This is a meme heaven...

I taught the concept of Mottainai with my kindergarten class and showed them this video. They loved it! They kept asking to hear it and could sing along to the chorus. We also read the story, "Mottainai Grandma" and made birdfeeders out of milk cartons in the spirit of Mottainai.

an urgent plea for our time on this planet

This is spook what I grew up hearing from my Grams. We were recycling way before I even heard the word...teased by a cousin because I was washing ziploc bags when they first came out. I still wash and reuse them--until they get a puka in them. Thanks for the great teachings Grams!

I hope this goes viral and hits mainstream TV too!!! We all need to become more aware of what we use and how it could be reused before being tossed...um...recycled.

今日のLAの東本願寺の盆踊りでこの曲しりました。面白くてカッコ良い曲！

This song is lit!!!

Good message, great fun and catchy music!

We are using this for our school concert on the big stage infront of lots of people

i love this

AWESOME!

Wonderful!

I’m doing this for a Japanese assignment in class and whenever my friend and I heard this song and at “Ohhh motainai” we would do paper scissors ✂️ rock!! 😂

Brilliant! Truly the best environmental music video and message I've ever seen!

Thanks for this catchy reminder ... It's so true that Obaachans and Ojiichans, too, used to recycle before it was fashionable. How well I remember the balls of string that we laughed over - until we needed string!

LOVE this song! love the message. :) Favoriting.

this is so good!!!!

I love Nobuko. I saw her play at the Getty a few months ago - entertaining and completely thought provoking show!

i'm learning this dance at school

Quem Recicla ,Recicla a pròpia vida .Parabens .

AWESOME JOB - from the Sacramento Betsuin

This is the song of the school at my school

love this

We sang this song for choir

i'm trying to convince my science teacher to play this on earth day

Have to learn this song at Japanese. Joy.

I think maybe you don't get it so much if you're not Japanese, or familiar with Japanese people and the culture - but the overall message is pretty clear, yes? The Great Leap has other conservational videos out there also, and other music that mixes cultures and genres. They're pretty awesome.

My Japanese Teacher Plays this song and we keep asking her to show us the comments but she keep saying no ;(

Gucci Gucci

this definitely needs more likes.

nobuko jumping out of the trash! woo hoo!

To get this video I think you need to be JA (Japanese-American) and to have grown up with your mom, aunties and grandmas constantly telling you it's "mottanai" to waste anything. They all went through tough times when basic needs were very scarce and appreciate everything they have. Although sometimes they do get carried away with keeping everything . .:)

look at all of the things they threw away in this video

the message and the song is good ,the clip need to be ... ''revisited'' ... XD

Every Grain of Rice -Joel Galarza

Ok the video is a bit weird :D but the message is amazing!

and flute guy looks like epic sax guy

Excellent

I'm sick in this song. Everyone pls think about our earth

I'm half Japanese and I understand the meaning and everything, but this video is still just so weird XD

It's not even kind of weird, it's very weird

Nope, yur not the only one lol

MOTTAINAI PEOPLE lol

lol my teacher posts this on his page

NEMIS12, thanks for your honest reply, actually do appreciate it. For what it's worth, the song is based on a traditional Japanese folk song structure & style. Please check out the newest environmental music video ("CYCLES OF CHANGE") on Great Leap's channel and let me know if you think it sucks as bad as this one...

i wish my classmates would stop sending this to me

Am I the only one who thinks this is kind of weird?

Soooo wired

Good job you are making people to recycle stuff

not at all

I hate it... No offence