[Spring Songs] Recommended for people in their 20s! Masterpieces to listen to during cherry blossom season that color meetings and farewells

Spring Comes to UsUNISON SQUARE GARDEN

UNISON SQUARE GARDEN "Spring Has Come, We" Music Video

A pop-rock tune by UNISON SQUARE GARDEN that gently expresses the courage and determination to take a new step forward.

By incorporating the band’s first-ever live strings, the song blends a heartwarming atmosphere with a sense of power.

Released in March 2018, it was used as the opening theme for the second cour of the second season of the anime March Comes in Like a Lion.

The track is also included on the album Patrick Vegee and peaked at No.

5 on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart.

It’s a song that quietly gives a supportive push to anyone who’s about to take a new step.

spring breezesumika

sumika / Spring Breeze [Music Video]

A number that delicately depicts life in the city and longing for one’s hometown.

This work, which encapsulates sumika’s appeal, was included on the album “Familia,” released in July 2017.

Its refreshing melody and rhythmic sound leave a strong impression, and the warmth of Kenta Kataoka’s vocals blends beautifully with Junnosuke Kuroda’s exceptional songwriting sense.

The lyrics gently portray the feelings of young people living in the city—morning scenes, commuting by train—and resonate with those embarking on a new chapter in life.

It’s a heartwarming anthem of encouragement, especially for anyone who has just set foot in a new place for a move, further education, or a new job.

to clear up (weather)Yorushika

Yorushika – Haru (OFFICIAL VIDEO)

A gently painted view where hope expands—the opening theme for the second cour of the TV anime Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End.

Through the changing of the seasons, its worldview reflects the emotional ebb and flow of life—joy and pain, hope and despair—conveying the palpable atmosphere of that moment when you take a new step forward.

Released in January 2024, it features a delicate sound that fuses pop and rock by n-buna and suis.

It’s a track you’ll want to listen to with the arrival of spring, also used in a collaboration web commercial for Suntory’s gin SUI.

I heard the sound of cherry blossoms blooming.＝LOVE

=LOVE (Equal Love) / 1st ALBUM track 'I Heard the Sound of Cherry Blossoms Blooming' MV [YouTube ver.]

A heartwarming song by =LOVE that gently captures the arrival of spring.

It portrays a faint, bittersweet first love by likening the fluttering of a first crush to the invisible scene of “the sound of cherry blossoms blooming.” The reasons the protagonist prefers riding in the third car of the school commute train and the care she takes with her hairstyle convey the feelings of a girl earnestly navigating her first love despite her confusion.

Included on the May 2021 album ‘Zenbu, Naisho’ (“All a Secret”), the track also drew attention for its fresh, springlike visual beauty in the music video.

It’s a perfect song for the spring season—one that makes your heart skip a beat when you listen to it as the new school term begins.

Sakura SongKANA-BOON

KANA-BOON “Sakura no Uta” Music Video

A song that captures the bittersweetness of youthful love with an exhilarating tempo.

Told from a male perspective, the love story vividly portrays how memories linger even as he grapples with his own immaturity.

Melodic rock intertwines with a fragile yearning, creating a track of delicate emotion.

Included on the album “Boku ga CD wo Dashitara,” which could be called the culmination of KANA-BOON’s indie era, this piece is one that leaves a deep afterglow—perfect for adding color to the start of a new school term or to springtime farewells.

Sakura: To You Who Couldn’t GraduateHanzaki Yoshiko

Yoshiko Hanzaki “Sakura: To You Who Couldn’t Graduate” (Official Live Video)

This is a song by Yumiko Hanzaki that expresses the arrival of a bittersweet season when we must face parting with dear friends.

It was included on the mini-album “Utaben,” released in April 2017, and was produced by Seiji Kameda.

The steady, narrative delivery intertwined with a pang in the chest, and the warm voice directed to a loved one who has departed for heaven, strike the heart alongside a gentle, reassuring melody line.

While it’s a standard song for graduation season, it’s also a piece that, not only in spring but throughout the year, prompts us to remember those we hold dear.

After the cherry blossomsTani Yuuki, Ryo‘LEFTY’Miyata, cross-dominance

After the Sakura [MV] - Tani Yuuki, Ryo 'LEFTY' Miyata, cross-dominance

This work, a collaboration between cross-dominance led by Ryo ‘LEFTY’ Miyata and Tani Yuuki, first gained buzz when a short version of the track was pre-released on TikTok, coinciding with the arrival of spring.

It also received widespread support as the official theme song for SAKURA MUSIC FES.

2025, held in March 2025.

Its appeal lies in a message that gently accompanies the lingering afterglow of falling cherry blossoms and the anxieties of starting a new chapter in life.

Listening to it will surely give you courage too.

It’s a perfect track for videos with friends, so be sure to check it out!