Mujitsu and Tairaku's Shakuhachi BBQ

3rd Annual Hocchiku Making Workshop with Murai Eigoro at Bamboo-In
June 16-17, 2007

Participation Fee: CAN$450.00 (this includes homemade breakfast, lunch and dinner for two days)

On June 16 and 17 of 2007, we will be holding the 3rd Annual Hocchiku Making Workshop at Bamboo-In lead  by maker, Eigoro Murai from Tokyo. Participants will be trained in all steps of the hocchiku making process. All tools will be provided as well. This year we will be expecting a very nice group from various parts of the world. So please reserve your space soon as the workshop will fill up quickly! For those who don't have their own bamboo and would like to purchase raw Japanese madake bamboo blanks to make a flute with, Murai-san will bring some from his stock in Japan. Please specify length, thickness, etc. Each piece will cost about $200.00.

Accomodations:

For only those who are serious meditators, the Sunshine Zen Monastery is open for lodging. You must participate in early morning meditation and late night meditation in order to lodge there. (A small donation is appreciated.) For non-meditators, there are camp grounds and B&Bs close by. Please inform me which type of lodging you prefer and I will arrange it for you. Contact me for exact prices for camp ground usage and B&B cost.

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SHAKUHACHI ROOTS PILGRIMAGE #4!!!
http://www.bamboo-in.com/about-us/rootstrip.htm

Last year's Shakuhachi Roots Pilgrimage was a mind-body-spirit blowing experience (pun intended;-)) as all the participants will attest! We are already planning for the next Shakuhachi Roots Pilgrimage to Japan this coming November. We will be harvesting madake in Kumamoto and Nagano, attending the annual Suizenkai at Meianji, stuyding Kinpu-ryu style shakuhachi with female shakuhachi master, Sudo sensei on Koya-san, concert at Taro Miura's Seifu-kan, doing intensives with Taniguchi Yoshinobu, Ishikawa Toshimitsu, and Kurahashi Yoshio, and of course visit the workshop of master shakuhachi maker, Yamaguchi Shugetsu. We are also planning on visiting a monk in Kumamoto who collected several obscure honkyoku that have never been release outside of Japan. There will also be new surprises on this trip that will be divulged to participants later. Those interested in joining this wonderful experience, let me know as soon as possible as the maximum # of pilgrims for this trip is 8 and space fills up fast.

You can read about our last trip at: http://www.bamboo-in.com/about-us/extremerootstrip.htm

Photos can be viewed here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/shakuhachi_bc/


All the very best,

Alcvin


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Alcvin Takegawa Ramos
Bamboo-In Shakuhachi Retreat Centre Director/
Shakuhachi Society of BC
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