Tokyo Kodomo Club (東京こどもクラブ, Tōkyō Kodomo Kurabu), meaning Tokyo Children Club, is an early childhood education program published in Japan in an audio-visual format, distributed monthly on a record. The 7-inch record contained stories and songs, accompanied by a picture book that could be bound in a special folder. The early-childhood education program came in two courses: a 2-4 year old course and a 5-7 year old course. Each of the courses was designed to complete in 12 months. In addition on a quarterly basis, the Club sent out supplemental stories, songs and other music on a 12-inch record. The recitations on Side A were by "Uncle Maeda" (前田武彦, Takehiko Maeda), and on Side B, "Bin-chan" (楠トシエ, Toshie Kusunoki). The records were monaural recordings at 33-1/3 rpm. Presently, the recordings have gone out of print, making their procurement quite difficult.
The programs were designed to familiarize children with stories and songs from around the world, with emphasis on European orchestral works. Main story narration often featured Classical music as a background music in order to help set the tone of the story. The bullets found in the index to each lesson were color-coded: red for the main story, blue for the songs and yellow for the occasional extra story. In the original course series, the main stories and songs were bulleted with a star and the extra stories with a circle. However, in later course series, they switched their bullets to red circles, blue squares and yellow triangles, keeping the same color code as before.
Song: Crow's Seven Children (七つのこ, Nanatsu no Ko) Story: Kindergarten of Friendly Animals and Birds (なかよしどうぶつと小鳥の幼稚園, Nakayoshi Dōbutsu to Kotori no Yōchien)
Song: Mr. Bunny in the Box (はこのなかのうさぎさん, Hako no Naka no Usagi-san) Song: Old Man Cobbler (くつやのおじさん, Kutsu-ya no O-jii-san) Song: Mr. Piggy (こぶたさん, Kobuta-san) Song: Blocks (つみき, Tsumiki)
Song: Buzz-buzz-buzz Busy Little Bee (ぶんぶんぶん, Bun-bun-bun) Song: Catch a Red Bird (あかいとりことり, Akai Kotori Tori) Song: Rain-fall Bear Cub (あめふりくまのこ, Ame-furi Kuma no Ko) Song: Sound of Bells (かねのね, Kane no Ne)
Song:Mr. Soap (せっけんさん, Sekken-san)[citation needed] Song:New Home (あたらしいうち, Atarashii Uchi)[citation needed] Song:Potato (じゃがいも, Jaga-imo)[citation needed] Song:First in Being Early in the Morning... (あさいちばんはやいのは, Asa Ichi-ban Hayai no wa)[citation needed]
Song: Chick (ひよこ, Hiyoko) Song: Playhouse (おままごと, O-mamagoto) Story: Adventures of Shin (新ちゃんの冒険, Shin-chan no Bōken)
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Story: The Adventures of Mouse Deer
Song: Odds and Ends of a Child (こどものがらくた, Kodomo no Garakuda)[citation needed] Song: Tiger (とら, Tora)[citation needed] Song: Medicine Bag (おくすりのふくろ, O-kusuri no Fukuro)[citation needed] Song: Lunchbox (おべんとばこ, O-bento-bako)[citation needed]
Song: That Dog is Strange (あのいぬへんだ, Ano Inu Hen Da) Song: Mountain Waltz (やまのワルツ, Yama no Warutsu) Story: Canary that Flew into the Sky (空を飛んだカナリア, Sora o Tonda Kanaria)
Song: Race with Mom (ママとかけっこ, Mama to Kakekko) Song: Love to Run (はしるのだいすき, Hashiru no Dai-suki) Song: Shepherd's Daughter (ひつじかいのむすめ, Hitsuji-kai no Musume) Song: Amaryllis (アマリリス, Amaririsu)
Song: Friendship Song (ともだちのうた, Tomodachi no Uta) Song: Tottotoko (トットトコ, Tottotoko) Song: Scissor Grinder (はさみとぎ, Hasami-togi) Song: My Bella Bimba (わたしのベラビンバ, Watashi no Bera-binba)
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Story: Julia and Latos (ユリアとラトス, Yuria to Ratosu)
Song: Drops Song (ドロップスのうた, Doroppusu no Uta) Song: Wonderful Papa, Charming Mama (すてきなパパ おしゃれなママ, Suteki na Papa, Oshare na Mama) Story: Sky Journey (そらのたび, Sora no Tabi)
Song: Balloon that Climbed Up to the Sky (そらへのぼったふうせん, Sora e Nobotta Fūsen) Song: Found a Do-gooder (いいやつみつけた, Ii-yatsu Mitsuketa) Song: At the Tangerine Orchard (みかんばたけで, Mikan-batake de) Song: March of the Sea (うみのマーチ, Umi no Māchi)
Full of Fun Sounds (たのしいおとがいっぱい, Tanoshii Oto ga Ippai)
Uncle Kōji's Story Bag
Uncle Kōji's Story Bag (コージおじさんのおはなしぶくろ, Kōji ojisan no Ohanashibukuro)
Story Bag No. 1: Why is the Ocean Salty? (うみのみずはなぜしおからいか, Umi no Mizu wa Naze Shio-karai ka)
Story Bag No. 2: Snow Woman (ゆきおんな, Yuki-onna)
Story Bag No. 3: Happy Flowers (しあわせのはな, Shiawase no Hana)
Story Bag No. 4: Cinderella of the Southern Isles (みなみのしまのシンデレラ, Minami no Shima no Shinderera)
Story Bag No. 5: Egg Number Three (たまごさいばん, Tamago San-ban)
Story Bag No. 6: Sun-shine and the Golden Chain (おてんとうさんときんのくさり, Otentō-san to Kin no Kusari)
Story Bag No. 7: Table-cloth from the North-wind (きたかぜくれたテーブルかけ, Kita-kaze Kureta Tēburu-kake)
Story Bag No. 8: Nightingale's Home (うぐいすのさと, Uguisu no Sato)
Sing in English Group
The Tokyo Kodomo Club issued two courses of children’s songs in English for the Japanese audience in the Sing in English Group (英語で歌う会, Ei-go de Utau Kai) series. These songs were sung by Esther Ghan and her children. The Let’s Sing English Songs (英語で歌いましょう, Ei-go de Utaimashō) course was designed similarly to their Japanese courses, where the lesson units were distributed monthly on a record. Each of the courses was designed to complete in 12 months, with the course set spanning two years. For the older children, Folk-album for All (みんなのフォーク・アルバム, Minna no Fōku-arubamu) in a set of six lesson units and a Christmas supplement were provided. It also spanned over two years.
Bin-Chan's Song and Story (びんちゃんのうたとおはなし, Bin-chan no Uta to O-hanashi): Spring, Springbrook (はるのおがわ, Haru no Ogawa), Koinobori (こいのぼり, Koi-nobori), Summer.
Contact information
Original Address:
Tokyo Kodomo Club 15-5 Hachiyama-chō Shibuya-ku, Tōkyō, Japan 〒150-0035
Postal transfer: Tokyo 5-88764
Current address:
Tokyo Kodomo Club 12-4 Asahi-chō Hachiōji-shi, Tōkyō, Japan 〒192-0083
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