Songs to Sing on Rainy Days! Introducing Beloved Children’s Songs About Rain That Transcend Generations
When it rains, you can’t go play outside, and kids tend to feel a bit gloomy, don’t they?
At times like that, listen to or sing children’s songs with a “rain” theme to make rainy days a little brighter!
In this article, we’ve gathered a variety of children’s songs themed around “rain,” including songs that describe how the rain falls, songs that evoke the image of rain, and songs that capture the excitement after the rain stops.
Even children who feel they don’t like rain might start to like it a little after listening to the songs we introduce.
On gloomy rainy days, let’s sing and keep our spirits up!
Playlist
| Songs to Sing on Rainy Days! Introducing Beloved Children’s Songs About Rain That Transcend Generations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| show_chart | Title | Playlist | Review |
| 1east | raindropsSakushi: Kobayashi Junichi / Sakkyoku: Nakada Yoshinao | play_arrow | A children's song for parents and children themed around raindrops |
| 2east | Rainy Rin-chanAkihiro Sugita · Ryoko Tsunoda | play_arrow | A heartwarming song introduction that captures the charm of a rainy day |
| 3east | Rain of the Four Seasonschosha fushou | play_arrow | A famous Japanese children's song depicting seasonal rain |
| 4east | Rainy Day HeartbeatSakushi: Urano Hiroshi / Sakkyoku: Makino Kanami | play_arrow | A bright song that captures the charm of a rainy day |
| 5east | A tadpole is a frog’s child.Genkyoku: Amerika min’yō | play_arrow | A children's song depicting the transformation from tadpole to frog |
| 6east | Summer has comeSakushi: Sasaki Nobutsuna / Sakkyoku: Koyama Sakunosuke | play_arrow | A song depicting early summer in the Meiji era that is still beloved in the community today. |
| 7east | Beyond the rainbowSakushi Sakkyoku: Sakata Osamu | play_arrow | A children's song by Osamu Sakata, Beyond the Rainbow |
| 8east | rainfallsakushi: kitahara hakushū / sakkyoku: nakayama shinpei | play_arrow | A children's song by Hakushu Kitahara that sings about a janome umbrella |
| 9east | Rainy AquariumSakushi: Shinzawa Toshihiko / Sakkyoku: Nakagawa Hirotaka | play_arrow | A children's song that imagines a rainy city as an aquarium |
| 10east | snailSakushi sakkyoku: Monbushō shōka | play_arrow | A song from Japanese shoka (school songs) that features a snail as its theme |
| 11east | rainSakushi: Kitahara Hakushū / Sakkyoku: Hirota Ryūtarō | play_arrow | A children's song for a rainy day, lyrics by Hakushū Kitahara and music by Ryūtarō Hirota |
| 12east | Rainy Amusement ParkSakushi:Taniuchi Rokurou/Sakkyoku:Nakamura Hachidai | play_arrow | A masterpiece that depicts an amusement park in the rain |
| 13east | A Little Bear in the RainSakushi: Tsurumi Masao / Sakkyoku: Yuyama Akira | play_arrow | A nursery rhyme about a bear cub playing in rain puddles |
| 14east | Frog ChorusNihongo yakushi: Okamoto Toshiaki / sakkyoku: Doitsu min’yō | play_arrow | The song of the frog is a nursery rhyme originating in Germany. |
| 15east | So it rains.Sakushi: Shinzawa Toshihiko / Sakkyoku: Nakagawa Hirotaka | play_arrow | A nursery rhyme that sings of the feelings of creatures who love the rainy season |
| 16east | drip drop (of raindrops)Sakushi: Sugiyama Toshiko/Sakkyoku: Ichinomiya Michiko | play_arrow | A fingerplay song that depicts the rain |
| 17east | teru teru bozu (a traditional Japanese handmade doll hung to wish for good weather)Sakushi: Asahara Kyōson / Sakkyoku: Nakayama Shinpei | play_arrow | Teru Teru Bozu, a children's song originating in Nagano during the Taisho era |
| 18east | Teru teru bozu we made togetherSakushi: Shibano Tamizō/Sakkyoku: Ōnaka Megumi | play_arrow | A children’s song themed around teru teru bozu, enjoyed by parents and children as they make them together. |
| 19east | Rainbow OrchestraSakushi: Sasaguchi Yū / Sakkyoku: Satō Itsuo | play_arrow | A children’s song that expresses a post-rain rainbow with an orchestra |
| 20east | Rainy MoonSakushi: Noguchi Ujō / Sakkyoku: Nakayama Shinpei | play_arrow | Rainy Moon Showa Long Hit |
| 21east | Here is the weather forecast.Nihongo shi: Fukuo Noho / Amerika min’yō | play_arrow | Introduction to the children's song 'Alps Ichiman-jaku' |
| 22east | The frog’s fluteSakushi: Saitō Nobuo / Sakkyoku: Kainuma Minoru | play_arrow | A nursery rhyme that depicts the croaking of frogs |
| 23east | rainbowSakushi: Shinzawa Toshihiko / Sakkyoku: Nakagawa Hirotaka | play_arrow | Children’s songs by Toshihiko Shinzawa and Hirotaka Nakagawa |
| 24east | Night Patrol of the FrogsSakushi: Noguchi Ujō / Sakkyoku: Nakayama Shinpei | play_arrow | A nursery rhyme that expresses a frog’s croak with onomatopoeia |
| 25east | Pitchanponyukichan, wanwan, u-tan, kukku- | play_arrow | A charming song for enjoying a rainy day |
| 26east | Rubber Boots MarchSakushi: Kamitsubo Maya / Sakkyoku: Mine Akira | play_arrow | A nursery rhyme to cheerfully get through rainy days with rubber boots |
| 27east | Nyanyunyo Weather ForecastSakushi: Oguro Keiko / Sakkyoku: Uno Seiichirō | play_arrow | A children's song that tells the weather by a cat's gestures |


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