About this season
Children go on errands all by themselves for the very first time as a camera crew follows along in this beloved, long-running reality show from Japan.
Episodes (10)
1. Episode 1
Aired 1 January 2023 • 11 min
A 5-year-old boy heads out to buy yakisoba noodles, bean sprouts and bread. He gets off to a promising start but suddenly returns home empty-handed.
2. Episode 2
Aired 1 January 2023 • 14 min
A boy and girl are asked to get some firewood and green onions. Obtaining the items is easy enough, but carrying the firewood is quite the challenge.
3. Episode 3
Aired 1 January 2023 • 15 min
Two siblings take a ferry and trolley to go shopping for their mom. Twenty-five years later, the older sister sends her son on an errand of his own.
4. Episode 4
Aired 1 January 2023 • 19 min
Tasked with picking up a wall clock for their new home, an excited sister and brother head to a department store, talking to everyone along the way.
5. Episode 5
Aired 1 January 2023 • 21 min
Acting as a little mother, a girl takes her younger brother on an errand to buy some groceries but has trouble pronouncing what she needs to buy.
6. Episode 6
Aired 1 January 2023 • 13 min
A mother wants to let her 3-year-old son do something by himself, so she asks him to deliver a water bottle to his older brother at kindergarten.
7. Episode 7
Aired 1 January 2023 • 10 min
A 4-year-old boy refuses to run an errand for his mother because he is shy. He finally musters the courage to go, but his determination soon wavers.
8. Episode 8
Aired 1 January 2023 • 14 min
Inspired by a picture book, a little girl is always happy to help. One day, she takes her mother’s pants to a local store to get them repaired.
9. Episode 9
Aired 1 January 2023 • 13 min
Two sisters head out to deliver a flower to their grandma and do some grocery shopping, but they hit a snag when they forget what they have to buy.
10. Episode 10
Aired 1 January 2023 • 16 min
A 4-year-old girl must ride the bus by herself to visit her mother at the hospital. However, she has a hard time embarking without her doting father.