Indeed, it is Golden Week in Japan, and so as such, regular TV programming is non-existent; it's been replaced by a bunch of special programs and reruns. Therefore, we get no "Uta Con"（うたコン）this week and I won't be able to have the opportunity to discover any possible new Mood Kayo tunes, at least through this route.
However, I've had this song in the backlog for a while so I'm more than happy to finally bring it to the fore. This is "Hoshizora no Tokyo" (Starry Night of Tokyo), Cheuni's（チェウニ）3rd single from June 2001 and the third in her series of Tokyo-themed Mood Kayo following her 1999 debut of "Tokyo Twilight"（トーキョー・トワイライト）and her sophomore outing, "Tokyo ni Yuki ga Furu"（Tokyoに雪が降る）from 2000.
Written by Yuko Natsumi（夏海裕子）and composed by Masato Sugimoto（杉本真人）as was the case with her first single "Tokyo Twilight", "Hoshizora no Tokyo" takes Cheuni back into the pleasant mix of Mood Kayo and urban contemporary. Once again, I also say that Teresa Teng（テレサテン）could have also taken this on with aplomb. It's perfect listening while looking out over the nocturnal megalopolis from a swanky if quiet hotel-top bar.
In the article for "Tokyo ni Yuki ga Furu", I mentioned that composer Sugimoto had done his own version of that song via his October 2014 album "Nijuu Seiki ni Kanpai!"（20世紀に乾杯！...Here's to the 20th Century!）. Well, he also covered "Hoshizora no Tokyo" via an earlier album, the September 2006 "Bar Starlight", and this version has more of a moody rock arrangement.
Thanks kindly, Brian.
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