What are some great Japanese songs that your friends/acquaintances here put you on to?

Every once in a while, a Japanese buddy of mine will recommend or song or sing a song at karaoke that's amazing but I've never heard it because it wasn't popular abroad. Do you have any Japanese songs like this that you love but didn't know about until you came here?

by SuminerNaem

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  1. Takarajima. No lyrics but it’s a great song played by brass bands.

  2. For the inverse you all have a duty ro spread “Plastic Love” far and wide.

  3. “Bling Bang Bang Born”
    Sing it in karaoke to show off your Japanese XD

  4. Lately I am listening to Vaundy’s songs especially Time Paradox and Omokage (Vaundy’s ver.)

  5. Chiisana Koi no Uta by Mongol800

    Manatsu no Kajitsu by Southern Allstars

    I have a bunch of suggestions for 60s-70s style classic rock if that’s anyone’s thing.

  6. 島のうた Shima no Uta, an Okinawan classic. My fav version is by the Boom, but the one they have in Karaoke is normally by Begin.

  7. Upbeat: 俺ら東京さ行ぐだ

    High Vocals: 愛をこめて花束を

    Classic: 天城越え

    Anime Classic: 君が好きだと叫びたい、そばかす

  8. タイガー&ドラゴン / クレイジーケンバンド
    Tiger & Dragon – Crazy Ken Band
    Always a big hit at the snack bars.

  9. Heard a song on the radio once – 今夜がトロピカル by Asuka Ando. It was only a few days later that I decided to try and find out what the song was by looking through all the songs played that day on the website, only roughly knowing what time it would have been, but I eventually found it. Has a chill Caribbean vibe
    Edit: sorry, not a song any of my friends told me about

  10. Toki no nagare ni mi wo makase (時の流れに身をまかせ) by Teresa Teng is lovely and easy to sing.

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