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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Wow!! Stylish!Hayami Kentarō, Shigemori Ayumi
Lions combing their manes, elephants taking showers, hippos washing themselves, and crocodiles brushing their teeth.
It’s a fun song about animals grooming themselves.
Listening to this song might even make children want to imitate them and busily get themselves ready.
Gluttonous GhostSakushi: Murata Sachiko / Sakkyoku: Fukuda Wakako
This is a fun, humor-filled song that depicts a ghost peeking into the refrigerator in the middle of the night.
Its lyrics incorporate food shapes in a quiz-style format, and the bright, rhythmic melody is memorable.
Created by Sachiko Murata and Wakako Fukuda, the piece was also broadcast on NHK’s “Okaasan to Issho” and is beloved by many children.
It’s a great song to sing with two-year-olds while imitating the ghost’s gestures, moving your body, and using your hands to show different food shapes.
It can also be used as a sketchbook theater activity in nursery schools and kindergartens.
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?
Goronta OndoMizuki Ichirō, Saitō Nobuko
The ending theme used from 1976 to 1979 was “Goronta Ondo.” It was performed by Nobuko Saito, the 11th ‘Uta no Onee-san,’ and Ichiro Mizuki, who reigned as the king of anime songs and also served as the second ‘Uta no Onii-san.’ The Tokyo Broadcasting Children’s Choir also took part, and the energetic voices of the children left a strong impression.
In the middle of the song, there’s a scene where the character Goronta competes with the children, and it’s said that this was when the staging began of costumed characters actually interacting with kids.
Let’s go to the park.Hayami Kentarō, Shigemori Ayumi
Osamu Sakata, affectionately known as a former “Uta no Onii-san” (the big brother who sings), has created many songs, and one of his most popular is “Let’s Go to the Park.” Since it was performed on the NHK program “Okaasan to Issho,” it has been sung at kindergartens and nursery schools across Japan.
The song captures the excitement of going out to the park.
There’s a call-and-response section in the middle, so it’s sure to get everyone energized when sung together.
It’s also fun to sing before heading out to the park.
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Dangling AlienYokoyama Daisuke / Mitani Takumi
When I listen to this song, I can’t help but want to move my body along, going “burabura~.” What kind of moves does the Burabura Alien make, anyway? Try moving your body with your child while listening to the song and become a “Burabura Alien” together!
Bunbun SwingYokoyama Daisuke / Mitani Takumi
It’s a song from September 2013 during the Takumi Mitani & Daisuke Yokoyama era.
The lyrics are by Inko Saito, and the music is by Akihiro Yūki.
With the swing—something everyone played on as a child—as its theme, the song charmingly yet powerfully portrays the image of swinging ever higher and ever farther.