GEORGE TOWN: Music transcends boundaries and brings people of different backgrounds together. The Plumeria Koto Ensemble, composed of Malaysian and Japanese musicians, is a testament to this. The ...
The instrument manufacturing company Marusan Hashimoto in the city of Nagahama, Shiga Prefecture, is very busy making strings for the shamisen, the koto and other instruments. Strings make sounds by ...
Amid cold conditions at Marusan Hashimoto Co.'s studio, silk threads are stretched between hooks on pillars and excess glue wiped off with a cloth in a process for making strings for Japanese ...