Min-On has played a major role in introducing Japanese culture abroad. To date, numerous Japanese musicians and dancers have been sent to other countries by Min-On, among them leading musical and theatrical groups such as Kikunokai, Minbunren, and Maidaiko Aska-Gumi, as part of Min-On’s mission to conduct significant worldwide cultural exchanges. These overseas tours, which have featured regular cooperation with the Jeunesses Musicales de France (JMF) and the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), aim to enhance appreciation of Japanese culture overseas and contribute to mutual exchanges.
Japanese Traditional Performing Arts Series
(136 installments)
Overseas Series, Kikunokai 
Taiko drum performance 
Kikunokai Malaysian Dancers Exchange in 1988| 1966 | First US tour by King’s Roar Orchestra, Hiroshi Moriya, Fumiyo Fujimoto and Kikunosato Onoue |
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| 1973 | India tour by Kikunokai (Japanese Traditional Dance Group) |
| 1976 | Tour in the Republic of Hungary and the People’s Republic of Bulgaria by Min-Bun-Ren (Japanese Folk Arts Association) |
| 1988 | Collaboration and joint performance tour in Malaysia between Kikunokai (Japanese Traditional Dancing Group) and the Malaysia National Folk Dancing Company |
| 1989 | Concert France-Japonais de Musique Contemporaine in Paris by Teizo Matsumoto, composer; Akira Miyoshi, composer; Michiyoshi Inoue, conductor; and Minoru Nojima, pianist |
| 1989 | Europalia Festival ’89 in Belgium by Minbunren (Japanese Folk Arts Association) |
| 1991 | Min-On Vienna Week, conductor Jun’ichi Hirokami, violinist Yuzuko Horigome |
| 1991 | France tour by Maidaiko Aska-Gumi (Japanese Drum Troupe) in cooperation with the Jeunesses Musicales de France (JMF) |
| 1991 | UK tour (Japan Festival in UK) by Kikunokai (Japanese Dancing Group) |
| 1992 | Egypt tour by the Japan Arts Ensemble |
| 1993 | Lecture and lessons in Egypt by violinist Takeshi Kobayashi |
| 1994 | Taiwan tour by Japanese singers, tenor Kiyoshi Igarashi, soprano Marie Igarashi, and soprano Kyu Gyokuran |
| 1995 | Spain performance tour by Minbunren (Japanese Folk Arts Association) |
| 1996 | Nepal tour by Kikunokai (Japanese Traditional Dance Group) |
| 2000 | Netherlands tour by the selected young Japanese virtuosos (friendship exchange with the Princess Christina Concours Foundation) |
| 2002 | Taiwan tour by Maidaiko Aska-Gumi (Japanese Drum Troupe) |
| 2008 | Netherlands tour and friendship exchange concerts with the Princess Christina Concours Foundation by award-winning young Japanese virtuosos: violinist; Airi Suzuki, pianist; Machiko Masazumi, Tsugaru-Shamisen; Shou Asano, and flutist; Seiya Ueno |
| 2008 | Taiwan tour by Maidaiko Aska-Gumi (Japanese Drum Troupe) |
