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Koto & Traditional Japanese Music
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Chords Canada
Chords is the largest stocking distributor of traditional Japanese musical instruments and accessories outside of Japan. They carry a wide selection of products - instruments, instrument accessories, sheet music, reference texts, audio-visual products, music-related novelties, etc. - and ship worldwide.
Chords Canada - http://www.chordscanada.com
York University Faculty of Music
York's ethnomusicology program is one of the most in-depth in North America, covering many cultures. Their programs, taught by experts in their respective fields, offer hands-on and cultural learning experiences in a broad range of world instruments.
York University Faculty of Music - http://www.yorku.ca/finearts/music.com
The International Shakuhachi Society
The Society started as a world forum for people interested in shakuhachi. It has now broadened
its horizons to include koto and shamisen information as well. The site maintains an instructive
database of shakuhachi, koto and shamisen people world-wide. It also has extensive, detailed
information about individual pieces and recordings for both traditional and modern works on
these instruments.
International Shakuhachi Society - http://www.komuso.com
Masayo Ishigure
Ms. Ishigure is a performer and teacher of koto and shamisen in New York City.
She is currently the only Sawai Koto School instructor in the New York metropolitan area.
Masayo Ishigure - http://www.letsplaykoto.com
Tai Hei Shakuhachi
Monty Levenson's site is a total resource for shakuhachi. Complete
information on playing guides, books, sheet music, recordings,
teachers, schools, instrument makers, performances and much more.
Includes a growing list of koto and shamisen teachers and performers.
Tai Hei Shakuhachi - http://www.shakuhachi.com
Matsu Take Ensemble
Koto and shakuhachi group in Montreal, Canada.
Matsu Take Ensemble - http://www.musis.ca
Koto no Koto
Scott Robertson's site is all about the koto, its music and the
instruments that accompany it. A serious reference site for all
things koto that is regularly updated. Includes links to teachers,
performers, suppliers, koto events, recordings, books and more.
Koto no Koto - http://kotonokoto.org
Traditional Japan
Thumbnail descriptions about the many forms of Japanese entertainment,
including all the musical instruments as well as Kabuki, Bunraku,
Noh and others.
Traditional Japan - http://www.japanlink.co.jp/ka/cgeifr.htm
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Royal Conservatory of Music
The Conservatory's professional training programs have produced
generations of graduates who founded major arts organizations
such as The Toronto Symphony and the Canadian Opera Company,
established teaching studios in hundreds of communities, created
musical works and generally built the infrastructure for music
in our nation.
Royal Conservatory of Music - http://www.rcmusic.ca
The Wholenote Magazine
Toronto's monthly classical and new music reference publication.
Extensive listings of performances in various genres as well as
informative articles, performer profiles, etc.
Wholenote Magazine - http://www.thewholenote.com/wholenote/index.html
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Samurai Joe Okada
Samurai Okada has been guiding people around Kyoto (in several
languages) and generally acting as an ambassador for his city
for forty years. He'll tailor your trip to whatever you want.
If you're looking for a travel service that's a bit "out of the
ordinary", Okada is the one for you.
Samurai Joe Okada - http://www.eonet.ne.jp/~torobon/okada/okada.htm
JNTO Website
Japan National Tourist Office's North American site. Information
on what to see and do in Japan, transportation, accomodations,
world offices, etc.
JNTO Website - http://www.jnto.go.jp
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Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre
The first and still the premier Japanese cultural centre in Canada. Toronto's JCCC
offers a full range of cultural classes, martial arts classes, special events and
workshops, and community support.
http://www.jccc.on.ca
Tokyo Food Page
Just about everything you'd want to know (and then some) about
Japanese food and eating in Tokyo.
Tokyo Food Page - http://www.bento.com/tokyofood.html
Sake World
John Gauntner's site contains everything you'd want to know
about sake. He writes a semi-monthly column on sake for The
Japan Times newspaper, publishes the Sake World email
newsletter and is the author of the Sake Handbook.
Sake World - http://www.sake-world.com
Urasenke Home Page
Urasenke is the largest and best-known of the tea ceremony schools
in Japan with many international branches. Site includes tea
philosophy, history of Grand Masters and views of its tea rooms and
gardens, among other information.
Urasenke Home Page - http://www.urasenke.or.jp/texte/index.html
Tea Ceremony
TeaHyakka Magazine's site. Details about tea ceremony, the tea room,
tea history, fabrics used, philosophy, etc.
Tea Ceremony - http://www.teahyakka.com
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