Passing down the Bon Odori of Kamiminato to the next generation
Kamiminato Bon Odori
Festival information
EVENT INFORMATION- Area
- Fukuoka Prefecture・Munakata City(From Tokyo: approx. 1 h 50 min–2 h 10 min · flight time only)Prefecture-level estimate to a main station or airport, not the venue. Airport access, check-in and onward travel are extra; remote areas and islands can take much longer.
- Highlights and activities
- Last updated
- 2026/11/13
The Kamiminato is a local Bon dance preserved by an association formed by three neighborhood associations and designated an intangible cultural property.
About Kamiminato Bon Odori
The Kamiminato Bon Odori is a Bon dance from Kamiminato that is treated as a “Municipal Intangible Cultural Property” in Munakata City’s cultural and artistic activities program.
In Showa 57, the Kamiminato Bon Odori Preservation Association was formed by 3 local neighborhood associations.
It was designated an intangible cultural property of Genkai Town in Heisei 2. The materials describe a project that identified nurturing the next generation as a challenge and worked to create records to pass down and preserve the dance for future generations.
Festival highlights
The main items covered by the grant for the Kamiminato Bon Odori preservation project include re-skinning the large , lighting equipment, electrical work at the venue, and a video camera set.
The following year’s project also included , banners, and video equipment for practice sessions, such as a projector and screen, among the items to be provided.
One distinctive feature is the effort to pass the local Bon dance on to the next generation while providing the tools and recording equipment needed to support its performances.
Passing down the Bon Odori of Kamiminato to the next generation
What to expect
An initiative to create records is described as a way to pass down and preserve the Kamiminato Bon Odori for future generations.
The grant for the preservation project covers re-skinning the large taiko, lighting equipment, electrical work at the venue, and a video camera set.
The following year, happi, banners, and video equipment for practice sessions were also covered, supporting preservation efforts through the provision of equipment and the creation of records.
Location and access
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Munakata City
Host municipality 福岡県宗像市
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宗像大社
福岡県宗像市にある神社
Origins and History of Kamiminato Bon Odori
The Kamiminato Bon Odori was preserved by an association formed by 3 local neighborhood associations in Showa 57 and designated an intangible cultural property of Genkai Town in Heisei 2.
In Heisei 24, the project was selected for a Munakata City grant after identifying nurturing the next generation as a challenge and proposing to create records to pass down and preserve the dance for future generations.
The same project to pass down and make use of the dance continued the following year, with happi, banners, and video equipment for practice sessions among the items to be provided.
Official information
The “Cultural and Artistic Activities Grant Awards by Fiscal Year” published by Munakata City lists the “Municipal Intangible Cultural Property ‘Kamiminato Bon Odori’ Preservation and Utilization Project” by the Kamiminato Three Neighborhood Associations Federation.
Kamiminato Bon Odori at a Glance
The Kamiminato Bon Odori is a Bon dance for which a preservation association was formed by 3 local neighborhood associations in Showa 57, and which was designated an intangible cultural property of Genkai Town in Heisei 2.
A Munakata City grant-funded project identified nurturing the next generation as a challenge and worked to create records to pass down and preserve the dance for future generations.
Equipment such as a large taiko, happi, banners, and video equipment for practice sessions was also provided, and local efforts to protect and pass on the dance continue.
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Article updated: 2026/11/13
