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Catching up with the Koto at the 2013 Calgary Omatsuri
The koto is a large stringed instrument from Japan (via China). Learn more about the koto in the clip and my interview with Mizue Asai-Kaufmann and Kaori Akiyama at the Calgary Japanese Festival.
The koto is a traditional Japanese instrument. This stringed instrument actually came originally from China. At the 2013 Calgary Japanese Festival, Mizue Asai-Kaufmann and Kaori Akiyama performed several numbers after the short drizzle:
I had an opportunity to chat with them afterwards about learning to play the koto. How interesting that they both learned the koto at the same age!
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