Japanese Train Melodies: Catchy Songs to Enliven Your Commute!
Complementing the amazing punctuality and cleanliness of trains in Japan are a series of delightful Japanese train melodies that differ between stations and lines. Many stations in Japan have their own unique train melody that plays as the train departs, adding a touch of joy to otherwise dull commutes. In this article, we’ll show you some of the best Japanese train melodies to keep an ear out for while traveling Japan!
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1. Mitaka Station (Chuo Line, Tokyo)
The melody at Mitaka Station is called "Medaka's School."
The popular Japanese nursery rhyme "Medaka's School" is used as the departure melody. In this video, it starts at around 1:00.
2. Kisarazu Station (Chiba)
Kisarazu Station's departure melody is "Shoujouji no Tanukibayashi." It seems like this song was chosen because of the wishes of the citizens of the area because the temple, Shoujouji, is located in Kisarazu. The melody starts at around 1:27.
3. Shinbashi Station (JR Yokosuka Line, Tokyo)
The new departure melodies of Shinbashi Station on the JR Yokosuka Line are "Harukaze" and "Hidamari." These melodies are somehow calming, aren't they? They start at 2:20.
4. Takahagi Station (Jouban Line, Ibaraki)
It seems like a pop song, doesn't it? If you hear this in the morning, you might feel a little more excited to go to work.
5. The Melody of Every Station On the Rinkai Line
The amount of variation on just one train line is surprising, isn't it?
6. Jouban Line (Tokyo to Fukushima)
Here, you can listen to a collection of departure melodies of stations along the Jouban Line. Famous composers wrote songs specifically for this train line.
7. Hakone-Yumoto Line (Kanagawa)
"Master Ongen" is the departure melody at Hakone-Yumoto Station. This train line uses different melody variations based on the theme of "Hakone" for its stations.
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The information in this article is accurate at the time of publication.
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