
Let’s Go Camping!
11/4/2026 | 22m 59sVideo has Closed Captions
Join Gunmachan and friends for fun adventures and explore Gunma’s culture and specialties!
Set in the whimsical world of Gunma, Gunmachan follows the daily adventures of Gunmachan and friends. Through playful stories filled with laughter, curiosity, and heartwarming moments, the series shares the charm of Gunma’s traditions, culture, and specialties. From exploring local customs to trying new things and enjoying time with friends, there’s always something fun to discover!
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Let’s Go Camping!
11/4/2026 | 22m 59sVideo has Closed Captions
Set in the whimsical world of Gunma, Gunmachan follows the daily adventures of Gunmachan and friends. Through playful stories filled with laughter, curiosity, and heartwarming moments, the series shares the charm of Gunma’s traditions, culture, and specialties. From exploring local customs to trying new things and enjoying time with friends, there’s always something fun to discover!
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship-♪ Hey, everybody ♪ ♪ Yes, keep on dancing ♪ ♪ Let's tanken da ♪ ♪ Hey, everybody ♪ ♪ Yes, keep on dancing ♪ ♪ Let's bouken da ♪ [ Singing in Japanese ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Singing continues ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ Hey, everybody ♪ ♪ Yes, keep on dancing ♪ ♪ What?
Taihen da ♪ ♪ Hey, everybody ♪ ♪ Yes, keep on dancing ♪ ♪ Let's bouken da ♪ -Together: ♪ Let's go camping ♪ -It's another sunny day in Gunma.
-Together: ♪ Let's go camping ♪ -So it seems Gunmachan is going camping with Dad and Aoma.
-Alright, we're here.
-Both: Yay!
Both: Wow.
-I guess it's not that bad.
-The air is so clean.
-A classic phrase when it comes to camping.
[ Bird hooting ] -Okay, then, let's start pitching the -- -Both: Whoo-hoo!
[ Laughing ] -[ Chuckles ] Those two.
Let's see what I can do.
-As a side note, this is Gunmachan's dad's fifth time camping, but it's always been solo camping until today.
♪♪ -[ Grunting ] -Both: [ Laughing ] -[ Grunting continues ] There we go.
The tent's done.
[ Laughter continues ] Now for the fly.
[ Grunting ] Drive in the tent pegs... Pull the fly over the tent... And all finished.
-Both: [ Laughing ] -Oh.
[ Sighs ] Hey, you guys.
-Both: Huh?
What is it?
-Can you tell me how many people are here?
-Huh?
-Uh, three people.
-Yep.
You're right.
Three people.
Now we're here to enjoy camping.
-Both: Yeah.
-What do we do when camping?
-Both: Uh, we play!
-Wrong.
So close.
Without a tent, we have nowhere to sleep.
And without a fire, we have no food.
So I guess we're in trouble unless somebody decides to do that work.
Who do you think should do that?
[ Sing-song voice ] Wrong!
[ Normal voice ] Not even close.
Camping is about everyone working together to have fun.
-Huh?
But we're kids.
Our job is to play.
-That's right, that's right.
-What do you think playing is?
-Huh?
Playing games, reading manga, and hanging out with friends.
-Exactly.
It means we get to do stuff with friends and have a lot of fun.
-Ding, ding, ding!
You are correct.
"Have fun" is the answer.
-Both: Have fun?
-That's right.
When you're camping, everything is always fun.
-[ Gasps ] -[ Sing-song voice ] We're having fun camping.
Having fun, having fun.
-Both: [ Gasp ] -Having fun, having fun.
Can't help but have fun.
Camping, camping.
Camping's the best.
-Both: Ah!
-This is fun.
-That looks fun.
-Huh?
I guess we can also give it a shot.
-[ Normal voice ] Tsk, tsk, tsk.
Too bad, but the tent's already finished.
-Both: What?
Not fair!
-But we can all make dinner together if you like.
-Both: Yeah, let's do that.
-What's this?
-A table?
-This is for laying down the charcoal.
Then we do this... ...and this.
Ta-da!
Now we can cook.
-Both: Wow.
-Alright, let's all get to cooking.
-Both: Yeah!
-All: [ Sing-song voice ] Having fun, having fun.
Camping, camping.
Ingredients.
Cut, cut, cut.
Cook them together.
Soup is ready.
Cook our sausages.
[ Sausages sizzling ] Toast the buns and sandwich them to make a hot dog.
All done!
-This looks good.
-All: Itadakimasu.
-[ Munching, humming with enjoyment ] This hot dog is super duper good.
-Oh, mmm!
This soup isn't bad either.
-Mmm.
We're having fun with good food.
-Both: Yeah, I love camping!
-[ Chuckles ] Mmm.
Ah!
There's nothing like the serenity of a post-meal coffee break.
-Both: [ Laughing ] -[ Sighs ] Kids sure have a lot of energy.
[ Bird chirping ] Alright, then, let's go canoeing.
[ Water splashing ] ♪♪ -Canoeing is fun.
-Lakes are so awesome.
-We should bring your mom and Yuumi next time, too.
I bet they're missing us right about now.
- Yaki-manju party.
Yay!
-I gathered up the sweet varieties today.
-Oh, wow.
-Wow.
[ Humming with gusto ] It's so sweet and good.
-Ah!
Mmm.
What?
What is this?
So sweet!
-Hey, you got the good one.
I used a sweetener that's 400 times sweeter than sugar.
-But it's too sweet!
-You think so?
The saying is to try everything.
So next time, I'll make it 300 times sweeter.
-Why?
-I like to go above and beyond what's possible.
-But why?
-I have no clue.
[ Thunder rumbling ] -All: Oh!
-It's thunder.
[ Rumbling continues ] [ Rain pattering ] [ Thunder crashing ] -Are we gonna be okay?
-The fly will keep the rain from coming into the tent.
-The rain sounds like music.
-It's probably a passing shower.
Let's enjoy doing nothing for a little bit.
-Uh, doing nothing?
-Right.
-That could be fun.
-I guess so.
-Both: [ Snoring softly ] -[ Chuckles ] This is like a full on nap.
[ Sipping ] [ Zipper unzipping ] Oh?
-What a great nap.
-[ Yawns ] -Alright, let's pack up and go home.
We need to take all our trash, too.
Camping doesn't end until we get home.
Let's keep having fun.
-Both: Yay!
-Camping power... at 100%.
-[ Snoring softly ] [ Yawns ] Huh?
-Hello.
Good morning.
-Huh?
What?
-Nice to meet you.
-We are ninjas.
-Oh!
So cool, ninja.
Nice to meet you.
So what exactly do ninjas do?
-Both: What?
-Let me explain.
Ninja is written with a kanji combining blade and heart and the kanji for person.
Put simply, they are spies.
-We are self-employed ninjas.
-Oh, that's cool.
-We are here today as part of our door-to-door sales.
We'll provide our services for anything you'd like.
-If there's anyone you want to get rid of -- -No.
Times have changed.
That would be a compliance violation.
-Com rice ants?
-Com-pli-ance.
It means there are certain rules in place that even us ninjas have to follow.
-I see.
Got it.
-My little sister is still young, so she doesn't understand the new rules.
-Joo-joo.
-Learning so many rules must be pretty hard.
-These new times have made our work difficult.
It's not easy for us sisters.
That's why elder sister cat and younger sister... -Joo.
-We are the ninja sisters.
Please give us a mission.
-Wow.
That was cool.
So the older sister is the cat and the little sister is the mouse.
-We grew up in a complicated household.
Maybe we can discuss that next time.
-Joo-joo-joo.
-Oh, I see.
-Thank you.
Anyways, we'll take your request free of charge as a special service to you today.
-Really?
Is that okay?
-Consider it a free trial.
I'm sure you'll understand just how valuable we are.
-Who should we erase?
[ Knife unsheathes ] -Huh?
-In today's day and age, there's no erasing anyone.
-Joo-joo!
-Oh.
So I can't erase anyone?
-Well, no.
We can, we can, but it's not allowed.
-So we won't.
-We won't.
-Hmm... In that case... -[ Munching ] Oh.
[ Explosion ] What?
-Both: We are the ninja sisters.
-It's -- It's kunoichi.
-Well done, Aoma.
He sure knows his ninjas.
Try writing ku-no-ichi.
It makes up the Japanese kanji for "woman".
In Japan, female ninjas are referred to as k unoichi.
-Hold on one second.
That doesn't sit right with me.
You have a special category for female ninjas, it seems.
But do you refer to male ninjas as tajikara?
-Tajikara?
-I see.
"Ta" and "jikara" make up the kanji "man".
-According to your logic, all ninjas would be categorized as either kunoichi or tajikara.
-Okay.
-But that's not right.
In reality, we are all just ninja.
-Oh, this is all pretty complicated.
-Both: Huh?
-Should we get rid of him?
-No.
-Rough him up a bit?
-Uh, well, uh... [ Sighs ] No.
Violence won't solve anything.
We're a new breed of ninja.
-Hey, you thought about it, didn't you?
What are you guys here for, anyway?
-Both: [ Gasp ] -That's right.
We have a message from Gunmachan.
-Gunmachan is doing pretty good.
-That is all.
-That's all you came for?
-With that, we bid you farewell.
[ Explosion ] -Hold on.
Wait.
[ Coughs ] What was that?
[ Telephone ringing ] -Hello?
-Hello?
Hey, Gunmachan!
Could you please quit with the weird ninja stuff?
-So then you didn't like it?
-If you need anything, you can call or e-mail me.
-That's true.
-Seriously?
Geez.
[ Window rolling ] -Huh?
-Both: The ninja sisters have arrived.
-Welcome back.
-My liege, we have fulfilled your orders.
-Um, my liege?
-This is just your usual ninja lingo, so please just go along with it.
-You sure we shouldn't erase him?
-We mustn't.
Right now, we have to focus on building a new clientele and developing our business worldwide.
-Joo-joo.
-Gunmachan.
-Both Oh!
-Is someone there?
-Yeah.
The two ninjas are... [ Gasps ] Huh?
-You told me someone was here.
You got me this time.
-Huh?
Oh.
-No, my liege.
-[ Whimpers ] -You must not disclose our existence to others.
-Huh?
-She means don't tell anyone about us.
-Really?
Why?
-Both: What?
-I knew it.
He's going to end up spilling our secret.
-[ Whimpering ] -Oh.
That's just candy there.
Have a taste.
-Huh?
-It's delicious.
-[ Slurps ] Oh.
It's sweet.
-Has this given you a basic idea of how we work?
Starting next time, we'll solve the many conspiracies swirling within Gunma on your behalf, Gunmachan.
-Joo-joo.
-Oh, okay.
Well, thank you very much, I guess.
Oh.
Huh?
They're gone.
-[ Snoring softly ] -Good evening.
-Oh.
[ Screams ] -We are ninjas.
-I know that.
-We are self-employed ninjas, and we take on missions.
-And what?
-We figured we might as well drop by here, too.
We'll provide our services for anything you'd like.
-Uh... Then please get out of here!
-So that's your job for us?
-No.
It's not!
-Should we erase him?
-I suppose.
-Get out!
-Ninja power... at 100%.
[ Water splashing ] -All: Cheers!
[ Gulping ] Ah!
Good work, guys.
-Huh?
Hey, Gunmachan!
-Hi, everyone.
-Gunmachan, it's been a while.
Come have a drink with us.
-We're celebrating, Gunmachan.
-What are you celebrating?
-All: Um... [ Sigh defeatedly ] -The truth is that our band is breaking up, Gunmachan.
-Really?
But why?
-Fine, then.
It's not the best time.
But we'll show you a special treat.
-All: We are the rock band Nyaaz!
Meow!
Meow!
-That's right.
Today's our last day as Nyaaz.
-[ Grunts ] -All: [ Sigh ] -We wanted to end with a smile, but... -Yeah, it's not that easy, man.
-This is Gunma's popular rock band, Nyaaz.
Their concert tickets always sell out in a flash.
How could such a band break up?
What could possibly have happened?
-So what's wrong?
-Fine, we'll tell you.
-We Nyaaz had made it to the very top.
-We were filthy rich and living in style.
-And doing our taxes the year after was a massive pain.
-Paying taxes is a civic duty.
-Oh, that's cool.
-We really did have it all, Gunmachan.
[ Camera shutter clicks ] We formed a band and did everything we ever wanted to do.
[ Camera shutter clicks ] We bought everything that money can buy.
[ Camera shutter clicks ] -We achieved our dreams.
-Oh.
That's cool.
-And now we hate it all.
-Why?
-We're tired of being around each other.
-Tama's constant fidgeting!
-Nora's snoring!
-Tora's habit of being late.
-And Buchi's OCD!
-All: We can't take it anymore!
-I'm sick of doing the same thing everywhere we go.
-I can't stand being fawned over anymore.
-I'm so sick of being... sick of things.
[ Cellphone ringing ] -Ah!
Hey, you darn manager!
I thought I told you to stop calling!
Shut up!
We never want to hear your stupid lectures ever again.
-Ugh!
We're done letting anyone take advantage of us.
-They're just a bunch of hyenas trying to leech off of our hard work.
-I'm tired of this industry.
-I see.
-All of that ends today!
-Although we haven't told our agency yet.
-Who cares?
We pay the penalties and then we're free.
-We just don't want to do anything anymore.
-Yeah, I get it.
That happens.
-All: What?
-What do you mean?
You're just a little kid.
-Gunmachan, you still have times like that?
-Even though you're clearly not a grown up yet?
-Sure.
-Even someone as young as Gunmachan.
-But you look so happy all the time.
-Yeah, but there are days I'm not happy.
-Then what do you do on those days?
-Oh, well, I usually lie in bed and take it easy.
-Take it... easy?
-It's been a while since we've been able to take time off to ourselves.
-We were so caught up on maximizing our popularity and fan base.
-Suddenly, I couldn't clean anymore.
-Isn't it a waste of time if you're not having fun every day?
-All: It's a waste?
-You know, come to think of it, when did playing music stop being fun?
Even back when no one took us seriously, it wasn't like this.
We were always at our part-time jobs.
-And we played in front of the station every Saturday night.
-And afterwards, we'd hang out at Tama's place and talk about our dreams.
-That was really fun.
-Yeah, those days were definitely the days.
-I love you guys very much.
-We all had big dreams, huh?
-Even though we had nothing else.
-Nora and Tora got in a big fight once, remember?
-Tama and I tried to stop you guys, and Nora punched us.
-Then the two of you got so mad and went at Nora.
but you just hit me instead.
-Then Tora got mad and charged at Tama and Buchi.
-All: And we all agreed that violence was never the answer.
[ Laughing ] -Then we met and signed with our agency.
-All: Thank you for taking us in.
-And we became popular.
-All: 'Sup.
-And I guess we changed.
-All: [ Gasp ] Zero fans?
-You are all fired!
-Guys, we might have really, really messed this up bad.
-[ Bing! ]
-Gunma power!
-So this is where Gunma Power comes in today.
What do you all think?
-All: Let's forget about breaking up!
Yeah!
-Well, that's good.
-I still really love music.
-I believe in the power of music.
-It moves people.
-That's Nyaaz for you.
-All: Meow!
-Yay!
[ Laughs ] Huh?
-Since we were planning to break up, I didn't take the time to write any lyrics.
-And I didn't write any melodies.
-I can't arrange anything.
-I don't have any worries at the moment, which is unsettling.
-[ Grunts ] -Then... -All: Then?
-You all can... -All: We all can?
-Break up?
-All: [ Worriedly ] Break up?
-There's no way we can do that!
-We are Nyaaz!
-Until the day we die!
-We can never break up!
-The handsome lead vocal, Tama!
-The spiky-haired guitarist, Nora!
-The cool and collected bassist, Tora!
-And the Mohawk drummer, Buchi.
-All: We are the rock band Nyaaz!
Meow, meow!
-So cool!
Meow, meow, meow, meow, Nyaaz.
Meow, meow, meow, meow, Nyaaz.
Meow, meow, meow, meow, Nyaaz.
-Yo, that's the hook, man.
-Huh?
-Everyone, thanks for the encore.
Did you like our new song, "Meow, meow, meow, meow, Nyaaz"?
-We are so grateful for you!
You keep us going!
-You guys are all true Nyaaz fans.
Friends for life!
-And don't forget to get your Nyaaz merch after the concert.
-Otherwise, we won't be able to pay our taxes.
Meow, meow, meow!
-Paying taxes is a civic duty.
-I guess adults have it pretty tough.
Nyaaz power... at 100%.
♪♪ [ Singing in Japanese ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪
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