Inagaki Junichi 稲垣潤一 Terminal Station 終着駅

I did a casual search and it looks like nobody has written anything about this song on Kayokyoku Plus yet so I'll give it a try.

Recently, I've listening to some old Cantonese pops from the 90s and somehow I have been hooked onto Leon Lai's (黎明) "Please don't leave tonight" (願你今夜別離去), which is a cover version of Inagaki Junichi's 稲垣潤一 Terminal Station 終着駅.  And since I grew up in Hong Kong, I knew about the covered version first and it's only around 10 years ago that I knew it was originally a Japanese song.

I don't know if this is considered a city pop but it certainly sounds like a city pop to me.  The lyrics also carries a heavy city vibe.  It's a story about a couple who bid their last goodbye at the terminal station.  However, there's an urban legend that if a couple separated at the terminal station, they'd definitely meet again one day at the starting station.  That's what the man/woman (depending on your perspective when you listen) was thinking as he/she is walking back towards the starting station, while recalling their fond memories.  Music was written by Matsumoto Toshiaki 松本俊明.  And like many of Inagaki Junichi's songs, its lyrics was written by Akimoto Yasushi 秋元康.  It was released in 1992 in the album called "Sketch of Heart".

To be honest, I actually like the arrangement of Leon Lai's covered version better, although it lost the city pop feel along with it.  Here's the covered version.  It's also the theme song of the Hong Kong TV drama "The Legendary Ranger" (原振俠) back in 1993.

Enjoy！