I have to say that after becoming charmed by this pop song, I was stunned to realize that "Honeymoon In Paris" first achieved exposure to the masses all the way back in the mid-1980s. The arrangement sounded so ahead of its time at that time, and I think it possesses a certain indies quality. The song was used several years later from 1994 as the opening theme song for a travel program on regional Kyushu Asahi Broadcasting known as "Ruri Iro no Suna Dokei"（るり色の砂時計...The Azure Hourglass）. It ran all the way to 2012 with "Honeymoon In Paris" being used as the theme until 2009.
The duo behind the dreamy "Honeymoon In Paris" was known as Flat Face. Yoshiko Takatori（高取淑子）and Mitsutoshi Takesue（武末充敏）started the band in the early 1980s with their one and (presumably) only album "Face" coming out in 1986 which included "Honeymoon In Paris". According to Takatori's website, Flat Face "...used computers and digital equipments, played music as European sound (sic).", although from this particular song, I don't get an image of the group as being a synthpop act.
Also from her website, Flat Face broke up some time later with Takatori soon heading to the island of Bali where she was awakened to the pleasures of Asian music. She released her first solo single in 1998 and has been releasing material up to 2012.
Found this footage of Takatori and cheebow performing "Honeymoon In Paris" at a 2011 charity event.
And here is the first ending theme for "Ruri Iro no Suna Dokei" which was "Kiss of Life" as sung by Sade.
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