Sunshine City

"Sunshine City" is a building complex that opened in 1978, a symbol of the Japanese economic miracle. It was built on the former site of Sugamo Prison, which housed first political prisoners of the Japanese and later war criminals arrested by the Allied Occupation. Hirasawa claims that, while Sunshine City was under construction, the band would sneak in at night—where the lights were all on and there were no guards—and mess around; he also claims they had a promotional photo taken there that was used for live show flyers.

Lyrics

 * 1 "Probably referring to taking entrance exams for certain universities. Tokyo is home to many schools, most notably one that is still considered the #1 elite school, the University of Tokyo. Competition to pass the entrance exams to get into schools is extremely harsh even now, despite various reform efforts since the 1980s."

Trivia

 * The bulk of In a Model Room was recorded on Sunrise Studio, which was in the immediate vicinity of Sunshine City at the time (it relocated to Roppongi in 1984).