I don't ever recall being in Shinjuku (pictured above) at around midnight although I've been in Shibuya at around that time. Most likely, I was desperately running for the last train on the Tozai Line to head back home to Ichikawa. However, I can see Shinjuku still being quite that active even at the witching hour.
A little less than a month ago, I profiled Mai Yamane's（山根麻衣）song "You Don't Have To Say", a jazzy City Pop ballad of the skies that also happened to be the B-side for the singer-songwriter's March 1979 debut single "Gozen Reiji"（12 Midnight）. Well, I've got the A-side now and it's got a little more urban oomph as if, despite the lateness of the hour, folks are still scuttling back and forth in the great big city. I gather that you can still check those YouTube live cameras to see if Shinjuku and Shibuya are still lively at midnight Tokyo time. This time around, "Gozen Reiji" was actually written and composed by singer-songwriter Yoko Shibata（柴田容子）.
"Jazzy City pop" ? Hmm, I think you might have created a great new term! I am going to using that term to describe other songs in the future. My oh My! Mai Yamane has a cool voice!
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