WANGAN 1989 🌃 Japanese City Pop | Wangan Nights

WANGAN 1989. One night on the bayside expressway, told in ten original Japanese city pop songs — from a roll-call tag turned before dawn to a turnaround at the end of the road. 🌃 Tonight's story: He is twenty-four and drives a gantry crane on the night shift at the Oi wharf. His daily habit is one round trip out along the bay road and back before going home. His cargo goes out to the whole world while he never leaves this shore — and over one night that frustration turns into pride. A note on this scene: every detail belongs to 1989. The Tokyo side of the bayside route runs from Tokai to Oi, Lot Thirteen, Ariake, Tatsumi, Shinkiba, Urayasu and Koya, and Lot Thirteen was still the official name of that exit. The undersea tunnel opened in 1976 by the immersed-tube method, with nine boxes of one hundred and fifteen meters sunk to the seabed. The stretch toward the airport had not opened yet, so the road really did still end short of the sea. The Rainbow Bridge, the name Odaiba and the Aqua-Line all came later and do not appear, and no company or vehicle is named. 00:00:00 Wangan 1989 (湾岸1989) 00:03:56 Nine Boxes Under the Sea (海に沈めた九つの箱) 00:08:10 Pier Thirteen (13号地) 00:11:47 Straight, Straight, Straight (直線、直線、直線) 00:14:04 Gantry Crane Waltz (ガントリークレーンのワルツ) 00:18:31 Midnight Vending Machine (真夜中の自販機) 00:22:56 Ships I Loaded (俺が積んだ船) 00:26:53 AM Radio, 4 AM (午前四時のAMラジオ) 00:30:10 Turn Around Where the Road Ends (道の終わりで折り返せ) 00:33:37 My Side of the Water (岸のほうの人生) 00:37:39 Wangan 1989 (湾岸1989) 00:41:36 Nine Boxes Under the Sea (海に沈めた九つの箱) 00:45:49 Pier Thirteen (13号地) 00:49:26 Straight, Straight, Straight (直線、直線、直線) 00:51:44 Gantry Crane Waltz (ガントリークレーンのワルツ) 00:56:10 Midnight Vending Machine (真夜中の自販機) 01:00:35 Ships I Loaded (俺が積んだ船) 01:04:33 AM Radio, 4 AM (午前四時のAMラジオ) 01:07:50 Turn Around Where the Road Ends (道の終わりで折り返せ) 01:11:17 My Side of the Water (岸のほうの人生) (total 75m19s) All songs are original works — our own stories, lyrics and music, created with the help of AI, inspired by the Japanese city pop of the 1980s. Japanese lyrics with English subtitles (auto-translate available for more languages). Tokyo Night Mix — original Japanese city pop for night drives, late work and quiet hours. Subscribe for a new period-checked drive through 1980s Japan:    / @tokyonightmix