[2025] A classic song themed around summer festivals. A song of summer memories.
When you think of summer, it’s the season of summer festivals and fireworks.
Hearing the festival music brings back happy memories, and those who love festivals might feel their excitement bubbling up.
In this article, we’ll introduce songs themed around summer festivals and fireworks, as well as tunes that capture summer memories.
From lively, boisterous tracks that embody the fun of festivals to beautiful, fleeting songs about a bittersweet summer romance, these recommendations are full of summer vibes.
If you’re looking for festival songs or summer-themed tracks, or want to listen to songs about summer festivals, be sure to check them out!
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[2025] Masterpieces themed around summer festivals: Songs of summer memories (1–10)
Sound of SummerGReeeeN
When you see the title “Sounds of Summer,” what sounds come to mind? Maybe cicadas chirping or waves on the shore, but many of you reading this probably thought of fireworks.
The protagonist in the lyrics of this song by GReeeeN is a girl with an unrequited crush.
Set at a summer festival, it portrays a love story that makes your heart flutter as you listen.
Paired with a track that evokes traditional Japanese vibes, it’s a song that truly captures the festive atmosphere.
The Life of Mutsu (Including “A Thousand Ryō of Guts”)Hideo Murata
When the festival music starts to drift in, you can’t help but feel your heart leap, can you? One of Hideo Murata’s signature works, which brims with that fiery spirit, feels like a song that condenses the very essence of Japan’s summer—the clamor and exhilaration of a festival.
The protagonist’s unconventional way of life and the single-hearted feelings he keeps hidden in his chest shake the listener’s soul through a powerful voice forged in the tradition of rokyoku.
In the lyrics, the drums beaten at the Kokura Gion summer festival seem to symbolize his resolve to sever an impossible love and move forward.
Released in July 1958, the piece also evokes scenes from the film of the same title.
It’s a classic that portrays a man’s way of life—one you’ll find yourself humming on a festival night.
Tokyo Summer SessionHONEY WORKS
This is a song by the hugely popular unit HoneyWorks that sings about a summer festival.
The standout feature is, without a doubt, the lyrics written as a dialogue between a boy and a girl! It portrays a couple who seem just about to get together, and as you listen you can’t help but feel that excited “Come on, just take one more step already!!” It’s charming for its catchy, quintessentially HoneyWorks style and its cute, youth-filled lyrics, making it one of the top recommendations among songs about summer festivals.
[2025] Masterpieces with a summer festival theme. Songs of summer memories (11–20)
secret base ~What You Gave Me~ZONE
When it comes to songs that portray a bittersweet summer farewell, “secret base ~Kimi ga Kureta Mono~” surely comes to mind.
It was the third single by the all-girl rock band ZONE, whose members were all in their teens at the time, and it was released in 2001.
The song was used as the theme for the drama “Kids War 3” starring Mao Inoue, and it reached No.
2 on the Oricon Singles Chart.
The depiction of a couple facing an inevitable parting while promising they’ll meet again is truly heart-wrenching, isn’t it? Be sure to go to a summer festival with your boyfriend or girlfriend and make some wonderful summer memories!
Summer Love SensationMacaroni Enpitsu
It’s a song by Macaroni Empitsu that straightforwardly expresses the feeling of excitement building as summer approaches.
The sound also gives the impression of directly conveying exhilaration and fun, with a refreshing sense of speed.
Alongside scenes of enjoying summer vacation, it also depicts summer romance, and the way the narrator turns over ideas to make love go well feels charming.
It’s an impressive track that captures the mood of hyping yourself up to make this summer a great memory.
Trace that dreamYOASOBI
Tracing That Dream is the second digital-only single by YOASOBI, the musical duo of Ayase and ikura, released in 2020.
It was created based on the novel The Droplets of a Dream and the Flowers of the Stars, which was posted on a fiction-sharing website.
The song has been featured in Fuji TV’s Tokudane! weather segment and in a commercial for Daihatsu’s Taft.
Set against the backdrop of summer festivals and fireworks, the lyrics portray the budding romance of two young people with fresh innocence—definitely a song you should give a listen!
fireworksaiko
When you think of fireworks, I bet many of you remember this song.
It’s one of the most popular tracks among Aiko’s songs.
The chorus, which describes watching fireworks from above the constellations, is incredibly beautiful and, I think, one of the parts of the lyrics that captivates many listeners.
The song portrays a love so overwhelming it can’t be helped, but sadly, it’s an unrequited love.
It’s a wonderful track where the transience of fireworks and the bittersweetness of the romance intertwine.