Shakuhachi Making Workshop with John Kaizan Neptune
10. – 12. 09. 2019
Over three days, you will be cutting, drilling and filing bamboo under the supervision of a master maker to make a jinashi shakuhachi.
10. – 12. 09. 2019
Over three days, you will be cutting, drilling and filing bamboo under the supervision of a master maker to make a jinashi shakuhachi.
September 12 – 16, 2019
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