Bungo Ono City 20th Anniversary Commemoration Ceremony
Bungo Ono City celebrated the 20th anniversary of its city status on March 31, 2025.
To mark the occasion, a commemorative ceremony and cultural performance will take place at Eitopia Oono.
Admission is free, so please come and join us.

❚ Commemoration Ceremony
[Date and Time]
Sunday, May 25, 2025

[Venue]
Eitopia Oono, Grand Hall

[Admission]
Free

[Schedule]
12:00 Doors open
12:40 Opening: Wadaiko performance by Toyukai
13:00 20th Anniversary Commemoration Ceremony
14:00 Commemorative Cultural Performance

[Booth Exhibits]
In the entrance hall, booths will feature Bungo Ono City and its friendship exchange city, Taito Ward.

▶ Taito Ward Exhibit Booth
Specialties from Taito Ward, Bungo Ono City’s friendship exchange city, will be exhibited and sold (planned).
▶ Bungo Ono City Exhibit Booth
Displays and sales will showcase exhibits and products related to the founding of Bungo Ono City (planned).

❚ Commemorative Cultural Performance
"Cheerful Folks from Asakusa Are Coming!"
Asakusa Paradise — Bungo Ono Version: Silent-Narration, Opera, and More
"Asakusa Paradise" is a comedy blending silent-narration (katsuben), opera, wadaiko and other elements, produced by katsuben performers Yata Aso and Kohata Aso from Mie Town.
The show has been performed mainly in Asakusa, Taito Ward, and gained popularity.
Now the Asakusa Paradise troupe may be coming to celebrate Bungo Ono City’s twentieth birthday!?
To celebrate the 20th anniversary, a cultural exchange between Asakusa and Bungo Ono will unfold.

For this Bungo Ono version, a new piece themed on dried shiitake mushrooms will be performed, and the Mie General High School Kagura Club along with a chorus formed from local residents will also appear.
Though described as opera, the piece is a lighthearted comedy without formality.

[Date and Time]
May 25, 2025 Start 14:00 End 15:30 (planned)

[Venue]
Eitopia Oono, Grand Hall

[Admission]
Free

[Story]
The Asakusa Paradise troupe arrives to celebrate Bungo Ono City’s twentieth birthday. What awaits them is the world of kagura.
But despite the celebration, has Amaterasu shut herself in the rock cave?
With silent narration, opera, wadaiko, kagura and dance…
Can everyone working together with local citizens open that rock cave!?

[Inquiries]
▶ About the Commemoration Ceremony: Bungo Ono City, General Affairs Division, Mayor’s Office Phone: 0974-22-1001
▶ About the Commemorative Cultural Performance: Community Development Promotion Division, Cultural and Arts Promotion Section Phone: 0974-221001

■■■ Access to Central Bungo Ono City ■■■
About 3 hours by car from JR Hakata Station, Fukuoka Prefecture
About 2 hours by car from JR Kumamoto Station, Kumamoto Prefecture
About 1 hour 20 minutes by car from JR Beppu Station, Oita Prefecture
About 1 hour 20 minutes by car from JR Yufuin Station, Oita Prefecture

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