Kayo Kyoku Plus

I've been a fan of Japanese popular music for 40 years, and have managed to collect a lot of material during that time. So I decided I wanted to talk about Showa Era music with like-minded fans. My particular era is the 70s and 80s (thus the "kayo kyoku"). The plus part includes a number of songs and artists from the last 30 years and also the early kayo. So, let's talk about New Music, aidoru, City Pop and enka.

Tuesday, January 20, 2026

Miyuki Kosaka -- Season Off

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  I think opinions may vary here, but today's feeling like the coldest day of the year thus far in my city. The wind chill factor took t...
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Monday, January 19, 2026

Hiroshi Itsuki -- Akari ga Hoshii(灯りが欲しい)

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  Hard to believe that enka singer Hiroshi Itsuki(五木ひろし) will be turning 78 in a couple of months' time. I haven't seen him on the ...

YONA YONA WEEKENDERS -- Yoyoi no Yoi(予酔いの宵)

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  In recent years through Japanese television, I've become aware of a type of vacationing called glamping which is a portmanteau of ...
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Sunday, January 18, 2026

Caoli Cano & Haruo Chikada -- Mechanica(メカニカ)

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  Considering the music and age of this particular album, this might be one of the rarest of the rare. And yet, I would like to explore it f...
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Chiyono Yoshino -- Icy Doll

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  Chiyono Yoshino(吉野千代乃) may not be the most well-known singer even within the City Pop umbrella that I've often associated her with, b...
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Saturday, January 17, 2026

Testpattern -- Souvenir Glacé

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  One of the many amazing things that I learned during my time in Japan was something of a gastronomic nature. I realized that chestnuts cou...
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Momoe Yamaguchi -- Shikaranai de(叱らないでね)

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  Wow! It's been around 13 years since I first posted the article on Momoe Yamaguchi's(山口百恵)1973 debut single "Toshigoro"...
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