Love songs to listen to in March. Spring romance songs.

The season of farewellSHISHAMO

SHISHAMO “Season of Goodbyes”

SHISHAMO is beloved by a wide range of generations for their down-to-earth lyrics that capture everyday life.

This song is about a bittersweet unrequited love, where all you can do at graduation is follow your senior with your eyes.

It was included on the album “SHISHAMO 2,” released in March 2015.

A crush where you’re never even in the same class, only watching from afar.

After graduation, you won’t be able to see them anymore, but you can feel the aching wish to at least not be forgotten.

It’s a song I especially want you—an elementary school student holding back words you couldn’t say and parting from someone important—to listen to.

Don’t bloom.WHITE JAM

[This year's No.1 graduation song] [MV] Don't Bloom / WHITE JAM [Blackboard Art Ver.]

A ballad by WHITE JAM that portrays farewells during graduation season, set to a heartrending piano melody.

The lyrics, which let slip the honest feeling of not wanting to part even while wishing the other person a happy future, are enough to bring you to tears.

Released as a single in February 2016, it was featured as the opening theme for TV Tokyo’s “Chō Ryūha” and as the support song for the first “Nichigaku Chalkboard Art Koshien.” The video using chalkboard art and a large-scale choral project involving about 10,000 people also drew attention, capturing the hearts of many through social media.

Included on the best-of album “WHITE JAM BEST,” this moving song is recommended for graduates taking their first steps forward and for anyone seeing off someone dear.

tapestrySnow Man

Snow Man “Tapestry” Music Video

When we feel the gentle sunlight of spring, we can’t help wanting to reaffirm our bond with the ones we love.

The eighth single released in March 2023 by Snow Man, a male idol group known for their captivating high-level performances, was selected as the theme song for the film My Happy Marriage, starring group member Ren Meguro.

The lyrics portray two lonely people who meet and gradually spend time together, sung over a bittersweet yet warm melody.

With its beautiful sound that incorporates a traditional Japanese aesthetic and a structure in which each member sings with heartfelt emotion, the song evokes the moving power of a story.

If you listen to it with someone special while walking under rows of cherry blossoms, it will gently encourage you both as you step into the future together.

Your third button＝LOVE

=LOVE (Equal Love) / 16th single B-side “Your Third Button” [MV full]

When it’s graduation season, the sight of cherry blossoms brings back bittersweet memories, doesn’t it? At times like these, I find myself wanting to listen to songs by the idol group =LOVE, produced by Rino Sashihara.

They delicately portray that uniquely youthful, complex feeling of choosing to swallow the words “I like you” precisely because you want to remain friends.

Kiara Saito, who takes center position, delivers a fresh, expressive vocal that seems to gently embrace those unspoken feelings of love.

This track is included as a B-side to the single “Norotte Norotte,” released in March 2024.

It’s a warm song that quietly stays by the side of anyone facing graduation without the courage to confess, or those taking a new step forward while holding their precious memories close.

Sakura AleAdachi Kana

Kana Adachi “Sakura Yell”

A heartwarming number that overlays the bittersweetness of parting and the resolve to set out on a new journey with the blooming of cherry blossoms.

Released in February 2018, just before Kana Adachi’s high school graduation, it was her third single and features down-to-earth words that reflect her own feelings.

The lyrics are memorable for linking the sadness of an approaching farewell with hope for the future to cherry blossoms before they reach full bloom.

It was also used as the CM song for the cram school “Kobetsu Shidō Gakuin Free Step” and as a cheer song for the 34th Konami Open Swimming Tournament.

This work affirms an imperfect self and gives you the courage to take a step toward your dreams.

It’s a song we want everyone challenging a new environment—be it further education or employment—to hear.

Cherry blossom seasonConton Candy

Conton Candy – Around the Time of Sakura [Official Video]

A warm yet bittersweet rock number that captures the encounters and farewells unique to cherry blossom season.

It’s a track by Conton Candy, a band drawing attention especially among Gen Z, released in March 2023.

It was later included on their first full-length album, “melt pop.” The distorted guitar tones blend exquisitely with the pop melody, and as you listen, you can feel your chest gradually warm.

The song’s straightforward feelings—wishing for the next reunion even after being separated—truly resonate.

It’s perfect for those who feel sad about parting from close friends due to graduation or new class assignments.

The band’s passionate performance will surely give you the courage to take a step toward a new spring.

Late-blooming cherry blossomsAKB48

Nagorizakura

This is a spring number imbued with a bittersweetness that tightens your chest in the season of partings.

It’s a song released in 2026 by the nationally beloved idol group AKB48, with 19th-generation member Momoka Ito serving as center.

The lyrics, depicting the pangs of fleeting youth and a love that scatters as delicately as cherry blossoms, are truly stirring.

With its refreshing melody that resonates in the heart, this piece is perfect to listen to as graduation approaches, when you want to look back on memories with someone you love.

Surely every memory will remain gently in your heart.