@Dudermn Lots of differences, althought they are all in the same category, ie they're all zithers. Piano and harp both hve fixed bridges near ends of each string, and the piano has a keyboard which harp lacks. On the koto you have a movable bridge that allows quick retuning during play, and you c...
Actually, LucentTwinkle is absolutely right that Sapporo has a sokuon sound, which is romanized as double consonant "pp", さっぽろ if written in kana takes a sokuon sign, but not if writen in kanji 札幌 No long vowels at all in "Sapporo". And yes, the hamza represents the glotal stop, just like the sok...
@doublestop100 hehehehehehe....