A grandfather and a pumpkin. That's the whole story, and it's enough. The song carries you through something small and true, the kind of moment that stays with you not because it's dramatic, but because it feels real, lived-in, like watching someone's actual memory play out on screen. This is comfort without being saccharine, warmth without trying to earn it. Made for people who understand that the best things don't need to be loud.

Kabocha no Oji-san is a single-episode music video set to the song of the same name by Tetsuo Miyoshi. It was broadcast on NHK as part of the Minna no Uta program.