Kotaro The Biwa Storyteller　

Welcome to Kotaro the Biwa Storyteller's channel!

Here, we'll be streaming Kotaro's biwa narration and recordings of Higo Biwa predecessors.

For performance requests or inquiries, please contact us here:

biwagatarikotarou@gmail.com

Higo Biwa has been designated a Selected Intangible Cultural Property of Japan (an intangible cultural property for which measures such as recording should be taken).

The blind biwa players who performed their original occupations of purifying hearths, celebrating new homes, and performing door-to-door performances are no longer around.

The Higo Biwa Preservation Society's successor training program, which began in March 1973, was suspended at the beginning of the Heisei era, and the few remaining individuals who were trained at the time are continuing the tradition on a small scale.


To ensure that the wandering biwa players can be enjoyed here at Hinomoto, we've decided to ride the wave of YouTube.