Distant Ridge

Feel the refreshing breeze of the Showa era.
In the early 1980s, when television was still the main form of media, many hit songs were born from commercial songs and drama theme songs. Following this trend, I set out to compose a travel song with the aim of creating a versatile commercial song in a three-part format that builds up to a chorus, but it only had one chorus of lyrics and the structure was left unclear. My band members at the time asked me, "What happened to that song?" and encouraged me to release "Haruka na one" as a single. I was in my early 20s when I composed this song, and I hope it conveys the excitement of suddenly gaining freedom after just getting my driver's license.
It took nearly 40 years to climb the mountain I promised to (laughs).