Songs of Japanese Prefectures

The songs of Japanese prefectures ( Japanese 都道府県民歌 , Todōfuken Minka ) are usually one per prefecture, more rarely several, official songs that have been individually determined by each prefecture. The prefectures of Osaka , Hiroshima and Ōita do not have an official, but Hiroshima and Osaka at least one unofficial prefectural song.

List of prefecture songs

prefecture	title	Announcement / determination on	link		Remarks
Aichi prefecture	Warera ga Aichi ( われらが愛知 , something like "We are Aichi")	25 Aug 1950	Text and notes
Akita Prefecture	Akita Kenminka ( 秋田県民歌 , for example "Song of the Citizens of Akita")	1930	Text and notes	Audio sample	public domain
Akita Prefecture	Kenmin no uta ( 県民の歌 , for example "Song of the Prefectural Citizens ")	Dec 7, 1959	Text and notes	Audio sample
Aomori Prefecture	Aomori-ken sanka ( 青森県賛歌 , something like "Hymn of Aomori Prefecture")	Sept. 23, 1971	Text and notes	Audio sample	is currently not sung
Aomori Prefecture	Aoi mori no Messēji ( 青い森のメッセージ , something like "message of the green forest")	Jan. 1, 2001	Text and notes
Chiba prefecture	Chiba kenminka ( 千葉県民歌 , something like "Song of the Prefectural Citizens of Chiba")	March 16, 1963	Text and notes
Ehime prefecture	Ehime no uta ( 愛媛の歌 , something like "Song of Ehime")	April 20, 1973	Text and notes		2nd version
Fukui Prefecture	Fukui kenminka ( 福井県民歌福井県民歌 , for example "Song of the prefectural citizens of Fukui")	May 1, 1954		Video
Fukuoka Prefecture	Kibō no Hikari ( 希望の光 , roughly "ray of hope")	Oct 14, 1970	text
Fukushima prefecture	Fukushima-ken kenmin no uta ( 福島県県民の歌 , something like "Song of the Citizens of Fukushima Prefecture")	Feb. 11, 1967	text	Audio sample
Gifu Prefecture	Gifu kenmin no uta ( 岐阜県民の歌 , for example "Song of the citizens of Gifu Prefecture")	1954	Text and notes	Audio sample
Gunma Prefecture	Gunma-ken no uta ( 群馬県の歌 , something like "Song of Gunma Prefecture")	Oct 25, 1968	Text and notes	Audio sample	3rd version
Hiroshima Prefecture	without a fixed prefecture song
Hiroshima Prefecture	Niji no Kagayaki ( 虹の輝き , roughly "shine of the rainbow")	Nov 20, 1994			Hiroshima sports hymn
Hokkaidō	Hikari afurete ( 光あふれて , something like "light shine")	Nov 29, 1966		Audio sample
	Mukashi no mukashi ( むかしのむかし , something like "In times long past")			Audio sample
	Hokkai bayashi ( 北海ばやし , roughly "Northern Sea grove")			Audio sample
Hyogo Prefecture	Hyōgo Kenminka ( 兵庫県民歌 , about "Song of the Prefectural Citizens of Hyōgo")	1947			The prefectural government believes that a prefectural song does not exist, although the specified song was established in 1947.
Hyogo Prefecture	Furusato Hyōgo ( ふるさと兵庫 , roughly "home - Hyōgo")	1980	text	Audio sample	unofficial prefecture song
Ibaraki prefecture	Ibaraki kenmin no uta ( 茨城県民の歌茨城県民の歌 , something like "Song of the Citizens of Ibaraki Prefecture")	March 16, 1963	Text and notes	Audio sample
Ishikawa Prefecture	Ishikawa kenmin no uta ( 石川県民の歌 , something like "song of the citizens of Ishikawa Prefecture")	Nov 3, 1959	Text and notes
Iwate Prefecture	Iwate kenmin no uta ( 岩手県民の歌 , something like "Song of the Citizens of Iwate Prefecture")	March 30, 1965	text
Kagawa Prefecture	Kagawa kenminka ( 香川県民歌 , something like "Song of the Prefectural Citizens of Kagawa")	Nov 8, 1954		Video
Kagoshima Prefecture	Kagoshima kenmin no uta ( 鹿児島県民の歌 , something like "Song of the Citizens of Kagoshima Prefecture")	Dec 16, 1948	text
Kanagawa Prefecture	Hikari arata ni ( 光あらたに , something like "New Shine")	April 10, 1950	General information	Audio sample	2nd version
Kanagawa Prefecture	Furusato no kaze ni naritai ( ふるさとの風になりたい , something like "I want to be like the wind from home")	Dec 2, 2001			Choral work
Kochi Prefecture	Kōchi kenmin no uta ( 高知県民の歌 , for example "song of the citizens of Kōchi Prefecture")	Nov 3, 1959	Text and notes	Audio sample
Kumamoto Prefecture	Kumamoto kenmin no uta ( 熊本県民の歌 , something like "Song of the Citizens of Kumamoto Prefecture")	May 11, 1959			This song is not set by the prefecture, but by the executive committee for the 15th Volkssportfest 1960 (informal). The previous official anthem of Kumamoto ( Kikuchi jinchū no uta , 菊池盡忠の歌 , about "Song of the Kikuchi followers") was banned by the American occupation authorities.
Kyoto Prefecture	Kyōto-fu no uta ( 京都府の歌 , about "Song of the City Prefecture of Kyōto")	March 22, 1984	text
Mie prefecture	Mie kenminka ( 三重県民歌三重県民歌 , for example "Song of the prefectural citizens of Mie")	April 20, 1964	Text and notes	Audio sample
Miyagi Prefecture	Miyagi Kenminka ( 宮城県民歌 , for example "Song of the Prefectural Citizens of Miyagi")	Nov 29, 1938	text		public domain work
Miyagi Prefecture	Kagayaku Kyōdo ( 輝く郷土 , roughly "Magnificent Home")	1946
Miyazaki Prefecture	Miyazaki kenminka ( 宮崎県民歌 , something like "Song of the Prefectural Citizens of Miyazaki")	June 30, 1964	Text and notes	Audio sample	2nd version
Nagano Prefecture	Shinano no Kuni ( 信濃の国 , roughly "Shinano Province")	May 20, 1968	General information
Nagasaki Prefecture	Minami no kaze ( 南の風 , roughly "south wind")	June 1, 1961	Text and notes	Audio sample
Nara prefecture	Nara kenmin no uta ( 奈良県民の歌 , for example "Song of the prefectural citizens of Nara")	March 1, 1968	Text and notes
Niigata prefecture	Niigata kenminka ( 新潟県民歌 , something like "Song of the Citizens of Niigata Prefecture")	March 28, 1948	Text and notes	Audio sample
Ōita Prefecture	Ōita-ken kōshinkyoku ( 大分県行進曲 , roughly "March of Ōita Prefecture")	1935			informal
Ōita Prefecture	Ōita-kenmin taiiku no uta ( 大分県民体育の歌 )	1950			Sports anthem
Okayama Prefecture	Okayama-ken no uta ( 岡山県の歌 , something like "Okayama Prefecture Song")	March 9, 1957
Okayama Prefecture	Minna no kokoro ni ( みんなのこころに , something like "In All Sense")	1982	Text and audio sample
Okinawa Prefecture	Okinawa kenmin no uta ( 沖縄県民の歌 , something like "Song of the Prefectural Citizens of Okinawa")	May 15, 1972	Text and notes	Audio sample
Osaka prefecture	without a fixed prefecture song
Osaka prefecture	Namihaya no uta ( なみはやのうた , something like "Song of Namihaya")	1997			This song was the anthem of the 1997 National Sports Festival.
Saga prefecture	Saga kenmin no uta ( 佐賀県民の歌 , something like "Song of the prefectural citizens of Saga")	Dec 11, 1974	text		2nd version
	Kaze wa mirai iro ( 風はみらい色 , something like "wind - messenger of the future")	April 1, 1993	text
	Sakae no kuni kara ( 栄の国から , something like "From the land of Sakae")	June 6, 2000	text		Home song
Saitama Prefecture	Saitama kenka ( 埼玉県歌 , something like "prefecture song of Saitama")	Sept 21, 1965	Text and notes	Audio sample
Shiga prefecture	Shiga kenmin no uta ( 滋賀県民の歌 , for example "Song of the Prefectural Citizens of Shiga")	June 15, 1954	Text and notes
Shimane Prefecture	Usu-murasaki no yamanami ( 薄紫の山脈 , something like "light purple mountain veins")	1951	Text and notes	Audio sample
Shizuoka Prefecture	Shizuoka kenka ( 静岡県歌 , something like "Shizuoka Prefecture Song ")	Aug 14, 1968	text
Shizuoka Prefecture	Fuji yo yume yo tomo yo ( 富士よ夢よ友よ )	Jan. 25, 1990			Shizuoka anthem
Tochigi prefecture	kenmin no uta ( 県民の歌 , for example "song of the prefectural citizens")	Dec 25, 1952	Text and notes	Audio sample
Tokushima Prefecture	Tokushima kenmin no uta ( 徳島県民の歌 , for example "Song of the Citizens of Tokushima Prefecture")	July 1971	Text and notes		2nd version
Tokyo prefecture	Tokyo-toka ( 東京都歌 , roughly "song of the capital Tokyo")	April 16, 1947	text	Audio sample
Tokyo prefecture	Tokyo-shika ( 東京市歌 , something like "Song of the City of Tokyo")	1926
Tottori Prefecture	Wakiagaru chikara ( わきあがる力 , something like "bursting with strength")	Oct 23, 1958	text
Toyama prefecture	Toyama kenmin no uta ( 富山県民の歌 , something like "Song of the Citizens of Toyama Prefecture")	April 1, 1958	Text and notes	Audio sample
Toyama prefecture	Furusato no sora ( ふるさとの空 , something like "heaven of home")	2012	General information
Wakayama Prefecture	Wakayama kenminka ( 和歌山県民歌 , something like "Song of the Prefectural Citizens of Wakayama")	1948	Text and notes	Audio sample
Yamagata Prefecture	Mogami gawa ( 最上川 , roughly "The Mogami River")	March 31, 1981	text	Audio sample	The lyrics are from Tennō Hirohito ( Shōwa ). Public domain
Yamagata Prefecture	Sports kenminka ( スポーツ県民歌 , for example "song of the citizens of the sports prefecture")	1948	Text and notes	Audio sample
Yamaguchi Prefecture	Yamaguchi kenmin no uta ( 山口県民の歌 , something like "Song of the Prefectural Citizens of Yamaguchi")	Sept 3, 1962	Text and notes	Audio sample	2nd version
Yamaguchi Prefecture	Minna no furusato ( みんなのふるさと , roughly "home of all")	1979	Text and notes
Yamanashi Prefecture	Yamanashi-ken no uta ( 山梨県の歌 , something like "Song of Yamanashi Prefecture")	April 10, 1950	Text audio sample
Yamanashi Prefecture	Mdori no furusato ( 緑のふるさと , something like "Green Home")	Nov 23, 1977	Text and audio sample