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Amazing 1/8 Scale Miniature Sanshin from Nabbie Sanshin
This. Is. Amazing. We want it so much but it’s limited to 100 pieces. What is it? It’s a 1/8 scale miniature sanshin showing the how it’s made from start to completion. They’re currently taking reservations on their website with sales to start on January 5, 2024. We’ve had items shipped from Nabbie Sanshin before…
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Canae (i-Dushi) Opens a New Web Store
Singer-songwriter Canae from i-Dushi announces her own online store and the name is so cute! Canasando is a play on the Okinawan word kanasando using her first name Cana and sando. We also noticed that for Kanae she’s using a C instead of a K which is in line with what she did during her…
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Jiifaa from Tsuha Ryukyu Store
Here’s something you don’t see on sale very often — especially online — is the Luchu hair accessory Jiifaa. Available in different sizes and material and sold by the long established Tsuha Ryukyu Store (where every dancer/musician has probably stopped by at least once), the product’s description says it can be used for dance as…
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Oriental Faddah and Son
A smile. Whenever I pick up Lee Tonouchi’s Oriental Faddah and Son, I can’t help but smile. The book’s cover is nicely designed and at 152 pages, it should be a fast read (compared to the 925 pages in Haruki Murakami’s 1Q84 which I’m also reading) but in reality, it’s not because I often find…
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UNIQLO’s UT Corporate Collaboration t-shirts feature two Okinawa awamori companies
I can file this in the “I should be in Japan/Okinawa now so that I can buy this” folder. UNIQLO, one of the coolest clothing companies in Japan (and the world?) has t-shirts in their UT Corporate Collaboration series featuring two awamori companies.
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Buying sanshin in the U.S. has become that much easier
What an exciting time we’re living in if you’re a fan of the sanshin. In the past, those of us outside of Okinawa who play the sanshin would have to either go there or be fortunate enough to know someone who lives or travels there for us to buy the instrument or its accessories (e.g.…
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Asoviva: Resort Instrument Factory
Jeremy over at AsovivaSanshin.com was nice enough to contact us to share links and of course, we said yes! We’ve actually blogged about their other website awhile back (there’s also a commenter to the post who had ordered from them) so it’s nice to hear that they’ve created an English-language website too. I like it…
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asoviva34’s cover of Jack Johnson’s “Flake”
One way to get our attention is to send us a video of your playing a sanshin (check) and a very big plus is to play a song from an artist we’re big fans of here (check). So without further ado, here’s asoviva34 playing his sanshin arrangement of Jack Johnson’s “Flake.” Interestingly enough, asoviva34’s homepage…
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One-of-a-kind gold sanshin (yes, it’s real)
Are you a sanshin collector with ¥1,260,000 (about US $14,000) lying around? Then, you’re in luck! Buy a one-of-a-kind gold sanshin. Yes, I kid you not and if you do buy it, make sure not to skimp on shipping. Me? Put an Apple sticker on a sanshin and I’m a happy camper. 😛 (Via @kyankyankyan.)
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Web: Minami Sanshin-ten
If you’re into finding out more about the sanshin, head on over to the Minami Sanshin-ten blog for photos of their order-made sanshin. You’ll find a lot of great photos featuring different styles of sanshin (Makabii, Chinin Deeku, Kuba nu Funi, Yunaa), videos and photos of sanshin in different stages of development. You can also…
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