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Dear Shakuhachi Forum,

I'm very excited to be giving you the first pre-Shakuhachi Roots Pilgrimage update of 2007!

Unfortunately, I will not be going due to health issues. Next year! I'm very proud of the students who are going on their own this year. In addition to visiting several teachers and makers, and sightseeing, they will be doing an unprecedented 3 harvests of madake bamboo at three different locations throughout Japan! For those interested in coming next year please let me know as soon as possible as spaces will fill up quickly. 8 people maximum is the limit. 

The basic outline of the trip is as follows:

Roots #4

2007 Shakuhachi Roots Pilgrimage to Japan

Itinerary

Sun, Nov 4
Fukuoka
-  arrive in Japan

Mon, Nov 5
Fukuoka

visit Itcho-ken temple
Tue, Nov 6
Kumamoto
enkai (party) & performance with Wakanakai group

Wed, Nov 7
Kumamoto
bamboo harvesting

Thu, Nov 8
Saga
tour Mount Aso & Kumamoto Castle

Fri, Nov 9
Saga
bamboo harvesting

Sat, Nov 10
Hiroshima
play at Peace Park

Sun, Nov 11
Hiroshima
bamboo harvesting

Mon, Nov 12
Hiroshima
visit Miyajima Island
performance with koto teacher

Tue, Nov 13
Osaka & Kyoto
bunraku (puppetry) show

Wed, Nov 14
Day trip to Nara
visit with Yamaguchi Shugetsu, shakuhachi maker
performance with Yamaguchi’s wife

Thu, Nov 15
Kyoto
group lesson with Kurahashi-sensei
visit Meianji
sightseeing
night shopping in Gion district

Fri, Nov 16
Kyoto
group lesson with Ishikawa-sensei
sightseeing & shopping

Sat, Nov 17
Aichi Kokushou
enkai (party) & performance with local shakuhachi group

Sun, Nov 18
Tokyo
workshop with Dan Shin Ku, myoan shakuhachi maker

Mon, Nov 19
Chichibu
workshop with Kakizakai-sensei

Tue, Nov 20
Tokyo
visit Tokyo National Museum
playing in Ueno Park
shopping at Mejiro shakuhachi store

Wed, Nov 21
Day trip to Nikko
sightseeing

Thu, Nov 22
Day trip to Kamakura
sightseeing

Fri, Nov 23
Tokyo
lessons with Okuda-sensei

Sat, Nov 24
Chikukita (Nagano prefecture)
bamboo harvesting
enkai (party) & performance with Zensabo students

Sun, Nov 25
Chikukita
bamboo oiling (abura nuki)

Mon, Nov 26
Tokyo
lessons with Okuda-sensei

Tue, Nov 27
Tokyo
end of tour



Yours in bamboo,

Alcvin


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