Mujitsu and Tairaku's Shakuhachi BBQ

Hello,
      My name is Chris Bogert and I have been playing/making shakuhachi for about 2years now I think (something like that at least).   I'm 22, an artist and senior college student going to Evergreen state college in Olympia, Wa.  I having been learning to play and make the shakuhachi on my own since I started, and it has been great.  I don't know of any teachers in my area, but would love to have one. I also go back to Spokane, Wa to visit family and friends on breaks, so if there are any teachers over there let me know.  Well anyway, I've been making jinashi flutes for awhile and selling them for very cheap to fund my flutemaking adventures.  My newest jinashi flute came out real nice and I'm working on a jiari in which I'm trying to cast the bore.  I'll post the plan for that one to see if anyone thinks it will work ok on the making section of this forum.  Well besides the shakuhachi I paint mostly with watercolors, do woodblock prints and try to make ends meet with the money I make selling them.  I'm also learning Japanese right now and plan to go to Japan to study shakuhachi this coming year (if anyone knows a good maker/player preferably outside Tokyo, don't like big cities, that I might be able to work with drop me a line).  I have been studying Japanese painting, woodblock printing history for about six months and plan to study shakuhachi history next, can't wait.  Outside of the art world I like to backpack, hike, camp, and that's about it. 
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                   Jai Sri Krishna,
                                                                                                                      Chris Bogert