Hi no Ataru Basho

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{{Infobox song

| name = Hi no Ataru Basho

| cover = hinoatarubasho.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Misia

| album = Mother Father Brother Sister

| released = May 21, 1998

| recorded = 1998

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = R&B, Pop

| length = 21:54

| label = Arista Japan

| writer = Misia, Toshitaka Sonoda, Chihiro Close, Jun Sasaki, Satoshi Shimano

| producer =

| prev_title = Tsutsumikomu Yō ni...

| prev_year = 1998

| next_title = Believe

| next_year = 1999

}}

{{nihongo|"Hi no Ataru Basho"|陽のあたる場所||lit. "A Place in the Sun"}} is Japanese R&B singer Misia's second single, released on May 21, 1998. It debuted on the weekly Oricon singles chart at #15 with 31,450 copies sold. Four weeks later, the single climbed to its peak at #9.

"Hi no Ataru Basho" was the theme song to the movie 'Hood, as well as the NTV program Docchi no Ryōri Show. The b-side, "Koisuru Kisetsu", was used in an Elleseine cosmetics commercial and served as opening theme to the TV Tokyo program Break Beats.

Track list

{{Track listing

| title1 = {{nihongo|Hi no Ataru Basho (Original Mix)|陽のあたる場所||A Place in the Sun}}

| lyrics1 = Misia, Jun Sasaki

| music1 = J. Sasaki

| length1 = 5:15

| title2 = {{nihongo|Koisuru Kisetsu|恋する季節||Season of Love}}

| lyrics2 = Toshitaka Sonoda, Chihiro Close

| music2 = Satoshi Shimano

| length2 = 5:41

| title3 = Hi no Ataru Basho (Master Key Remix: featuring K-Dub Shine)

| lyrics3 = Misia, J. Sasaki

| music3 = J. Sasaki

| length3 = 5:22

| title4 = Hi no Ataru Basho (New Soul River Dub)

| lyrics4 = Misia, J. Sasaki

| music4 = J. Sasaki

| length4 = 5:25

}}

Charts

=[[Oricon]] Sales Chart=

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align="center" rowspan="4"|May 21, 1998

|align="left"|Oricon Daily Singles Chart

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|align="center" rowspan="4"|131,635

|align="center" rowspan="4"|13 weeks

align="left"|Oricon Weekly Singles Chart

|align="center"|9

|align="left"|31,450

align="left"|Oricon Monthly Singles Chart

|align="center"|13

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align="left"|Oricon Yearly Singles Chart

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