GET YOUR OWN CUSTOM SHAKUHACHI!
SAMURAI, RONIN AND THEIR WEAPON!
SHAKUHACHI WEB SITE!
SHAKUHACHI LINKS!
I'VE MET MORE REALLY SWEET AND BRILLIANT FOLKS IN THE SHAKUHAHCI WORLD THAN MOST ANYWHERE ELSE!
AND Here are just a few - in alphabetical order:
ALCVIN RAMOS,
OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA, IS ONE OF THE BRIGHTEST YOUNG STARS ON THE
SHAKUHACHI HORIZON, AND HIS WEB SITE IN A WEALTH OF SHAKUHACHI
INFORMATION. I SPEND A LOT OF TIME THERE! YOU SHOULD ALSO: http://www.bamboo-in.com/Bamboo/index.html\
OTHER
THAN MY WEB SITE AT www.shakuhachi.ws/making.htm,
AMBAI HIDEKATSU HAS THE ONLY REAL "HOW TO MAKE A BAMBOO SHAKUHACHI" ON
THE ENTIRE INTERNET, AND IT IS TRULY FABULOUS! PLUS HE SELLS MANY
SHAKUHACHI-MAKING TOOLS AND SUPPLIES VERY REASONABLY. TAKE A LOOK: #
HE COVERS EVERYTHING FROM DIGGING THE BAMBOO TO THE FINISHING TOUCHES ON THE
SHAKUHACHI. REALLY TERRIFIC! LIKE ALL JAPANESE SITES, RUN THE
TRANSLATION THROUGH #.
MY
BAMBOO BROTHER, ANDERS NORDIN, A SWEDE LIVING IN DENMARK, IS A REAL MOVER AND
SHAKER IN THE WORLD OF THE INCOMPARABLE KOYOTAKU AND ITS CREATOR, THE LATE-GREAT
KOKU NISHIMURA OF KAMAKURA. AND ANDERS' NEW WEB SITE AT www.kyotaku.dk
IS AN ABSOLUTE MUST SEE! I'VE HAD THE BIOGRAPHY OF NISHIMURA-SENSEI ON MY
DESKTOP FOR MONTHS, AND AM ENTHRALLED BY HIS INIMITABLE BREATHING STYLE OF
PLAYING. AND YES, I'M GONG TO BUY THE CD FROM ANDERS!
AOKI
REIBO II LEARNED SHAKUHACHI FROM HIS FATHER, REIBO AOKI I, AND IS HEAD OF THE
REIBO-KAI SHAKUHACHI GUILD - AND ONE OF MY TOP SHAKUHACHI HEROES! I ONLY
WISH HE WERE MY SENSEI! AND HIS WEB SITE IS EQUALLY FASCINATING,
AT #
THE
BORGNAN INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL INFORMATION CENTER, INC., IS A DELIGHTFUL,
ENGLISH-SPEAKING RETAIL STORE, WHICH SELLS SHAKUHACHI FLUTES AND
SHAKUHACHI-KOMUSO-RELATED GOODS AND SUPPLIES. THEY REALLY HAVE SOME
TERRIFIC THINGS, INCLUDING MY FAVORITE, WATER-BASED, YANAGIYA POMADE FOR
NAKATSUGI. THEY TAKE CREDIT CARDS AND PAY-PAL, AND I RECOMMEND THEM
HIGHLY. TAKE A LOOK AT #.
BRIAN
FRANKLIN HAS A FASCINATING SHAKUHACHI SITE AT #
- DON'T MISS IT!
CHIKUYU OKADERA BUILDS SOME TRULY GORGEOUS SHAKUHACHI, AND EACH ONE IS ENDORSED
BY THE FAMOUS JAPANESE SHAKUHACHI MASTER. NAOSHI TAJIMA. CHIKUYU-SAN USES
THE STRIKINGLY COLORED BAMBOO FROM YAMAGUCHI PREFECTURE, AND HIS PRICES ARE
QUITE REASONABLE. I WOULD RECOMMEND HIM. TAKE A LOOK AT HIS SITE AT #.
CHRISTOPHER
YOHMEI BLASDEL IS ONE OF THE ALL-TIME-GREAT SHAKUHACHI MASTERS, AND
HIS JAPANESE/ENGLISH SITE IS EQUALLY IMPRESSIVE. DO NOT MISS
IT! #
"COURT-MUSIC-OF-JAPAN
ONDO" IS A SHAKUHACHI MAKER'S SITE, WITH SOME GREAT SHOTS OF HARVESTING AND
CURING THE BAMBOO. VERY INTERESTING: #.
DANIEL
NYOHAKU SOERGEL IS A GREAT SHAKUHACHI PLAYER AND RECORDING ARTIST, AND HAS
PLANS ON HIS WEB SITE FOR A REALLY NIFTY PVC SHAKUHACHI (I MADE ONE - THEY'RE
TERRIFIC!). GO TAKE A LOOK AT #
DAVID
BROWN, OF MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA, SHOWS SOME OF THE VERY FINEST SHAKUHACHI
CRAFTSMANSHIP I'VE EVER SEEN - ANYWHERE. DO GO SPEND SOME TIME ON HIS SITE
AT #.
YOU'LL DEFINITELY BE GLAD YOU DID!
GUNNAR
JINMEI LINDER, A SWEDE, HAS ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING SHAKUHACHI SITES ON THE
NET, WITH A GREAT TUTORIAL. GO LEAF ALL THE WAY THROUGH HIS SITE AT
#
JOHN
KAIZAN NEPTUNE IS ONE OF MY BIG-TIME HEROES, NATURALLY. HIS BOOK AND CD
ARE MY MAIN TEACHING AIDS, PLUS I'VE BOUGHT SOME OF HIS OTHER WORLD-CLASS
CDS. AND HIS WEB SITE IS A REAL INSPIRATION OT ME: #
JOHN
SINGER - SHAKUHACHI MASTER - HAS A FASCINATING WEB SITE, WHERE I'VE SPENT SOME
REALLY PLEASANT AND PRODUCTIVE TIME! TAKE A LOOK: #
JUNJI
KAGATA IS AN INTERNET FRIEND OF MINE, FROM MY OLD HOME TOWN OF KYOTO, AND HAS AN
UTTERLY FASCINATING AND EXTRAORDINARILY ARTISTIC JAPANESE BAMBOO WEB SITE, WITH
AN ENGLISH VERSION, AT #.
ONLY THE JAPANESE COULD CREATE SUCH BEAUTY - TAKE A LOOK, BUT PLAN ON SPENDING
SOME TIME!
KEN
LACOSSE HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS HELP TO ME IN MY SHAKUHACHI MAKING ENDEAVORS, AND
HE MAKES SOME MAGNIFICENT INSTRUMENTS. GO TAKE A LOOK: #
MEJIRO'S
SHAKUHACHI STORE IN TOKYO IS MY SOURCE OF ALL THINGS SHAKUHACHI. GREAT
FOLK. TERRIFIC INVENTORY. INSTANT SERVICE. #
MONTY
LEVENSON IS A GREAT MAKER OF SHAKUHAHCI, A GREAT FRIEND OF MINE, AND THE MAN WHO SOLD
ME MY BAMBOO CULM; AMAZING WEB SITE ALSO; GO TAKE A LOOK AT IT: #/
OHZAN
YOKOYAMA IS A FASCINATING SCIENTIST-SHAKUHACHI-PLAYER-BUILDER-RE-BUILDER, WITH A
WEB SITE YOU'VE GOT TO STUDY! IT'S AT #.
BUT BE CERTAIN TO TRANSLATE IT
THROUGH #.
DO NOT MISS THIS SITE!
PEDRO
EUSTACHE - A TRULY WORLD-CLASS FLAUTIST MASTER - HAS PERHAPS THE MOST
FASCINATING FLUTE SITE ON THE ENTIRE INTERNET. AND I MEAN SOMETHING FOR
EVERYONE WHO LOVES THE FLUTE! PLUS HE'S A REAL TURNED-ON CHRISTIAN.
GO CHECK HIS SITE RIGHT NOW BEFORE YOU FORGET ABOUT IT! HE'S AT www.pedroflute.com.
PERRY
YUNG IS A GREAT SHAKUHACHI MAKER, MY FRIEND, AND HAS BEEN AN INVALUABLE SOURCE
OF ADVICE AND ENCOURAGEMENT IN MY SHAKUHACHI MAKING. HE ALSO HAS A
FASCINATING WEB SITE: http://home.earthlink.net/%7Eslantgroup/shaku.htm
PETER
HILL HAS A NEW SHAKUHACHI-FOR-SALE SITE AT #
AND HE'S GOT SOME TERRIFIC LOOKING SHAKU8 THERE. GO CHECK IT OUT.
RONNIE
NYOGETSU REISHIN SELDIN IS TRULY ONE
OF THE MY SHAKUHACHI HEROES AND ONE OF THE ALL-TIME AMERICAN SHAKUHACHI
MASTERS! AND AS SOON AS I GET JUST A TAD BETTER, I'M PLANNING ON ASKING
HIM TO ALLOW ME TO SIGN UP FOR ONE OF HIS CASSETTE-TAPE EXTENSION TRAINING
PROGRAMS. AND HE HAS A TERRIFIC SITE AT #.
shuten-douji is the stage name of an extraordinarily talented
YOUNG man who is the
nephew of world famous shakuhahci master AND JAPANESE LIVING NATIONAL TREASURE, REIBO AOKI
ii.
and, for anywhere REMOTELY near his price, shuten-douji UNARGUABLY makes
the world's most fabulous shakuhachi! i ALREADY HAVE ONE AND ANOTHER IS ON
ORDER! YOU CAN SEE HIS OWN JAPANESE WEB SITE AT #.
AND YOU CAN READ WHAT I SAY ABOUT HIM
AT http://www.shakuhachi.ws/shutendouji.htm.
ONE DAY HIS HANE YUU ARE GOING
TO BE COLLECTORS' ITEMS, WORTH A FORTUNE!
SUGAWARA
KUNIYOSHI IS A VERY FAMOUS JAPANESE SHAKUHACHI MASTER AND SENSEI, AND ALSO A DEVOTEE
AND RETAILER OF MY FAVORITE ABS PLASTIC YUU SHAKUHACHI. GO CHECK OUT HIS
FASCINATING SITE AT #
TACHIBANA Hiroshi
# HAS ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING OF ALL THE SHAKUHACHI SITES ON THE NET! IN
FACT, ALL OF THE STRICTLY JAPANESE SHAKUHACHI SITES ARE FAR MORE INTERESTING TO
ME THAN THE ENGLISH-LANGUAGE ONES. DO NOT MISS THIS ONE, WHICH YOU CAN
EASILY TRANSLATE THROUGH #. AND
HE ALSO HAS FASCINATING SITES AT #
AND #
AND #.
HE CAN KEEP YOU BUSY FOR DAYS!
MY
NEW INTERNET FRIEND, TATSUAKI KURODA, OF KUMAMOTO PREFECTURE, IN JAPAN, HAS A
DELIGHTFUL WEB SITE AT #.
AND - VERY INTERESTINGLY - HE BUYS AND REBUILDS OLD SHAKUHACHI, AND YOU CAN SEE
HIS MIRACLES AT #
AND HE ALSO CREATED THIS WONDERFUL LITTLE SHAKUHACHI GIF:
TOM
DEAVER IS PROBABLY MY FAVORITE SHAKUHACHI MAKER, AND HIS WEB SITE CONTAINS A
REAL WEALTH OF INFORMATION FOUND NOWHERE ELSE, LIKE WHICH IS THE FRONT OF
THE MADAKE PLANT! GO TAKE A LOOK: #
YONEZAWA
HIROSI IS A WORLD-FAMOUS SHAKUHACHI MASTER WHOM I ADMIRE IMMENSELY, AND HIS WEB
SITE, IN ENGLISH AND IN JAPANESE, IS FASCINATING AND INFORMATIVE INDEED.
AND I HASTEN TO ADD, HIROSHI-SAN HIGHLY RECOMMENDS THE ABS PLASTIC YUU
SHAKUHACHI WHICH IS THE LOVE OF MY LIFE! GO CHECK HIM OUT AT #
ZACCIAH
BLACKBURN IS A DEAR FRIEND OF MINE; MADE TWO MASTERPIECE TRANSVERSE BAMBOO
FLUTES FOR ME, AND HE ALSO MAKES VERY GOOD AND REASONABLY PRICED
SHAKUHACHI. GO MEET HIM AT #
THIS SITE - AND THE MONSTER FLUTES THEY MAKE
AND SELL - ARE SO VERY EXTRAORDINARILY UNIQUE I AM ADDING A LINK FOR THEM, EVEN
THOUGH THEY ARE NOT SHAKUHAHCI. THESE ARE "FUJARA" FIPPLE FLUTES
MADE IN THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC, AND YOU OUGHT NOT MISS THIS SITE FOR A MILLION
DOLLARS! GREAT SOUND! GREAT SITE! I'VE GOT TO OWN ONE!
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