The one [flute] he seems most committed to, the one he poses with in photos, and loves to talk about, is the Japanese shakuhachi.
An international network of summer schools, online workshops, and so on has reached the point where Japanese musicians look overseas with a certain envy that there can be so much activity.
In Japan, meanwhile, the instrument retains a strong identity with Japanese nationality, but few have actually seen it played.
Here he offers a muscular rendition of 'Tsuru No Sugomori' ('Cranes Nesting')...
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