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DESCRIPTION:Hogaku: New Sounds from Japan 2008\n \nThe Japan Foundation pre
 sents a traditional Japanese folk performance groups\, Wariki\, and Goto &
  Obama at the Aratani/Japan America Theatre on Wednesday\, January 16\, 20
 08 from 7:30 p.m.\n \nHogaku\, traditional Japanese music\, traces it root
 s to the earliest stages of Japanese history\, where poetry and song have 
 played key roles in society with little distinction made between the two. 
 The performers for “Hogaku: New Sounds from Japan” will dually present
  the audience with a journey back to the roots of Japanese music while pus
 hing the restraints of their traditional training with this exploration an
 d energetic performance.\n \nThis festive event features the traditionally
  trained Japanese folk musicians of Wariki including Akira Katogi\, taiko\
 , dance and performance\; Shunsuke Kimura\, yokobueand tsugaru- jamisen\; 
 Etsuro Ono\, tsugaru-jamisenand taiko\; and Shingo Ikegami\, koto. Wariki 
 is joined by musical group Goto & Obama featuring Yukihiro Goto on Satsuma
  biwa and Akihito Obama on shakuhachi.\n \nIn this first US tour for both 
 groups\, audiences will be treated to a concert of high energy and innovat
 ion from this collection of young and emerging artists who exhibit a full 
 range of mastery of their traditional Japanese folk instruments.\n \nDATE:
  Wed.\, January 16\, 2008\nTIME: 7:30 p.m.\n \nADMISSION: General Admissio
 n: $20\; JACCC Members: $15 (Seniors and Students)
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SUMMARY:Hogaku: New Sounds from Japan 2008 at the Aratani/Japan America The
 ater on 1/16
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