In the words of the sensei: "Hello shakuhachi friends!
We International Shakuhachi Kenshukan are going to have an event that is
called 'The 20th anniversary of the International Shakuhachi Kenshukan
festival in Bisei'.
Date:24th 25th and 26th August 2007
Place : Bisei town in Okayama Japan (It's the place where the 1st world shakuhachi festival was held.) (This includes 2 nights stays, 6 meals, workshops , concerts , and farewell party(s?).
Everybody who is interested in shakuhachi can attend the event. You can see(touch) real "Katsuya Yokoyama".
And there will be a lot of non-Japanese shakuachi players listed below: David Wheeler, JimFranklin, Bruce Huebner, Jinmei Linder Gunnar, Neptune Kaizan, Kiku Day, Riley Lee, Marco Lienhard
Peter Hill, Stan Richardson, Véronique Piron
And from Kenshukan : Teruo Furuya, Kazushi Matama, Kuniyoshi Sugawara, Akikazu Nakamura, Ichro Seki, Toshimitsu Ishikawa, Michiaki Okada, Yoichi Iwahashi, Kaoru Kakizakai
We are very looking forward to seeing you shakuhachi crazy.
Best regards,
Kaoru Kakizakai"
