Banquet
- Date: Wednesday, January 21, 2015. 18:00 - 20:00
- Place: Makuhari Messe, International Conference Hall 2F, Convention Hall A
Tsugaru-shamisen
You can enjoy the exciting live performance of Tsugaru-shamisen which is a genre of shamisen music originating in Tsugaru area of Aomori prefecture in the northernmost area of the Japanese island of Honshu. This genre is played on a large shamisen with thicker strings than those used for most other styles. Tsugaru-shamisen is easy to recognize by its percussive quality (the plectrum striking the body of the instrument on each stroke) and the lift of the rhythms perfomed.