Yup, the above is the apartment building where I lived, Maison Asami in Ichikawa City. Seventeen good years were spent in that 2K. Compared to where I've been living for the past decade now, my apartment on the 3rd floor was a tiny little place with a living room, a bedroom, a kitchen and a unit bathroom, but it was home. I had a good routine and lifestyle with a lot of supermarkets, convenience stores and restaurants within 5 to 10 minutes on foot. My station was Minami-Gyotoku on the blue Tozai Line, one of the busiest lines on the Tokyo Metro.
Listening to the pop duo Tsuki no Michikake's（月の満ちかけ）June 2021 single "Sundeita Machi de" brought some of those old memories back. 「街」can be translated as "street" or "town" but I think Tsuki no Michikake's Kazuya Imai（今井カズヤ）who wrote and composed the song probably meant the former, so "The Street Where I Used to Live". His lyrics describe a person moving on after the end of a relationship and leaving the old neighbourhood for a new neighbourhood and a new life.
I first posted about Tsuki no Michikake back in late 2022 for the title track of their self-titled album from 2018 and received some pleasant light and mellow sunny-side pop. Once again, I'm getting those vibes for "Sundeita Machi de". I can easily imagine a music-variety show performance of this one with a few dancers and their shopping bags skipping rhythmically on the residential street.
Although it wasn't due to a romantic breakup, my final departure from Maison Asami does come to mind when I handed the key over to my rental agency back in December 2011. Six weeks later, I launched "Kayo Kyoku Plus".
