According to Tanaka Takafumi, editor-in-chief of Hogaku Journal, which focuses on traditional Japanese music, "the shamisen is now on the brink of crisis as demand shows no sign of picking up ...

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 ...

The sanshin is a traditional instrument of Okinawa, similar to a banjo. It is ‘the sound’ of the island. It has ancient roots and is the precursor of the Japanese Shamisen. It has a lovely ...

He currently teaches tsugaru shamisen to over 20 students in the UK. When Akari Mochizuki was just 3 years old, she started singing enka (a variety of traditional Japanese music which often takes ...