My Name is Norm and I am the apprentice of the Yoshida Brothers. And this is the story of me working with a Japanese ...

Shovel shamisen began as a fun, little party act in Aomori, where people attempted to recreate the style and sound of the shamisen using nothing more than a simple shovel and a bottle opener. Over ...

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The three-stringed shamisen produces one of the distinctive sounds of Japan. It's the soundtrack to kabuki performances and traditional dance shows. But the centuries-old instrument is facing an ...

The instrument manufacturing company Marusan Hashimoto in the city of Nagahama, Shiga Prefecture, is very busy making strings ...

Noriko Tadano, an Adelaide-based Japanese shamisen (Japanese three stringed traditional instrument) artist, will perform for OzAsia and Anime GO! in Adelaide this month. Ms. Tadano moved to ...