Kyushu Tour

A unique collaborative project to create a musical culture through collaboration between citizens and an orchestra

The Japan Philharmonic Orchestra's Kyushu tour began in 1975 with six performances, and will celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2025.
The Kyushu Performances have been running continuously for half a century and are a proud cultural asset of Japan. Its greatest feature is that since 1975, it has been run by executive committees with the voluntary participation of local citizens in all regions.
Orchestral music encourages, heals, and gives people the strength to live, and it gives children creativity and the courage to face things.
The Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, together with audiences and creators, continues to work hand in hand to promote culture that is truly rooted in the local community.
 

51st Kyushu Performance Japan Philharmonic Orchestra in KYUSHU 2026

Conductor: Yukio Fujioka

February 7, 2026 (Sat) 14:00 Hozan Hall (Kagoshima Prefectural Cultural Center)
Violin: Ryosuke Suho
Mozart: Overture to the Opera "The Magic Flute" K.620
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op.26
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral" in F major, Op.68

February 8, 2026 (Sun) 14:00 Medikit Prefectural Cultural Center
Violin: Ryosuke Suho
Mozart: Overture to the Opera "The Magic Flute" K.620
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op.26
Stravinsky: The Firebird Ballet Suite (1919 version)

February 10, 2026 (Tue) 19:00 iichiko Cultural Center iichiko Grand Theatre
Violin: Ryosuke Suho
Mozart: Overture to the Opera "The Magic Flute" K.620
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op.26
Stravinsky: The Firebird (1919 version)

February 11, 2026 (Wed) 14:00 J:COM Kitakyushu Performing Arts Center
Violin: Ryosuke Suho
Mozart: Overture to the Opera "The Magic Flute" K.620
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op.26
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral" in F major, Op.68

February 12, 2026 (Thu) 7:00 PM Kumamoto Prefectural Theater Concert Hall
Violin: Ryosuke Suho
Mozart: Overture to the Opera "The Magic Flute" K.620
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op.26
Stravinsky: The Firebird Ballet Suite (1919 version)

February 14, 2026 (Sat) 14:00 Omuta Cultural Center Main Hall
Piano: Tomoki Sakata
Tchaikovsky: Waltz of the Flowers from the Nutcracker ballet
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op.18
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral" in F major, Op.68

February 15, 2026 (Sun) 14:00 ACROS Fukuoka Symphony Hall
Violin: Ryosuke Suho
Mozart: Overture to the Opera "The Magic Flute" K.620
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op.26
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral" in F major, Op.68

February 17, 2026 (Tue) 19:00 Saga City Cultural Center
Piano: Tomoki Sakata
Tchaikovsky: Waltz of the Flowers from the Nutcracker ballet
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op.18
Stravinsky: The Firebird Ballet Suite (1919 version)

February 18, 2026 (Wed) 18:30 Benex Nagasaki Brick Hall
Piano: Tomoki Sakata
Tchaikovsky: Waltz of the Flowers from the Nutcracker ballet
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op.18
Stravinsky: The Firebird Ballet Suite (1919 version)

Details of each performance can be found here

ontomoweb provided an in-depth coverage of the Kyushu performance. ①The story of the Japan Philharmonic Kyushu Concert, with support from the public in music selection, management, and ticket sales! ②A Musical Intersection with the Scent of Coffee - "Coffee Salon Hara" in Omuta, Fukuoka 3) What orchestras gain from touring: The case of the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra

So far

Times	Years	Conductor	Visited place	Number of performances
1	1975	Akeo Watanabe	Fukuoka, Oita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Kumamoto, Nagasaki	6
2	1976	Michiyoshi Inoue	Fukuoka, Kitakyushu, Omuta, Oita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Kumamoto, Nagasaki, Saga	9
3	1977	Yuzo Toyama and Eliahu Inbal	Fukuoka, Kitakyushu, Omuta, Oita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Kumamoto, Nagasaki, Saga, Okinawa (Naha)	10
4	1978	Akeo Watanabe	Fukuoka, Kitakyushu, Oita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Kumamoto, Nagasaki, Saga, Karatsu	9
5	1979	Tadaaki Otaka	Fukuoka, Kitakyushu, Kurume, Oita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Kumamoto, Nagasaki, Saga, Karatsu	10
	1980		In order to move the May-June concert to February in 1981, small-scale concerts were held in the summer (Kagoshima, Miyazaki, Oita, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Karatsu).
6	1981	Akeo Watanabe	Fukuoka, Kitakyushu, Omuta, Kurume, Oita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Nagasaki, Saga, Karatsu	10
7	1982	Akeo Watanabe	Fukuoka, Kitakyushu, Kurume, Saiki, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Kumamoto, Nagasaki, Karatsu, Omuta	10
8	1983	Tadaaki Otaka	Fukuoka, Kitakyushu, Kurume, Oita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Kumamoto, Nagasaki, Sasebo, Saga, Karatsu	11
9	1984	Yoko Matsuo	Fukuoka, Kitakyushu, Omuta, Kurume, Oita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Kumamoto, Isahaya, Saga, Karatsu	11
10	1985	Kenichiro Kobayashi and Naoto Otomo	Fukuoka, Kitakyushu, Kurume, Oita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Kumamoto, Kawatana Town, Saza Town, Saga, Karatsu	11
11	1986	Kazuo Yamada	Fukuoka, Kitakyushu, Kurume, Oita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Kumamoto, Kawatana Town, Saga, Karatsu	10
12	1987	Ken-ichiro Kobayashi	Fukuoka, Kitakyushu, Omuta, Kurume, Oita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Kumamoto, Nagasaki, Saga, Karatsu	11
13	1988	Yuzo Toyama	Fukuoka, Kitakyushu, Omuta, Kurume, Oita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Kumamoto, Nagasaki, Saga, Karatsu	11
14	1989	Akeo Watanabe and Naohiro Totsuka	Fukuoka, Kitakyushu, Omuta, Kurume, Oita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Kumamoto, Kawatana Town, Saga, Karatsu	11
15	1990	Ken-ichiro Kobayashi	Fukuoka, Kitakyushu, Omuta, Kurume, Oita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Kumamoto, Nagasaki, Saga, Karatsu, Tagawa	12
16	1991	Vladimir Burlek	Fukuoka, Kitakyushu, Omuta, Kurume, Oita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Kumamoto, Nagasaki, Saga, Tagawa	11
17	1992	山下一史	Fukuoka, Kitakyushu, Omuta, Kurume, Oita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Kumamoto, Nagasaki, Saga, Tagawa	11
18	1993	Ken-ichiro Kobayashi	Fukuoka, Kitakyushu, Omuta, Kurume, Usuki, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Kumamoto, Nagasaki, Saga, Karatsu, Tagawa	12
19	1994	Michiyoshi Inoue	Fukuoka, Kitakyushu, Omuta, Kurume, Oita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Kumamoto, Nagasaki, Saga, Yobuko, Tagawa	12
20	1995	Junichi Hirokami	Fukuoka, Kitakyushu, Omuta, Kurume, Oita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Kumamoto, Nagasaki, Saga, Karatsu, Tagawa	12
21	1996	James Loughran	Fukuoka, Kitakyushu, Omuta, Kurume, Oita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Kumamoto, Nagasaki, Saga, Karatsu, Tagawa	12
22	1997	Ken-ichiro Kobayashi	Fukuoka, Kitakyushu, Omuta, Kurume, Oita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Kumamoto, Nagasaki, Saga, Karatsu, Tagawa	12
23	1998	Yukio Fujioka	Fukuoka, Kitakyushu, Omuta, Kurume, Oita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Kumamoto, Nagasaki, Saga, Karatsu, Tagawa	12
24	1999	Yuzo Toyama	Fukuoka, Kitakyushu, Omuta, Kurume, Oita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Kumamoto, Nagasaki, Saga, Karatsu, Tagawa	12
25	2000	Ken-ichiro Kobayashi	Fukuoka, Kitakyushu, Omuta, Kurume, Oita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Kumamoto, Nagasaki, Saga, Karatsu, Tagawa	12
26	2001	Junichi Hirokami	Fukuoka, Kitakyushu, Arao, Kurume, Oita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Kumamoto, Nagasaki, Saga, Karatsu, Tagawa	12
27	2002	Ken-ichiro Kobayashi	Fukuoka, Kitakyushu, Omuta, Kurume, Oita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Kumamoto, Nagasaki, Saga, Karatsu, Iizuka	12
28	2003	Yukio Fujioka	Fukuoka, Kitakyushu, Omuta, Kurume, Oita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Kumamoto, Nagasaki, Saga, Karatsu, Tagawa	12
29	2004	Ryunori Numajiri	Fukuoka, Kitakyushu, Omuta, Kurume, Oita, Kagoshima, Kumamoto, Nagasaki, Saga, Karatsu, Tagawa	11
30	2005	Ken-ichiro Kobayashi	Fukuoka, Kitakyushu, Omuta, Oita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Kumamoto, Nagasaki, Saga, Karatsu, Tagawa	11
31	2006	Tatsuya Shimono	Fukuoka, Kitakyushu, Omuta, Oita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Kumamoto, Nagasaki, Saga, Karatsu, Tagawa	11
32	2007	Ken-ichiro Kobayashi	Fukuoka, Kitakyushu, Omuta, Oita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Kumamoto, Nagasaki, Saga, Karatsu, Tagawa	11
33	2008	Michiyoshi Inoue	Fukuoka, Kitakyushu, Omuta, Oita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Kumamoto, Nagasaki, Saga, Karatsu, Tagawa	11
34	2009	Ken-ichiro Kobayashi	Fukuoka, Kitakyushu, Omuta, Oita, Saito, Kagoshima, Kumamoto, Nagasaki, Saga, Karatsu, Tagawa	11
35	2010	Alexander Lazarev	Fukuoka, Kitakyushu, Omuta, Oita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Kumamoto, Nagasaki, Saga, Karatsu, Tagawa	11
36	2011	Yukio Fujioka	Fukuoka, Kitakyushu, Omuta, Oita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Kumamoto, Nagasaki, Saga, Karatsu, Tagawa	11
37	2012	Naoto Otomo	Fukuoka, Kitakyushu, Omuta, Oita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Yatsushiro, Nagasaki, Saga, Karatsu, Tagawa	11
38	2013	Alexander Lazarev	Fukuoka, Kitakyushu, Omuta, Oita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Kumamoto, Nagasaki, Saga, Karatsu, Tagawa	11
39	2014	Pietari Inkinen	Fukuoka, Kitakyushu, Omuta, Oita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Kumamoto, Nagasaki, Saga, Karatsu	10
40	2015	Ken-ichiro Kobayashi	Fukuoka, Kitakyushu, Omuta, Oita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Kumamoto, Nagasaki, Saga, Karatsu	10
41	2016	Tatsuya Shimono	Fukuoka, Kitakyushu, Omuta, Oita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Kumamoto, Nagasaki, Saga, Karatsu	10
42	2017	Junichi Hirokami	Fukuoka, Kitakyushu, Omuta, Oita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Kumamoto, Nagasaki, Saga, Karatsu	10
43	2018	Michiyoshi Inoue	Fukuoka, Kitakyushu, Omuta, Oita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Kumamoto, Nagasaki, Saga, Karatsu	10
44	2019	Yukio Fujioka	Fukuoka, Kitakyushu, Omuta, Oita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Kumamoto, Nagasaki, Saga, Karatsu	10
45	2020	Alexander Lazarev	Fukuoka, Kitakyushu, Omuta, Oita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Kumamoto, Nagasaki, Saga, Karatsu	10
46	2021	Large Orchestra Cancelled	Small orchestra (without conductor) Karatsu, Saga Special Concert with Kyushu ~46th Kyushu Concert~ Venue: Orchard Hall	2
47	2022	Daisuke Nagamine/Kanade Yokoyama	Fukuoka, Kitakyushu, Omuta, Oita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Kumamoto,Nagasaki(Cancelled) Saga, Karatsu	9
48	2023	Junichi Hirokami	Fukuoka, Kitakyushu, Omuta, Oita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Kumamoto, Nagasaki, Saga, (Ochi)	9
49	2024	Tatsuya Shimono	Fukuoka, Kitakyushu, Omuta, Oita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Kumamoto, Nagasaki, Saga	9
50	2025	Kahchun Wong	Fukuoka, Kitakyushu, Omuta, Oita, Miyazaki (Miyakonojo), Kagoshima, Kumamoto, Nagasaki, Saga	9