When the Rain Stops Falling on the Acacia

Music by Hideyuki Fujiwara, lyrics by Kaoru Shimizu, originally sung by Sachiko Nishida in 1960.

Nishida struggled to nail her vocals at first. To help, Shimizu revealed he wrote it inspired by the 1943 Kōjirō Serizawa novel Death in Paris (巴里に死す), so she tried to imagine the Parisian scenery when singing. Reportedly, in the wake of the first Anpo protests failing, students resonated with the dry vocals and decadent lyrics of this song, which led to its popularity.

A cover sung by Jun Togawa and arranged by Koji Ueno is in her third solo album, 1989's The Dying Year of the Showa Era (昭和享年). It was performed on the following tour, where she was accompanied by Susumu Hirasawa and his solo backing band keyboardists (Hikaru Kotobuki and Kitune Akimoto).