Get pumped with popular songs from “Okaasan to Issho”! A collection of timeless tunes everyone will want to sing together
The many classic songs born from “Okaasan to Issho” have become precious memories for parents and children.
From bright and cheerful tunes to heartwarming, gentle melodies and energetic songs, a wide variety of favorites enrich children’s hearts.
Here, we’ll introduce popular songs you can enjoy with your child.
From nostalgic pieces often sung in nursery schools and kindergartens to the latest hits everyone’s talking about, this collection is full of music that makes family time even more fun.
Find your favorite song and enjoy a joyful moment filled with smiles!
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Get hyped with popular songs from "Okaasan to Issho"! A collection of classic tunes everyone will want to sing together (221–230)
The bell rings.Hanada Yuuichirou, Ono Atsuko
This is a song that was used as the ending theme starting in 2017.
It’s also memorable that the ending changed to this song during the broadcast of “Garapiko-pu.” It’s nice that the flow continues where the characters signal the end by passing through a tunnel they created.
The powerful rhythm that evokes a marching tune and the lyrics that depict making more friends are highlights that lift your spirits.
The development that expresses the bell sound—the song’s title—also conveys a bright atmosphere, sharing the sense of unity and fun in the moment.
Yokai ShiritoriHanada Yuuichirou, Ono Atsuko
Many children (especially boys) love yokai, don’t they? In this song, amazingly, all the yokai names appear as a shiritori chain! You might even hear some yokai names for the first time.
Now then, which yokai ends with the “n” sound? Enjoy listening together with your child.
Lina the OcarinaHanada Yuuichirou, Ono Atsuko
Lina is a slightly quirky bird shaped a bit like an ocarina who loves to sing.
In the intro, you can hear a melody played on the ocarina.
It’s a song about Lina joyfully singing as she flies through the sky—just listening to it will lift your spirits.
Ho-re!Hanada Yuuichirou, Nagata Maya
Just when you think it starts with a melancholy, flamenco-like melody, Ho-Re! suddenly bursts into a cheerful rhythm and tune—it’s a song about vegetables growing in the fields.
With lively, dig-dig beats, it shows, through a fun dance, how potatoes, daikon radishes, and carrots are briskly dug up from the soil.
The witty lyrics are another highlight.
There’s even a little learning element, as you wonder what kinds of vegetables grow in a field.
It’s also fun that familiar dishes made with those vegetables appear in the lyrics.
Come on—sing, dance, and play to the steady Ho-re, ho-re rhythm!
I love big hugs!Sakushi: Tadokoro Yoko / Sakkyoku: Tayama Masamitsu
A heartwarming song that expresses warm affection.
Broadcast in August 1999 on NHK’s “Okaasan to Issho” as a popular song performed as a duet by Ayumi Shigemori and Kentaro Hayami, it teaches the importance and joy of embracing.
From interactions with family, pets, and friends to conversations with nature, it charmingly depicts various scenes and conveys the richness of expressing love.
This piece is a heartwarming song that parents and children of the child-rearing generation can enjoy singing together.
If you want to deepen your family bonds, why not try singing it with your child?
Flamenco of the WindHayami Kentarō, Shigemori Ayumi
Set to an authentic flamenco melody, this song describes how it feels to be wobbly and weak from a cold.
It portrays a child’s feelings as they suffer through the hardships of a cold—sneezing, running a fever, feeling awful—yet still hating the idea of getting a shot.
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BunbunhoiMiyauchi Ryo, Nanase Hitomi
Bun Bun Hoi is the ending theme of the puppet show Bun Bun Time, which aired within Okaasan to Issho for three years starting in 1979.
It was sung by Ryo Miyauchi, the 4th “Uta no Onii-san,” and Hitomi Nanase, the 13th “Uta no Onee-san.” Partway through, it features a fun game similar to Okaasan to Issho’s version of “Acchi Muite Hoi.” There’s also a version by Korogi ’73, a chorus unit active from 1972 to 1990 that performed anime songs and children’s songs.
