Popular genres of music performances Japan 2022, by age group
According to a survey conducted in Japan in February 2021, around 12 percent of respondents aged between 20 to 29 years old attended music performances of modern genres like pop, rock, jazz, enka, or folk music within the last year, while only about six percent of the same age group attended performances of a more classical variety.
Enka refers to a Japanese chanson-like music genre with a distinct vibrato singing style that often features sentimental lyrics about a yearning for a distant hometown, bygone lovers, and other nostalgic topics.
Enka refers to a Japanese chanson-like music genre with a distinct vibrato singing style that often features sentimental lyrics about a yearning for a distant hometown, bygone lovers, and other nostalgic topics.
