Top 5 Popular Japanese Christmas Songs part 2

Ho ho ho! How goes? It’s Mr. Wada back on duty. Previously I’ve introduced Japanese Christmas songs. Since there are more songs to feature, I’ve decided to write another entry for it.

Seasonal songs

Spring
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Top Japanese Spring Songs
New Japanese Graduation Songs
11 Classic Japanese Graduation Songs
Top Japanese Rain Songs

Summer
Popular Japanese Summer Songs

Winter
Top 5 Popular Japanese Christmas Songs
Top 5 Popular Japanese Christmas Songs part 2

Top 5 Popular Japanese Christmas Songs Part 2

Silent Eve by Midori Karashima

Original title: サイレント・イヴ
Year released: 1990

It was a theme song of a love-story TV drama in the 90s which was just the time Christmas was turning into a business for couples in Japan.

White Love by SPEED

Original title: WHITE LOVE
Year released: 1997

The biggest hit of a girls band from the mid 90s. It’s more like a winter song though. Very J-POP, I’d say.

Everything by MISIA

Original title: Everything
Year released: 2000

This song was also for a TV drama in 2000. It’s one of the biggest hits in the 2000s. The lyrics don’t mention but supposedly it is for Christmas time. Well, it sounds like it.

Suteki na Holiday by Maria Takeuchi

Original title: すてきなホリデイ
Year released: 2001

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbAdQAK7xrU

Since it was released in 2001, this song has been used for KFC TV commercial every year. Sounds like the way Christmas Eve by Tatsuro Yamashita got popular? (check the previous post) What a co-incidence, she is his wife.

HAPPINESS by AI

Original title: ハピネス
Year released: 2011

It’s rather a new song from the 2010s. It was used on Coca-Cola TV commercial during Christmas. CD sales isn’t big but this song is familiarized by many people.

Extra: Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence by Ryuichi Sakamoto

Original title: 戦場のメリークリスマス
Year released: 1983

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaenYV4otdQ

It was composed for a Japanese movie Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence. It is known as one of films that David Bowie starred (Ryuichi Sakamoto also was in the film). This instrumental song remains beautiful through decades.

Lastly

Japanese love seasonal songs, I suppose. I will introduce you more songs another time. Stay tuned.

Merry Christmas!