Japanology Plus

2:30 AM to 3:00 AM

Thursday 16 January

In a Japanophiles interview, US musician and researcher Colleen Schmuckal tells Peter Barakan about playing the three-stringed shamisen and the Hanawa-bayashi festival music of Akita Prefecture.

Japanology Plus airs on NHK World HD at 2:30 AM, Thursday 16 January. (New.)

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