♬ Sparkling Summer ♬ - Featuring 22 Summer Songs -

A cobalt blue sky.
Cotton candy cumulonimbus clouds.

The sea, the yachts, and the sandy beaches all blend together
into a scorching summer space.

The fanfare of the south wind announcing summer
rang out across the sky,
bringing with it the magic of bustle and smiles.


That scorching, relentless sun is immortal.
It becomes a giant oven, searing our hot skin.

Gushing sweat. Overflowing smiles.
The spray of youth and joy shines like gold,
and everything is wrapped in tropical colors.


Look.
The goddess of summer
is calling out with a radiant smile.

That our season has arrived.
The season when the pulse of life beats the strongest.

The long-awaited summer season.
It is the definitive symbol of our youth.
We etch every bit of summer into our bodies.


Come on, now is the time!
Come on, let's go!
Invite friends from all over the world.
The sea, the sky, the south wind, and the sun all make our hearts flutter.

Shall we spread our wings toward the stage of summer dreams?
Surfing is good. Diving is good.
Love is good.


We are all heroes of summer.
As long as summer exists in this world, we will never lose our youth.


WE LOVE SUMMER.
In this once-in-a-lifetime life,
that's right, summer is an eternal friend.


Now, once again, a young person starts running.
Toward the 'Sparkling Summer'.

Oh, Summer—.
Is that how you travel the world?
Young people all over the world are living with you.

Aoi Kenreimon

※ (Those who love summer are all young...)
(Those who love the sea are all young...)
(I grant you eternal youth!)

🔷🔶Comparing Sea Songs & Summer Songs / Pop Edition🔶🔷


I have carefully selected 22 songs💛that make you fully enjoy the feeling of 'Sea' or 'Summer
' or something similar,
regardless of era or trends,
focusing only on songs with wonderful melodies.

These are 'masterpieces among masterpieces' based on merit that will remain until 100 years in the future. Also, please enjoy the 'sea songs' introduced in the article about ≪Côte d'Azur
≫ as well.

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♬ Track 1💛『When Summer Comes』／Sumiko Yamagata
♬ Track 2💛『Fascination』／Asami Kado
♬ Track 3💛『Love and Tears at 17』／Kaori Tsuchiya
♬ Track 4💛『Summer Lover』／Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi
♬ Track 5💛『Summer Girl』／Kosetsu Minami
♬ Track 6💛『A Natural Color』／Eiichi Ohtaki
♬ Track 7💛『17 Years Old』／Saori Minami
♬ Track 8💛『Melody of the Sea Breeze』／Saori Minami
♬ Track 9💛『South Wind』／Hiromi Ohta
♬ Track 10💛『Midsummer Greetings』／Candies
♬ Track 11💛『Boyhood』／Yosui Inoue
♬ Track 12💛『Bad Woman』／Yoko Hatanaka
♬ Track 13💛『Melody Fair』／Bee Gees
♬ Track 14💛『Theme from A Summer Place』／Percy Faith Orchestra
♬ Track 15💛『La Mer』／Richard Clayderman
♬ Track 16💛『Late Summer』／Ayaka Hirahara
♬ Track 17💛『At the River Mouth』／Hiromi Ohta
♬ Track 18💛『Summer Day』／Chisato Moritaka
♬ Track 19💛『Twilight Dream』／Naoko Kawai
♬ Track 20💛『Only You in Earnest』／Mariya Takeuchi
♬ Track 21💛『Everybody's Somebody's Fool』／Connie Francis
♬ Track 22💛『Date at the Shore』／Connie Francis (Includes the two songs above)
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*Note that...
"Tears of One-Sided Love"/Mariya Takeuchi
"Growing Feelings"/Kaori Tsuchiya
"Goodbye Summer Lycee"/Sonoko Kawai
(Yoko Minamino's "Sayonara, Natsu no Lycee" is a different song with the same title)
➡I wanted to introduce these three songs as well, but they are omitted as they are difficult to obtain.

🔷[Author's Ramblings]🔷

For this upcoming (how many times now...) summer vacation.
Won't you join Aoi Kenreimon in the "Round-the-World Yacht Race"?
The starting point is a beautiful port town on the Mediterranean Côte d'Azur.
Or how about around Mykonos or Santorini in the Aegean Sea?

We will participate in an elegant race competing for "leisure" on a special yacht named the ≪Moomin≫.
Let's make lots of fun memories!
(That's just rambling, though...)

(Whoops, it might actually be a real grand plan!)
(Knowing Aoi Kenreimon, she might be shrewdly making preparations.)
(I can't help but feel that way...)

(I love the oceans of the world, but the final goal must be...)
(It has to be my birthplace, the "Seto Inland Sea"!)