1.8 Mega Nobe
May, 2010. Ultra beefy, 1.8 jiari nobekan, 40mm wide at the utaguchi. Harvested in Kumamoto, Japan, the bamboo had died in the ground creating very nice patterns and goma throughout. I began this one as a 2-piece with joint, but decided to play with cast a bore and...
Site Update
Have been wanting to update the shakuhachi pages on this site for a long time, and the 4-day weekend finally gave me a chance to get the ball rolling (even though I waited until day-4). I am in the process of converting and integrating the content from the old HTML...
Kumamoto Trip, 2004
In November, 2004, I had the great opportunity to travel to Kumamoto, Japan, in search of knowledge, and great bamboo. This was my first trip there, and was possible only through the extreme kindness and efforts of Jeff Cairns, an ever-talented shakuhachi teacher and...