In Nagano, we visited a small museum - it was a great painter's
second house in 1800's. In the picture above, you see
the typical Japanese WELL beside the house.



This is a single-string KOTO (Japanese harp).
I had never seen such KOTO before and I was so impressed.
Visitors could try it freely but it was too difficult for me
to make each proper sound by putting different fingers on the string.


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