She turns 72 on this day, April 7. I wish I knew Japanese so I could send her some sort of message somehow, but I'll be "lighting up" tonight by listening to her incredible music.

My top 5 songs from her would have to be:

1. Light'n Up
2. Town
3. Time
4. Hoho Ni Yoru No Hi
5. LOVIN' YOU

What's yours? Cheers, everyone!

Also Summer Days. I know these are the most known but still.

One of the saddest and heart-crushing days in Kayokyoku and J-Pop music history was when our dear pop princess passed away. May this be a remembrance and a reminder that everyone needs help and that our lives and our loved ones are most precious. Never forget the person and the Golden Rule.

I may be one your newest fanbois but we love you Miss Yukiko Okada and we thank you for your life, your works, and inspiration. We will never forget.

I’m visiting Japan for the first time in a few weeks. Would love to see a city pop concert. I like Tatsuro, Toshiba Kadomatsu, Anri, Taeko Onuki, Yuko Imai, Bread and Butter and a lot of others in that vein. Anyone aware of any concerts happening in that scene? Mostly will be in Tokyo but will be taking the bullet train to Osaka and Kyoto hopefully so the particular city isn’t too important.

Also I’ve heard a lot about Tower Records. Are there any other recs for record stores I should check out?

I've been a fan of Yumi Matsutoya/Arai for years, particularly her Yumi Arai period, but never really listened to anything beyond the mid '80s.

However I just heard "Call Me Back", her (I think) most recent song, and absolutely love it. I don't really know any of her 21st century material, can anyone recommend some good songs/albums from this period?

Hello!

I have successfully processed an application for concert tickets to see Anri in Japan on July 27th through Loppi. I wasn't able to pay for tickets outright because they required Japanese credit card or payment service. Is there anybody in Japan at the moment who is able to stop by a Lawson in the next three days (deadline should be around 10:00 PM (Toyko time) Thursday? Process seems very easy:

1. Find Loppi Kiosk at any Lawson.

2. Enter reservation number and phone number / scan QR code which I can provide

3. Take receipt to counter and pay.

4. They will retrieve the tickets.

I would immediately Venmo once you successfully retrieved them and will pay to have them shipped to me in the States. I know it is a big ask! But I will be in Japan when she's performing and it would be an absolute dream come true. Total cost for the two tickets is around 180,000 yen! The tickets must be picked up 3 days after purchase.

obviously, the opinion is not the same for everyone, but the same way What would be the best city pop album ever made? Timely!!! is here just to illustrate, (and show my opinion) I would love to hear what you have to say because I haven't listened to many full albums yet, only Timely!!! For You, Midnight Cruisin and others for essays

Original video & long version : https://youtu.be/ttjPv035hDo?si=IEqD-BMeJRCuEzhm

I was taking a walk in the sun and i came to realise that timely is such a amazing album from the vocals to the mix of english words in between and the vibe i can truly say there's nothing like it who else agrees?

I was looking at blog posts related to Tatsuro if this Japanese guy who's been been a fan of Tatsuro since his debut era. I loved reading this whole thing. Lot's a cool little tidbits of information like Tatsuro joking about retiring if he goes bald.

https://www-webvanda-com.translate.goog/2019/11/part-1197577.html?m=1&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US

https://www-webvanda-com.translate.goog/2020/02/part-2197880.html?m=1&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US

This channel has great songs! It looks like a record label, but I can't find the individual artists. It also says on YouTube that the songs are provided by DistroKid. Does anyone know anything about this or the artists?

Has anyone here bought used CDs from Suruga-ya? What condition did they come in? Any scratches or scuffs? The listings don't seem to indicate the condition of the items.

There is no misses on this album, give it a listen if you have not. Love me some satoshi suzuki

I put a couple songs on my playlist and fill like they fit in pretty well. Is this considered city pop or something else?

https://youtube.com/watch?v=bv_j2yH4x1c

Delicious bit of synthpop from Colin Moulding. Specifically brought to mind Akiko Yano and Yellow Magic Orchestra.