FURUSATO PROJECT Activities

We visit elementary schools all over the country, have performances and experiences by Japanese instrument players, and plant cherry blossom trees.

Performance by Japanese instrument players

Japanese instrument players will perform on Japanese drums, shinobue, shamisen, and more.

Japanese musical instrument experience

Children will actually play and experience Japanese drums.

planting cherry trees

Plant a cherry tree on the school grounds, and everyone sprinkles soil and water on it.

“Grow big! Cherry blossom tree!”

Representing cherry blossom petals with children's hands

Commemorative photo in front of the cherry blossom tree

Greetings with Japanese instrument players after the event

Souvenir

We will give commemorative gifts to children who participate in this project.

Introduction of Japanese instrument players

Ryohei Inoue (taiko drums), Kohei Inoue (taiko drums, shamisen, bamboo flute) / AUN J Classic Orchestra
Kaori Ishimoto (Koto), Saki Matsui (Koto), Hikari Tamaki (Shinobue) / SAKURA J SOUNDS
Shiori Tanabe (Shakuhachi) / NADESHIKO J ENSEMBLE

(*3 out of the 6 students will visit the school and perform.)

In addition to their solo performance at Mont Saint-Michel and the highly successful ONE ASIA joint concert at Angkor Wat, they also performed at the opening of the Washington DC Cherry Blossom Festival, etc. Mainly in the “Classical Orchestra”, there is “NADESHIKO J ENSEMBLE”, a trio of women who graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts and have both good performance and good looks, and “SAKURA J SOUNDS”, a trio of young and energetic girls. “Team J Classic Orchestra” is a special team consisting of young members of “SOUNDS”. In 2018, he released “Wagakki De Anisong”.

From “Team J Classic Orchestra”, Ryohei Inoue (taiko) from AUN J Classic Orchestra, Kohei Inoue (taiko, shamisen, shinobue), Shiori Tanabe (shakuhachi) from NADESHIKO J ENSEMBLE, Kaori Ishimoto from SAKURA J SOUNDS (koto), Saki Matsui (koto), and Hikari Tamaki (shinobue) are participating in FURUSATO PROJECT.

Ryohei Inoue (taiko)

Kaori Ishimoto (koto)

Shiori Tanabe (Shakuhachi)

Kohei Inoue (taiko, shamisen, shinobue)

Saki Matsui (Koto)

Hikari Tamaki (Shinobue)

[Team J Project official website]

Instrument introduction

Kotoこと

The koto is a musical instrument with a dragon motif.It is a stringed instrument that is usually tuned by placing a piece called a koto pillar between the 13 strings and the body, and played by plucking the strings with nails inserted into the three fingers of the right hand. . It is made of paulownia wood, with silk thread or tetron for the strings, and ivory for the claws. There are two schools of koto music (koto music): the Ikuta-ryu and the Yamada-ryu.The Ikuta-ryu is characterized by the use of square claws and sitting diagonally to the koto, whereas the Yamada-ryu is a school that was developed mainly in the Edo period. This school is characterized by the use of rounded claws when playing, and by sitting straight against the koto.ことりゅうげんどうたいことじちょうげんはげんげんがっき
きりげんきぬいとぞうげ
そうきょくこといくたりゅうやまだりゅうりゅうはいくたりゅうことやまだりゅうりゅうはこと

Shinobueしのぶえ

Shinobueしのぶえ What is whistleふえ, Bamboo fluteたけぶえ, fluteよこぶえ also called japanese wind instrumentsかんがっき is. The material is Shinotakeしのだけ It is made from.
festivalまつ Hayashiばやし, Kagura musicかぐらばやし, Lion dance musicししまいばやし, kabukiかぶき, Nagautaながうた, folk songみんよう It is used for such things.
Among them, Hayashiはやしetcなど The flute used in musical accompanimentはやしもの “classical styleこてんちょう”of Shinobueしのぶえ It's called.
This flute does not have a single standard, and the length of the pipe and finger holeゆびあな The number is not uniform and varies depending on the land and use.
on the other hand,“songsうたもの”of Shinobueしのぶえ teeth, finger holeゆびあな 6-7 holeあな Yes, and the scale is Western (Do-Re-Mi), so it can be used with a variety of Western scale instruments.

Shakuhachiしゃくはち

Shakuhachiしゃくはち is a reedless, made from bamboo. vertical fluteたてぶえ A type of Japanese woodwind instrumentsもっかんがっき is.
Asukaあすか from Nara periodならじだい By China (Tangとう)from Envoy to Tang Dynastyけんとうし It is said that it was introduced by
Madakeまだけ It is made of Shakuhachiしゃくはち The standard tube length is One foot and eight inchesいっしゃくはっすんShakuhachiしゃくはち It is said that it came to be called.
There are various types of tubes, from long ones to short ones, and they can be used depending on the key of the song.
The structure is simple, with four holes in the front and one hole in the back, but because of this, it is able to produce special sounds.

shamisenしゃみせん

shamisenしゃみせん is a Japanese stringed instrument with three strings. repellentばち Use a spatula-shaped tool to make a sound by plucking it. plucked string instrumentはつげんがっき is.
Edo Periodえどじだい for, Nagautaながうた, Gidayuぎだゆう, Tokiwazuときわず, Kiyomotoきよもと, Jiutaじうた, Shinnaiしんない, Tsugaruつがる and various other shamisen musicしゃみせんおんがく was born, and accordingly shamisenしゃみせん The shape of Thin poleほそざお, Middle poleちゅうざお, Taishoふとざお These were created with different neck thicknesses and sizes.
shamisenしゃみせん As the material of Benikiこうき, rosewoodしたん, Hanarinかりん is used, repellentばち for ivoryぞうげ, Bet Instepこう, water buffaloすいぎゅう Other materials such as wood and plastic are also used.

drumたいこ

drumたいこ There are mainly types of long drumながどうだいこ (Miya Taikoみやだいこ), barrel drumおけどうだいこ, Shime-daikoしめだいこ there is.
long drumながどうだいこ teeth Miya Taikoみやだいこ Also good oakかし Hollow out a tree such as oak or oak, studびょう Peel the skin with torsoどう (riveting drumびょううちだいこ), and is a commonly seen type of drum.
Also, barrel drumおけどうだいこ is split vertically Japanese cypressひのき Gather relatively light boards such as Japanese mackerel or Spanish mackerel into a circular shape. torsoどう The skin is made from stringひも or strung with rope drumたいこ is.
Shime-daikoしめだいこ is a hollowed out torsoどう but stringひも The sound quality can be adjusted by tightening the leather by pasting the leather with bolts and nuts. drumたいこ is.