This episode really covers a lot of history. We’ve got The Blue Hearts doing their mid-’80s punk thing. We’ve got Cornelius make enemies with celestial bodies in the ’90s. And our featured artist set is occupied by the man all the way at the top of modern Japanese pop, Kenshi Yonezu.

And while Summertime may be my favorite time to listen to City Pop, it’s the genre is still giving me a hand getting through well, everything happening in the world at present. That’s why Junko Yagami’s “Tosagare Bay City” is in the mix this episode as well.

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Nihongaku Radio Episode 69

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“Mirai wa Bokura no Te no Naka” – The Blue Hearts (Buy It!)
“Warp” – Tricot (Buy It!)
“Future Is What We Are” – Ken Ishii (Buy It!)

Break: “Mansion” – DJ Abo + DJ 1-2 (Buy It!)

“The Sun Is My Enemy” – Cornelius (Buy It!)
“Yume no Yume” – Crazy Ken Band (Buy It!)
“Tasogare Bay City” – Junko Yagami (Buy It!)

Break: “Case Closed” – DJ Abo + DJ 1-2 (Buy It!)

“Sushi Day Night Fever” – Saka-Sama (Buy It!) Check out the video for Saka-Sama’s “Oyasumi Judy.”
“Rei Shoku” – Macaroni Enpitsu (Buy It!)
“I My Me Myself” – Anna Takeuchi (Buy It!)

Break: “Motel” – Masafumi Takada / Jun Fukuda (Buy It!)

“Unbelievers” – Kenshi Yonezu (Buy It!)
“Go Go Yuureisen” – Kenshi Yonezu (Buy It!)
“Living Dead Youth” – Kenshi Yonezu (Buy It!)

Break: “Spiritual State” – Nujabes (Buy It!)

“P-Zombie-Z Reborn” – Peelander-Z (Buy It!)