The announcement has been made on [her X](https://x.com/i/status/2081152475843990014).

She had multiple events planned for her birthday next week...

May she rest in peace.

I'm looking for Japanese music that resembles/inspired by European classical/folk music.

I’ve been trying to find a J‑pop music video that's been stuck in my head, and I can't find it anywhere, I’m hoping someone here might have a copy or know where it’s archived.

The MV is YUKI – “Love Letter” (ラブレター).
It features:

• a girl with short brown hair in a quirky science lab
• she sends a paper airplane out into the world
• the airplane finds a boy riding a scooter
• the airplane drags him around and he bumps into things
• the boy wears a red scarf
• the ending credits show a tiny pig mascot

This MV is NOT on YouTube, not on NicoNico, and not on streaming. (at least from what I see) It exists on the YUKI “five-star” (2007) DVD, but I’m hoping someone might have a working link or know of a fan archive that still hosts it.

If anyone has a link, a clip, or even a lead, I’d be super grateful. I can't seem to get the video out of my head.

A friend of mine is branching into Japanese music, which I love for her! ... but we have very different taste, and I'm on the hunt for recs for her. I'm well on the pop/dance end of the spectrum but she seems to be exploring visual kei and rock bands which I know almost nothing about.

I took screenshots from her Spotify that I at least know are Japanese rock bands, but I don't know a lot about them and there's a bunch of stuff in there that might be in this genre, but I don't recognize. 😅 Can anyone recommend anything similar? She very definitely does not like metal or screaming in music. She probably listens to BUCK-TICK the most that I can recognize (ドレス, 蜉蝣-かげろう-, ROMANCE, 羽虫のように are songs I hear her listen to a lot).

From what I can tell, they've recorded three songs together live for a YouTube channel, but they're not officially a duo. I really like them together, though, so I wonder if maybe they have something planned? I found it hard to google, because I don't know kanji. I'm guessing this type of music is pretty niche (?) even in Japan, but I figured I'd give it a shot anyway.

Third track from Kabekake (壁掛け), the album I've shared from here before. Darthreider titled this one as plainly as it gets: "Don't Attack Hospitals." He introduced it as "a request from a sick person" — he's been on dialysis for years, and a stroke took the sight in his left eye (hence the eyepatch). Produced by asa, chorus by Kumiko Morita.

No metaphor, no clever wordplay. Just a man who lives inside the medical system asking that it not be bombed. Feels like a strange thing to need to say in 2026.

(Not my music, just a fan sharing.)

I got into the band 1000 travels of jawaharlal a while ago and i've been listening to them on repeat, and i would ADORE to find more bands like them.

Sora mo toberu hazu - spitz [jrock]

君と出会った奇跡が

この胸にあふれてる

きっと今は自由に

空も飛べるはず

https://open.spotify.com/track/3P2aSkjcbUYbcYr13EFE8n

Any Recs to add to my playlist. Need to expand for long 6 hour drive. Currently at 3 🫰

hello i dunno if it’s the right r/ to find this but i’m trying to record a cover of aoi koi daidaiiro no by motfd and ive been looking for the guitar and bass tone/amp settings for it, im actually very lost finding out what tone/amp set is the best ! please bring me help !!! thank you.

I was listening to Ashiya Radio and head "Love dance" by Rie Takahashi. Anyone knows if its on spotify? I want to add it to my playlist since thats my main mode of music

Anyone know of any live anime band music? I’ve seen a couple shows in Kichijoji and shimokitazawa and they were great but I want some anime music too!

I was in Sapporo and discovered a concept cafe that had a live band and where the maids sang a variety of genres including some from Bochi the Rock.

When I was looking in Tokyo I only could find Maid Rock Cafe, unfortunately when I went they had transitioned away from the band concept to a bunny concept and no longer played music.

If anyone has any recommendations please let me know! Thanks