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![We have a big announcement about next performance🙌🏻🙌🏻
We will be playing at Nikkei Matsuri with a special guest Masaki Yogi from Miyako island in Okinawa🌺
Nikkei Matsuri🏮
▶️Aug 30, Fri 4pm-10pm (Zenyasai)
▶️Aug 31, Sat and Sep 1, Sun 11am-7pm
At Nikkei Centre in Burnaby
6688 Southoaks Crescent, Burnaby
@nikkeimuseum
[Okinawa Time, Southern Wave X Yogi Masaki]
Saturday, August 31, 2024
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Hayashi Hall
[Special guest from Miyako island Okinawa: Masaki Yogi and Bon Odori]
Sunday, September 1, 2024
5:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Garden Stage
PLUS! We will also have Sanshin sales and repairing during Nikkei Matsuri on both Sat and Sun🎉🎊Hope to see you all🪄
🏮About Nikkei Matsuri🏮
One of the most popular celebrations of Japanese culture in Metro Vancouver held on labour day long weekend.
🎵About Masaki Yogi🎵
From a young age, the woodworking shop (Miyako Woodcraft 宮古木工芸) run by his grandfather Eikō, where they made sanshin (Okinawan three-stringed instrument) and other woodcrafts, was his playground. He would help with making sanshin and woodcraft items. When he was five years old, he started attending the sanshin classes held by Eikō, who was a sanshin master. In 2006, he obtained the teaching license at 15 years old, and in 2011, he won the Diamond Grand Prize at a folk song competition held in Okinawa. Following the legacy of his grandfather who has recently passed away, Masaki has reopened the Yogi Folk Song Research Institute in January, 2024. He also makes custom-made woodcraft items such as single-board tables and engraved signs. He has traveled across Japan and overseas to exhibit the Sanshin he makes, to attend live performances and repairs old Sanshin.
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