And here I thought that I had cornered the market on all of those Japanese words meaning "twilight" as I wrote about those twilight songs last year. However, I've found another term: hakumei. And for that I have to thank the good folks at Kirinji（キリンジ）along with Maika Loubté, a half-French half-Japanese singer-songwriter, producer and DJ whose first album came out in 2014.
"Hakumei" happens to be a track on Kirinji's December 2021 15th album "crepuscular", and it's another wonderful example how Takaki Horigome（堀込高樹）can weave together synthpop and City Pop together into a dreamy soundscape of possibility. Loubté also co-wrote the lyrics about a mesmerizing walk/drive around Yokohama at the titular time. I've done that exact thing myself when I was staying in the international port city for one night although the experience wasn't quite as atmospheric; I was rather hungry for dinner in Chinatown.
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