Tokyo is so large that it has several discrete major urban hubs whether it be the Teen Mecca of Shibuya, glitzy Ginza and Akasaka, bayside Odaiba and the salaryman's old-style haven Shimbashi among other sites. Depending on what and how much you want to see, it could take a few days to get even the major neighbourhoods under your belt.
Singer/actress Miyuki Kosaka（香坂みゆき）has sung on the wonders of one of the world's largest cities a number of times whether it be through "Tokyo ga Suki"（東京が好き）that I've already written about, and a couple of others that I have yet to tackle: "Get Back Tokyo" and "Tokyo Shadow". However, I do have one song, "Tokyo Magic Town" that I can reveal here and now.
A track on her March 1982 6th album "Backstage", this was written by Kaoru Ito（伊藤薫）and Kosaka and composed by Masaaki Omura（大村雅朗）. "Tokyo Magic Town" kinda straddles between City Pop and regular pop, although on repeated listenings, that busy bass can have me rescinding that latter genre and just go full bore into the urban contemporary. It's quite the paint-the-town-red excitement powering the tune as it feels like a drive on the Kan-Etsu interweaving the many skyscrapers of the capital itself.
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