One of Japan's longest-running newspaper 4-koma manga strips. The series focus on everyday life of lovable kindergartener, Tabata Kobo and his family. "Kobo-chan" has appeared over 8,000 times in the morning edition of the Yomiuri Shimbun and has been syndicated to almost every paper in the country. Its gentle humor is similar to that of the ever-popular Sazae-san and reminiscint of times past.