To help pass traditional performing arts on to the next generation, subsidies will be provided to organizations that independently and continuously conduct interregional exchange activities involving traditional performing arts, enabling children engaged in the same field of traditional performing arts to recognize, through exchanges between regions, the pride they have in traditional performing arts and the importance of continuing to preserve them.
Kumamoto Prefecture: FY2026 Children's Arts and Cultural Activities Support (Traditional Performing Arts Group Exchange) Subsidy — Recruitment Reopened
September 29, 2026
Summary
This subsidy supports organizations that continuously conduct interregional exchange activities in traditional performing arts. It aims to help children recognize the value of preserving these traditions and pass them on to the next generation.
Key Information
| Location | Kumamoto |
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| Opening Status | Open for Applications |
| Application Period | Sep 24, 2026 – Oct 26, 2026 |
| Max Subsidy Amount | ¥200,000 |
| Subsidy Rate | 1/2 |
| Purpose | Human resource development/employment / Regional revitalization and community development / Culture and tradition |
| Eligible Expenses | Expert honoraria / Advertising expenses / Rental fees |
| Eligible Applicants | Cooperatives, organizations, and other groups |
| Implementing Agency | Kumamoto Prefecture |
| Official Page | https://www.pref.kumamoto.jp/soshiki/219/279676.html |