Mujitsu and Tairaku's Shakuhachi BBQ

Here's a pic of the glass shakuhachi that Chikuho Ryu Hawaii used to sell every Christmas time at the Hawaii Handcrafters Guild's Craft Fair. We beat the folks in the video clip by over two decades, in spite of their claims of making 'the first'. Ours played quite well, perhaps because they were ji-nashi....  :-)

Our glass flutes were very popular, so there are probably still quite a few around, even after nearly 25 years of potential breakages. The proceeds of our once a year glass shakuhachi sales funded the Society's sake needs for the entire following year.


ca. 1984

Last edited by Riley Lee (2007-11-29 07:59:23)

The one that Riley mentions was my first shakuhachi, back around 1983 or 84 in Hilo Hawaii. I was a beginner so I don't know if I can really judge very well how good it was, but to me it worked just fine, and it survived college life (lot of time in a backpack) with no problems. Best of all it was pretty cheap - I was a poor student at the time. I finally gave it to Riley for another student, when I got a new bamboo one. I hope it still lives on somewhere.