[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 (31–40)
festivalFour Musicians (Shinobue Ensemble)
Amid the dazzling atmosphere of a festival, you suddenly find yourself feeling alone.
This work captures that delicate emotional landscape.
The track appears on the 1974 album “Isshoku Sokuhatsu,” and it’s an epic piece running a full 11 minutes.
Give it a listen when you want to quietly savor the afterglow of a festival, or on a night when you’d like to be alone with your thoughts.
It will surely keep you company at heart.
Wahhoi? Festival Inc.Dempagumi.inc
It’s included on Dempagumi.
inc’s first album, released in 2011, “Hey, Listen? The Ones Who Will Save the Universe Are Surely Sushi… No, It’s Dempagumi.
inc!” Starting with a taiko drum intro that shifts into chiptune-like programmed sounds, it’s an idol pop track made even more fun by the fans’ call-and-response.
It’s an energetic song that makes you want to party.
Let's dance, Ondo!
This is a participatory Bon Odori song that everyone can enjoy moving their bodies to.
The comical vocals and lively rhythm combine to create an atmosphere that naturally makes you want to dance as you listen.
The choreography that matches the lyrics is easy to follow, making it perfect for getting everyone excited at preschools or local summer festivals.
With moves like fireworks and hand claps, you’ll listen on with anticipation, wondering what comes next.
The instrumental tones are vibrant, and the balance with the vocals is exquisite.
A major appeal is that children can shout along, move their bodies, and have fun together.
Whether dancing in yukata or hero costumes, this song lets you fully feel the bustle of summer.
The world is falling in loveCHiCO with HoneyWorks
If you’re looking for a summer festival song that captures a gentle, budding romance, “Sekai wa Koi ni Ochiteiru” is my top recommendation! This track is a collaboration between the creator unit HoneyWorks—affectionately known as Haniwa—and singer CHiCO.
The lyrics portray a tender summer love that evokes the feeling of youth, and it leaves you with a bittersweet ache as you listen.
It’s the perfect song to play when you invite your crush to a summer festival.
Summer FestivalYosui Inoue
A song from the 1970s, when Yosui Inoue was active as a folk singer.
It’s crafted as a summer festival song suffused with a minor-key sense of melancholy, sung with just a single acoustic guitar.
Rather than a love song, the lyrics recall childhood summer festivals and contemplate one’s hometown.
【2025】Summer festival-themed masterpieces: Songs of summer memories (41–50)
Love FestivalNEWS
Drawn in by the heart-pounding rhythm of the festival music, you can’t help but feel your heart flutter with the arrival of summer.
Capturing that very exhilaration of summer festivals and the sparkle of bittersweet romance is a standout song by NEWS.
Its up-tempo sound, highlighted by taiko drums and flutes, feels as if it has turned the unique bustle and heat of a festival straight into music.
The lyrics seem to portray a fleeting yet beautiful love swaying beneath the lights of night stalls and the burst of fireworks.
Released as a single in July 2013, this track brims with the momentum of the moment when the group was embarking on a new chapter as a four-member unit.
The same single also includes WORLD QUEST, which fired up an international soccer tournament.
It’s the perfect companion for times when you want to revel in summer’s euphoria or sink into sweet, wistful memories.
Aoba Castle Love SongMuneyuki Sato
This song, Masayuki Sato’s major-label debut, was released as a single in May 1978 and became a smash hit, selling over one million copies and earning him the New Artist Award at that year’s Japan Record Awards.
It vividly conjures images of Sendai’s beautiful cityscape and the flow of the Hirose River, and can be called a masterpiece that resonates deeply with listeners.
The lyrics portray the aching feelings of someone thinking of a loved one, leaving a poignant afterglow reminiscent of the quiet that follows a lively summer festival.
It was once used as the departure melody at JR Sendai Station, so many people may have heard it before.
If you enjoy lyrical songs that evoke the timeless scenery of Japan, or if you want to bask in gently nostalgic summer memories, this is a piece you should definitely listen to.