The written form of many scripts can be elevated to art, but the Japanese, and the Chinese long before them, have been creating writing as art for a very long time. Shodou, the Japanese version of calligraphy as an art has been done since at least the 7th century, though the Chinese had been writing…
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Handmade Ukulele
At a recent ukulele event, a dozen ukulele artists from Tokyo and Yokohama gathered to show and sell their beautiful instruments. Obviously, the ukulele is not a native instrument to Japan, but the number of artists and visitors to the show demonstrated how popular it is in Japan. The ukulele came to Japan via Hawaii,…
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