Koto Demonstration @ Narita Airport in Tokyo, JAPAN

Free koto a traditional Japanese music instrument demonstration @ NRT Airport recorded on 2/27/07... I'm not sure if non-Asians know this, but the core Japanese borrows heavily from the Chinese culture. As does the Koreans. However both Japanese and Koreans have their own unique ethnic "spins" and the cultures are now eolved to uniquely their own. Both are excellent in their own ways. But my point is, the core is very Chinese. :-)

So this Koto instrument is quite popular in Chinese culture. It is call Guzheng. According to wikipedia, these string instruments are aka "zither" defined in wiki as a musical string instrument mainly used in folk music.

The first Zither existing is a Chinese Guqin found in a nobel tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng of 433 BC.

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• koto
• nrt
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• japanese
• japan
• zither
• folk
• music
• quzheng

[pinkcottoncandy77]

its beautiful! ♥

its so weird to say this but i was there when they were playing! this was the day when i flew to england!

[ghettoracer]

that is a little weird. how did you find this video?  =)

[follyjoyeux]

nice video but the music sounds so..western

[ghettoracer]

yah this piece is more western. the first piece they played were more traditional Japanese.  unfortunately i was taking pictures instead of recording. i should u/l their photos sometimes. very pretty dresses.

[mellowmaromi1]

It doesnt matter where it originated, all that matters is that the japanese perfected it. Almost everything in american culture is from another country but you dont here my complaining.

[alladinmoua]

A Chinese koto is called a guzheng.

[reyelfo1]

俺は♥日本!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[aisuteki1]

I would love to have a copy of that! can you send me one?

[teamshintaichi]

OMG can u send me a copy? that would b awesome!

[AnimeisforLovers]

Oh wow that sounds intense! :O Well hopefully you can find the rest of your family, one way or another :)

[Biglobe90]

no, my grandma changed her last name and she never told us her real last name. I found out by my grandpa that that is where they were from, but nothing else. weird ha? I hope I can go and maybe if I show pictures of my grandma someone will recognize her and tell me where I can find more of my family. However one of my friends told me that she was probably running from something. so he said that showing a pic is probably not a good idea.

[AnimeisforLovers]

Ah Merci! J'espere que j'adorerai ce pays xD Il semble que vous aimez visiter les autres endroits. Voyagez-vous beaucoup? Oh nice. Do you visit them often? Wow that's a lot. I can't remember how much my trip costs haha. I'll probably end up remembering in the fall when I'm seriously preparing for it; unfortunately the price might increase by then D:

[Biglobe90]

tu vais aime vien la france. Il'ya beacuop des activites et, vraiment france est tres cher. But you are going to love. I was born in mexico, but my grandparents are from spain from gernika. I will be probably studing abroad in Spain next spring and I totally agree that is alot of money. My program is 10k for barcelona how much is yours?

[AnimeisforLovers]

Awesome! Ha, I wish you luck then ;) Are you from any of those places? Japan is definitely at the top of my list. Don't know when that'll happen though because I'm studying in France next spring semester, and that by itself will be sucking up all of my money :O

[Biglobe90]

OH, thank you. Yeah, mexico was fun and I got sunburned :). Now, I am saving money to go to Peru this coming august. Wish me luck on the one since I am flat broke. I'll get around to go to Japan probably next year after I go to spain. Japan is definately in my to go list. :)

[AnimeisforLovers]

Hmm, well I guess it depends on what song you're playing. Classical pieces are definitely a lot more difficult than more modern ones. The music isn't written in Western notation, but it doesn't take that long to get used to. Aww that's awesome! The harp is a beautiful instrument.

Ha, I've actually never been to Japan. There are international music ensemble classes, like Japanese koto, offered at the ethnomusicology department at my university ;) Have fun in Mexico!