That's a nice photo of a street leading up to the tall Landmark Tower in Yokohama during the spring. I think that there are places in both Canada and Japan (including Toronto) that are just aching for some of that warm weather and cherry blossoms right now after a very wintry season. Simply think good thoughts for a few more weeks.
Plus, you can give Tsukasa Ito's（伊藤つかさ）5th single from November 1982, "Yokohama Meruhen" (Yokohama Fairy Tale), a spin on the record player or CD device. For a single coming out rather late in the year, it's got quite the spring bounce and there's very much of an Agnes Chan-like high-toned vocal coming out of Ito's mouth. Ryo Kawakami's（川上了）arrangement gives quite the 80s aidoru impression with the sliding strings and the twinkly keyboards. Singer-songwriter Mayo Shouno（庄野真代）took care of the lyrics while Masami Koizumi（小泉まさみ）was the composer.
Since the first commercially available CD player The Sony CDP-101 was introduced in October of 1982. It is very unlikely that in November of 1982 横浜メルヘンwould have been on CD. I know for a fact that 横浜メルヘン/product code: JAS-2040 was issued as a 7-inch vinyl record, to be played at 45 RPM and it cost ¥700 which would be approximately equivalent to to ¥990 today.
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