Japan 2018

Travels to Yokosuka, Nikko, Kyoto, Kamakura, Hakone and Mt. Fuji area. Please respect my work and do not take screenshots for your own purposes and do not paint my photographs as your own artwork. If you have an interest is purchasing a print or using an image for commercial or personal purposes, please contact me. Thank you.

Musicians entertain the visitors to the Kōtoku-in temple in Kamakura. The women are playing a Koto, which is one of the more recognizable instruments of Japan, the koto consists of a 6 foot long shallow resonating box (made from Paulownia wood) with a set of thirteen strings stretched over movable ivory bridges.<br />
The men are playing a Hotchiku. hocchiku or hochiku, is a Japanese end-blown aerophone, crafted from root sections of bamboo.

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Musicians entertain the visitors to the Kōtoku-in temple in Kamakura. The women are playing a Koto, which is one of the more recognizable instruments of Japan, the koto consists of a 6 foot long shallow resonating box (made from Paulownia wood) with a set of thirteen strings stretched over movable ivory bridges.
The men are playing a Hotchiku. hocchiku or hochiku, is a Japanese end-blown aerophone, crafted from root sections of bamboo.