Okinawa's signature musical instrument is the three-stringed sanshin. Its musical magic comes--not from the snakeskin covering, as many people believe--but from the wooden neck of the instrument. If the neck has the perfect balance of flexibility and solidity, the music will soar.
The perfect wood is ebony, a hardwood that is getting harder and harder to acquire. If you are thinking of making a sanshin, step # one is to plant a tree.
Okinawa Looks Like This
Peaceful: a beautiful place for a walk
自己紹介
- Chura
- Born and raised in the USA (NJ), I’ve spent most of my adult life in Japan. One of my favorite places in Japan is Okinawa. To me, Okinawa is a land of stories and an island of music, magic and mystery. The music is shima-uta, songs sung to the rhythm of a three-stringed lute called a sanshin. The magic is in the colors of land, sea and sky. The mystery? Mystery begins where the line between legend and verifiable human memories begins to blur. I am a member of the Archaeological Institute of America, chapter chief of a sanshin study society, and a founding member of the Marine Culture Research Association of Okinawa.