Why the Japanese Feel at Home in Jazz? article by Atzko Kohashi, published on July 6, 2025 at All About Jazz. Find more In ...

This Summer, the Masters of Traditional Japanese Music Share the Aesthetic Soul of Japan Through Sound KANAZAWA, Japan, June ...

Katarzyna Karpowicz immersed herself in Tokyo’s music scene to master the koto — a traditional Japanese string instrument.

During a trip to Japan this summer, Lafayette native Colette Bernard learned many things about the Japanese culture including ...

GEORGE TOWN: Music transcends boundaries and brings people of different backgrounds together. The Plumeria Koto Ensemble, composed of Malaysian and Japanese musicians, is a testament to this. The ...

On Saturday, April 26, Saeko Kujiraoka and Sakura Jimenez, wearing traditional Japanese Kimonos, performed an “Afternoon of Koto Music” at the Frazier Park library. The Koto is the national instrument ...

The Japan Foundation, Bangkok and Children and Youth Development Association (CYDA) will jointly organize a charity House Concert by Japanese Koto (Noriko Tsuboi, Keiko Suzuki), Thai flute (Thanis ...

From the deeply moving solo honkyoku (traditional pieces from the Fuke Buddhist sect) to the rich, dynamic sounds of sankyoku (a 19th-century chamber music trio of shakuhachi, koto, and shamisen) and ...

Born in Japan and now living in British Columbia, Canada, Ramos embodies the cultural fusion that the instrument has come to represent. He said the World Shakuhachi Festival is more than a musical ...

Japan Night Reception & Concert, a new event this year, will take place the night before the Japan Parade & Street Fair on Friday, May 9 at the Edison Ballroom (240 W. 47th Street).

This 22-minute educational film explores the history, construction, and performance techniques of Japan’s three major traditional instruments: the koto, shamisen, and shakuhachi.