Mission Statement

Hello and welcome to the Classic J-Pop blog, where you will find information and others resources concerning Japanese popular music (pop, folk, rock, and enka) from the 1960s to the late 1980s.

This period of Japanese popular music is for the most part and unknown territory, even to those who enjoy J-Pop and J-Rock today thanks to its inclusion with video games and Japanese animation as well as the growing fanculture surrounding them. For the most part, the music of that period never left Japan or even Asia for that matter, and a few handful across the Pacific have real access to it.

Regardless, where I come in is to help create an easy-access and understandable portal where those interested and curious about classic J-Pop can learn more about the genre and hear new things.

I hope you will enjoy the music that makes up this vast and fascinating period of Japanese popular music, as it is the foundation which led to what most would understand as contemporary J-Pop.