Jingle bells: Japan's unusual station music Minoru Mukaiya is one of the world's most played musicians, with millions of people across Japan listening to his songs every day -- but most of them don't even notice. Mukaiya is a composer of "Hassha Merodie" or "train departure melodies", short jingles that whisk commuters on their way at some of the world's busiest stations. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES