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.

Thursday, May 21, 2026

Art of Noise -- Beat Box

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  I've already posted a number of Art of Noise articles in the past ten years as parts of the Reminiscings of Youth file here on KKP ,...
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Ritsuko Kazami -- Karui Kankei(軽い関係)

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  The last time I wrote about Ritsuko Kazami(風見律子), it was for the mysterious and panther-y "Yoru no Subete" (夜のすべて) from her 19...
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Seiji Tanaka -- O Marijana(オー・マリヤーナ)

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By Pudelek (Marcin Szala) via Wikimedia Commons The above is a photo of  Šarengrad, Syrmia, Croatia . If I'm not mistaken, I believe my ...

Georgia On My Mind - George Yanagi & Ray Charles

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Some songs are so perfect they feel timeless, “Georgia on My Mind” is one of those songs. Originally composed by Hoagy Carmichael , the son...
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Wednesday, May 20, 2026

Tomoko Koyano -- Shiawase(しあわせ)

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  It was exactly two months ago that I posted singer-songwriter Tomoko Koyano's(古谷野とも子) most recent article and that was for her 1978 nu...
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Special Favorite Music -- Hashire, Romance Ichi-go(走れ、ロマンス1号)

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Wikimedia Commons For the longest time, I'd wondered why these special Odakyu trains coming and leaving Shinjuku Station were called Ro...
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Jenny My Love by Yōsui Inoue

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Little Tokyo in Los Angeles has a rich history, and last year, one of its oldest businesses, Mitsuru Sushi & Grill , closed permanently ...
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