Keitarou Takanami -- 1DK no Nagisa（1DKの渚）

From the site OHEYAGO

In Japan, apartments are described through a shorthand of numbers and letters so my old place in Ichikawa was known as a 2K, i.e. two rooms and a kitchen. For whatever reason, the bathroom was never included in the coding and it was just as well since it could have made things a bit more unwieldy. For the purposes of this article, the above floor plan is of a 1DK apartment somewhere in Tokyo: one room and a dining/kitchen space.

Of course, just having a floor plan won't give you a full picture of what a 1DK would be, so I've also included this video of YouTuber serori's own 1DK apartment. It's a whole lot more tastefully planned than my old place.

Anyways, I provided all that to introduce the song "1DK no Nagisa" (The Beach by the 1DK Apartment) that was written, composed and sung by Keitarou Takanami（高浪慶太郎）. He was a part of Pizzicato Five in its early years back in the 1980s and I first introduced his solo works via his 2021 synth-fully delicious reggae "Citypop Lullaby". 

Just judging from that song, I had assumed that "1DK no Nagisa", which comes from his July 1994 album "Everybody's Out Of Town", was going to be something as eclectic or perhaps something Shibuya-kei because of his association with Pizzicato Five. However, I was surprised to discover that "1DK no Nagisa" is actually a very old-fashioned mellow AOR piece with a touch of soul. And it's quite the pleasant song that could accompany serori's video tour or any footage of a 1DK apartment right by the beach. Mind you, I can't even imagine how much a unit like that would go for in terms of rent.