The musical sheet for koto (Japanese stringed instrument) doesn’t look like western music score at all! At Moon Viewing Festival held at Omiwa Shrine. Copyright(C) Miki   →Miki’s twitter← (English…

Playing the Chinese fiddle along with shamisen. At Hiraoka Shrine in Higashi Osaka. Copyright(C) Miki   →Miki’s twitter← (English is OK)   This is JAPAN Style!  

Early in 2010, JAPAN Style introduced a tadpole shaped digital musical instrument called “otamatone.” Although the tadpole hasn’t turned into a frog yet, it sure evolved in some ways. The…

Today’s story-teller is Kei Ogura, a Japanese songwriter and composer. His story is about teachers who affected his life. The story goes back to the time when he was the…

Miki took this picture at ‘Haibara Aisakoisa Festival’. 4 set of Taiko drum rests and Futon Taiko drums were set up in front of the Chuo Library. Copyright(C) Miki  …

Miki visited ‘Shimotsuki Festival’ in Gose city, Nara. More than 100 Yamabushi from all over Japan blew trumpet shells and paraded through the city. Copyright(C) Miki   →Miki’s twitter← (English…

I found an interesting upcoming product called “ningen gakki”. In Japanese, ningen means “human”, and gakki is “musical instrument”. Speaking of human musical instruments, you may think of people who can…

Let me introduce a blog post from my favorite entertainment site. The topic was about fingers of a classical guitar player.     This is a picture of a hand…

Today’s story-teller is broadcaster of Tokyo TV Miho Ohashi. The story is from her diary which introduces books she has read. The book picked up one day was “Stradivarius ‘De…

  JAPAN Style has introduced different types of Japanese robots such as singing robot, humanlike robot, and jumping robot. Just like other robot, this TOYOTA robot has a special talent,…

  The video below shows a five-year old girl with a great entertainment spirit! Adorable Japanese electronic organist, Jueri Sakura performs Jazz version of “Hyokkori Hyotan-jima” theme song. While she…