KYOTO, Japan >> “Photo time” offers audiences watching Noh, Kabuki and other traditional performing arts the chance to take photos of the stage and actors after the end of the show, and it’s spreading ...
In the week after the Japanese earthquake and tsumani, a reflection and meditation on two aspects of Japanese culture: - the traditional 'minyo' music of Okinawa and a sonic exploration of Kyoto, the ...
The world's oldest orchestral music, gagaku was imported from mainland China in ancient times. The melody is not based on a scale, yet the tunes are gentle, unmetered tones of continuous notes. The ...