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Building a mini-shamisen
Goze Song Performance
Commemoration Photography
Shamisen Lecture
Japanese-style room

Experience the history of shamisen and travelling entertainers

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Overview

The shamisen came to mainland Japan in the 16th century and became very popular through the 17th century.

Shamisen is one of the traditional musical instruments that feel the soul of Japanese people.

But most Japanese have never touched a shamisen or heard its live sound.
In particular, only a few dozen people have taken over the singing of “Goze,” a blind female travelling entertainer now gone.

In this workshop you will learn about the history of the shamisen and the Goze.
Furthermore, by listening to the live performance of powerful and rustic Goze song, you can feel a Japan that even Japanese people do not know.

And you can take home a handmade mini-shamisen and fill your home with the soul of Japan echoing with its sound!

Activity location

  • 2098 Noborito
    • 2098 Noborito
    • 214-0014, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Mukogaoka-Yuen Station
    • 2098 Noborito
    • 214-0014, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan

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What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedCostume (rental)
  • What's includedWhat's includedlight meal
  • What's includedWhat's includedShamisen Kit

Know before you book

  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Not recommended for travellers with spinal injuries
  • Not recommended for pregnant travellers
  • Not recommended for travellers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.

Activity itinerary

Find the history of the shamisen and travelling entertainers! Workshop to experience playing handmade mini-shamisen in a 50-year-old house. With musical instruments, tea ceremonies, and Goze song performance. This workshop will start with a traditional Japanese costume, the happi, in preparation for feeling the spirit of the Japanese people. Next, there will be a historical commentary on the shamisen and the blind female travelling entertainer "Goze". Then we will build an easy mini shamisen, give a lecture on how to play it, and you will be able to play two music. At the end of the tour, you can enjoy tea ceremony and live performance of goze songs with real shamisen. You can take home the mini-shamisen you made as a souvenir of your stay in Japan, with a storey to tell. Experience the shamisen and goze history in the Japanese-style room of a 50-year-old house.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIES2098 Noborito
    • 2098 Noborito
    • 214-0014, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEMukogaoka-Yuen Station
    • 2098 Noborito
    • 214-0014, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan

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