A children's song becomes something else when Seiichi Hayashi animates it. The video doesn't decorate the melody, it moves through it like memory itself, watercolor softness meeting the exact precision of a folk tradition that survived centuries. One minute of animation, one perfect song, no waste.

Seiichi Hayashi animates a traditional children's song from Hokkaido in this short music video, set to Rumiko Koyanagi's performance of Akai Yama Aoi Yama Shiroi Yama. The song is a warabe uta, one of the old Japanese folk tunes, much like nursery rhymes, that have been handed down across generations. The video aired as part of NHK's Minna no Uta program and marks Hayashi's first work for that series.