The soundtrack of our Japan 2026 trip was an eclectic mix of song from the 1970s to today. We heard some Japanese language music but mostly English language songs. We created this Spotify playlist capturing some of the music we heard.
Related posts from our Japan 2026 trip:
one-four – single "freckled lips", track "freckled lips"
Okonski – album "Magnolia", track "Field Museum"
Joseph Shabason – album "Welcome to Hell", track "Parks & Demos"
Sulah Jordan – ep "Lady Bug", track "Jasmine"
LUCA, haruka nakamura – album "the world", track "STARDUST", "ray"
Nikitch, Kuna Maze – album "Débuts", track "ZBRA"
Ultra Lights – album "Pleasure's All Yours", track "Pleasure's All Yours"
Durand Jones & The Indications – album "Flowers", track "Been So Long"
Durand Jones & The Indications – album "Private Space", track "Witchoo"
Moonchild – album "Little Ghost", track "The Other Side"
Obscura Hail – album "Pallbearer", track "Come Down"
ESCHES – album "ESCHED", track "Dizzy Inside"
Antony and the Johnsons, ANOHNI – album "The Crying Light", track "Her Eyes are Underneath the Ground"
Lovelier Other – single "Hidden Shelters"
Lindstrøm, Prins Thomas – album "Lindstrom & Prins Thomas", track "Feel AM"
fox capture plan – album "Butterfly", track "inchoate"
ORANGE RANGE – single “Rakuyou”
Joe Bataan – album "Mr. New York and the East Side Kids", - track "The Prayer"
Rag Fair – album "Air", track "恋のマイレージ "
Astrovan – single "Astrovan"
KALEO – single "All the Pretty Girls"
Lester Young – alubm "The Alternative Lester", track "Countless Blues (Take 1)"
globe – album "Love again", track "Love again"
Hazlett – album "last night you said you missed me", track "queen of the season"
Dayglow – album "Harmony House", track "Close To You"
Steve Lacy – album "Apollo XXI", track "Playground"
Joji – album "In Tongues (Deluxe)", track "Will He"
James Vincent McMorrow – album "Grapefruit Season", track "I Should Go (with Kenny Beats)"
The Paper Kites – album "twelvefour", track "Electric Indigo"
Kiismin, Honey, Benlon – single "So Am I"
10cc – album "10cc", track "Rubber Bullets"
Penguin Café Orchestra – album "Penguin Café Orchestra", track "Salty Bean Fumble"
Samm Henshaw – album "It Could Be Worse", track "Closer"
Waylon Jennings – track "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right"
Neil Sedaka – album "Sedaka's Back", track "Laughter in the Rain"
- Japan the Second Time Around – Observations from our 2026 Trip
- Japan 2026 – Another Salute to the People We Saw
- Japan 2026 Botanical Notes: Trees of Beauty, Memory, and Survival
one-four – single "freckled lips", track "freckled lips"
Okonski – album "Magnolia", track "Field Museum"
Joseph Shabason – album "Welcome to Hell", track "Parks & Demos"
Sulah Jordan – ep "Lady Bug", track "Jasmine"
LUCA, haruka nakamura – album "the world", track "STARDUST", "ray"
Nikitch, Kuna Maze – album "Débuts", track "ZBRA"
Ultra Lights – album "Pleasure's All Yours", track "Pleasure's All Yours"
Durand Jones & The Indications – album "Flowers", track "Been So Long"
Durand Jones & The Indications – album "Private Space", track "Witchoo"
Moonchild – album "Little Ghost", track "The Other Side"
Obscura Hail – album "Pallbearer", track "Come Down"
ESCHES – album "ESCHED", track "Dizzy Inside"
Antony and the Johnsons, ANOHNI – album "The Crying Light", track "Her Eyes are Underneath the Ground"
Lovelier Other – single "Hidden Shelters"
Lindstrøm, Prins Thomas – album "Lindstrom & Prins Thomas", track "Feel AM"
fox capture plan – album "Butterfly", track "inchoate"
ORANGE RANGE – single “Rakuyou”
Joe Bataan – album "Mr. New York and the East Side Kids", - track "The Prayer"
Rag Fair – album "Air", track "恋のマイレージ "
Astrovan – single "Astrovan"
KALEO – single "All the Pretty Girls"
Lester Young – alubm "The Alternative Lester", track "Countless Blues (Take 1)"
globe – album "Love again", track "Love again"
Hazlett – album "last night you said you missed me", track "queen of the season"
Dayglow – album "Harmony House", track "Close To You"
Steve Lacy – album "Apollo XXI", track "Playground"
Joji – album "In Tongues (Deluxe)", track "Will He"
James Vincent McMorrow – album "Grapefruit Season", track "I Should Go (with Kenny Beats)"
The Paper Kites – album "twelvefour", track "Electric Indigo"
Kiismin, Honey, Benlon – single "So Am I"
10cc – album "10cc", track "Rubber Bullets"
Penguin Café Orchestra – album "Penguin Café Orchestra", track "Salty Bean Fumble"
Samm Henshaw – album "It Could Be Worse", track "Closer"
Waylon Jennings – track "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right"
Neil Sedaka – album "Sedaka's Back", track "Laughter in the Rain"