Get pumped with popular songs from “Okaasan to Issho”! A collection of timeless tunes everyone will want to sing together

Yay at home!Daisuke Yokoyama / Takumi Mitani

Yeah, yay!! / Daisuke Yokoyama, Takumi Mitani

A song that will make you love your own home the most—because there’s no place like it! It’s bright and upbeat, so even little kids can learn it easily.

Humans aren’t the only ones who want to chill at home!? Various animals make an appearance too, so be sure to give it a listen.

Earth boing-boingDaisuke Yokoyama / Takumi Mitani

Earth Pyon-Pyon (Okaasan to Issho) / Daisuke Yokoyama & Takumi Mitani

Just like the title “Earth Pyon-Pyon,” it makes you want to hop and skip along.

It’s a very bright and fun song, so even little children find it very easy to listen to.

It’s also a very popular insert song from Okaasan to Issho (With Mother).

Yokai ShiritoriYuichiro Hanada, Atsuko Ono

Yokai Shiritori [cover] - With Mother (Okaasan to Issho)

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 OcarinaYuichiro Hanada, Atsuko Ono

Rina with the Ocarina — Together with Mother — Song of November 2017

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.

Let's go out!Yuichiro Hanada, Atsuko Ono

Let's go out with Yoshi Big Brother: Parent and Child Hip Hop Dance!

It’s the song that was used on “Okaasan to Issho: Atsumare! Doyoubi” when the children danced together with the Taiso big brother and big sister.

Set to a hip-hop-style track, it seems like they make a bento with rice balls, rolled omelet, and fried shrimp and then head out.

Gluttonous GhostLyrics by: Sachiko Murata / Music by: Wakako Fukuda

Greedy Little Ghost (Okaasan to Issho) / Kentaro Hayami & Ayumi Shigemori

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!Lyrics by Yoko Tadokoro / Music by Masamitsu Tayama

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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?