This paper reports the acquisition course of perception of Japanese dialectal accent. We carried out an experiment of accent perception for native speakers of Japanese dialects, namely, Tokyo dialect (Standard Japanese) and Kagoshima dialect. Then we compared results between the two dialects. Experimental stimuli were real words with several types of synthesized accent patterns. Results revealed that the Kagoshima children and adults accepted both the native Kagoshima accent and the Tokyo accent, whereas the Tokyo children and adults accepted only the native Tokyo accent. These results suggest that the Kagoshima speakers had insensitivity to the perception of accent. In our previous studies, the Kagoshima children showed different characteristics of accent production from the Tokyo and Kyoto children: the Tokyo and Kyoto children acquired their native accent correctly, whereas the Kagoshima children failed to produce it. [Shirose et al., J. Cognit. Sci. 2(1), 33–44 (2001)]. The insensitivity of accent perception of both Kagoshima adults and children might be one factor contributing to results of accent production. These intriguing parallels of accent perception and production will be discussed inclusively.