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 | |
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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 |
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 |
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 | ||||
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. | ||
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 |
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 | |
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-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 | |||
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 | ||||
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 | ||
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-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 | |
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 |
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 |
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 | ||
Mdori no furusato ( 緑 の ふ る さ と , something like "Green Home") | Nov 23, 1977 | Text and audio sample |
Former prefecture song
prefecture | title | Announcement / determination on |
link | Remarks |
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Karafuto Prefecture![]() |
Karafuto tōka ( 樺 太 島 歌 , about "Song of the Island of Karafuto"; Song of Sakhalin) | May 10, 1938 |
Abolished prefecture songs
- Yamagata Prefecture - Asagumo no ( 朝 ぐ も の ) from 1947
- Gunma Prefecture - Gunma-ken no uta ( 群 馬 県 の 歌 ) 1st version from 1936
- Gunma Prefecture - Gunma-ken no uta ( 群 馬 県 の 歌 ) 2nd version from 1951
- Saitama Prefecture - Saitama kenminka ( 埼 玉 県 民歌 ) old version from 1942
- Kanagawa Prefecture - Kanagawa-ken kenka ( 神奈川 県 々 歌 ) from 1931
- Nagano Prefecture - Nagano-ken minka ( 長野 県 民歌 ) from 1947
- Nagano Prefecture - Yamaguchi-ken minka ( 山口 県 民歌 ) old version from 1940
- Tokushima Prefecture - Tokushima-ken minka ( 徳 島 県 民歌 ) old version from 1939
- Ehime Prefecture - Ehime kenmin no uta ( 愛媛 県 民 の 歌 ) from 1952
- Saga Prefecture - Saga-ken minka ( 佐賀 県 民歌 ) old version from 1936
- Kumamoto Prefecture - Kikujichū no uta ( 菊池 盡忠 の 歌 ) from 1943
- Miyagi Prefecture - Miyagi-ken minka ( 宮 崎 県 民歌 ) old version from 1934
See also
Individual evidence
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