Haruka Nakamura

"AOIMORI IV -music for TSUTAYA BOOKS -"
by haruka nakamura

A music project for TSUTAYA BOOKS by haruka nakamura, created around the theme of "blue forest - AOIMORI". The fourth and final installment is acoustic ambient music with a nostalgic guitar sound as the main focus. The final installment returns to the guitar, which is the starting point, and creates a new landscape. The cover photo is by photographer Rinko Kawauchi, who is a close friend of the artist and was responsible for all of the series.
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Musician haruka nakamura will be in charge of the in-store music for several TSUTAYA BOOKS nationwide for one year from 2023 to 2024. All of the songs are original songs written for the TSUTAYA BOOKS  project. Based on the concept of a bookstore that sells books and the theme of "forests," which are also the home of musical instruments such as pianos and guitars, a total of four albums titled "Blue Forest - AOIMORI ," which is connected to nakamura's hometown of Aomori, will be produced during the period until autumn 2024.

The final album was recorded on her father's acoustic guitar, which she has been playing since her teens, and a gut guitar given to her by  Nujabes and the hydeout label when she produced her album "MELODICA." The new music, which blends in the synthesizer introduced in the Aoi Mori series, is reminiscent of her early works "grace" and "nica," a nostalgic sound from before she started playing the piano seriously.
As expressed in the cover photo of this album by Rinko Kawauchi, it is an album filled with hope and happiness, befitting a final album, as if she had reached a sunny garden.
The unified conceptual design of the Aoi Mori series makes it available as a beautifully bound CD album that you will want to display in your room.

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all written & mixed by haruka nakamura
photo: kawauchi rinko

design: suzuki takahisa (16 design institute)
mastering: tanabe gen (studio camel house)

A&R: yamaguchi kyoko (one cushion, inc)

collaborate with tsutaya bookstore
toudai label.

AOIMORI IV -music for TSUTAYA BOOKS -

ひとつのうた

green

青い鳥

風がページをめくる日

リズム

ギター

花々

木漏れ日

passage

forest waves

雨のカーテン

father's wood

森からの手紙

blessing

our pray ' / haruka nakamura (vo. Meadow)
Lyrics & Music: haruka nakamura
Theme song for the film 'abiding' (directed and written by Sara Masuda), composed and written by haruka nakamura.
Starring Nana Mori and Soya Kurokawa.
Lyrics & Music: haruka nakamura
Vocal: Meadow
Piano: haruka nakamura
Mix: haruka nakamura
Mastering: gen tanabe (studio camel house)
Title & Lettering: Meadow
design : suzuki takahisa
Music Production: Kyoko Yamaguchi (one cushion, inc.)

our pray

The Eternal View

Today
(vo. Meadow)
music by haruka nakamura/
At the start of 2026, haruka nakamura releases a new single to mark the beginning of the year.
Among his recent creative work, this song embodies a renewed sense of
 hope born from a different way of weaving sound and voice.
Even when the light trembles, may there be a celebration for "today."
music & lyrics / haruka nakamura
piano, other instruments / haruka nakamura
vocal / Meadow
percussion / ryota tanaka
design / suzuki takahisa (16 design institute)
mastering / gen tanabe (studio camel house)
A&R / kyoko yamaguchi (one cushion, inc)
[Lyric Interpretation]
(In the main track, English and Japanese lyrics are interwoven.)
written by haruka nakamura
Let us cast away our sorrows today-
those withered, lingering griefs.
Let us plant love instead.
Such is the tone I long for.
Walking along a pale blue path,
the sea goddess calls the wind.
We greet the trembling of the world with a quiet hello,
for now we must even pray for peace itself.
Within the fading colors, we are alone.
Is it wrong to seek salvation in our hearts?
Every morning I wonder:
what does "eternity" truly mean?Again today, too late to die, I chant-
may whatever I grasp become light.
It flickers today, disappears tonight,
and before I know it, tomorrow arrives.
Let us light a small lamp.
Dusk falls again; night comes.
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Then came the voyage after that,
and the small church I once visited.
Even the future-
I had pushed its prayers away.
Ahead of us stands our lighthouse.
How many cries must we raise
as we continue chasing
that uncertain harvest of hope?
Life is the gathering of light.
Before I knew it, I had learned to stitch and chant.
Life is the gathering of light.
Even if the heart begins to sway, it will be fulfilled.
Life is the gathering of light-
to question, to search, then fall silent again.
Life is the gathering of light.
May it be given to you-
to you.///
This song was originally born as the theme song "AKARIBI (Lighted Day)"
for the film "How We Came to Frequent Men-dokoro Maroni,"
planned and produced by Takumi Saitoh, directed by Takumi Koyama.

Today (vo.Meadow)

Catching The Stars of This Summer (Original Soundtrack)

suis from Yorushika

燈星

A collaboration between TRUCK FUNITURE and haruka nakamura. Three original songs were produced to coincide with the opening of the new "S.T,N.E." showroom on the first floor of TRUCK. (The background music in TRUCK stores is a haruka nakamura playlist that includes these songs.)

Music by haruka nakamura

Chorus (N/E) / maika 
mastering / gen tanabe (Studio Camel House)
Music Production / kyoko yamaguchi (one cushion, inc)

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S.T,N.E. - TRUCK FURNITURE × haruka nakamura

01. N/E
02. still TRUCK
03. MONDAY FELT PIANO

S.T, N.E. - TRUCK FURNITURE × haruka nakamura

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