple is married, but the trivial exchanges that anyone has experienced are relatable.
Since there was no URL for the original artist, it ended up being a cover.
Mona Lisa’s SmileZa Taigāsu
It’s a classic song by The Tigers from the peak of the Group Sounds era—an exquisitely heartfelt piece at a time when most hits were electric and upbeat.
“Mona Lisa’s Smile” is of course referring to that famous painting, but here it evokes quietly waiting on a gently rainy Sunday—not a downpour—for someone to come home, longing for a smile like the Mona Lisa’s.
To be loved that much would be happiness itself.
uniformyoshida takurou
These days, the term “mass employment” has completely disappeared, but back then they were called “golden eggs,” the people who supported Japan’s period of high economic growth.
The song is packed with Takuro’s signature style; the slightly lofty, looking-down perspective is part of his character, and the viewpoint is razor-sharp.
Since it’s a song from the early 1970s, the only day off was Sunday—a time that forged worker bees.
MargaretChiaki & Fruits Flowers
This is a single from the time Chiaki was active with Pocket Biscuits.
The song is a touching piece about a woman who, after a breakup, tries to take a new step forward on a Sunday after the rain.
The appearance of a marguerite flower is probably because, traditionally, love fortune-telling uses marguerite petals—“loves me, loves me not,” right?