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“Yamatogaku” is a contemporary genre of Japanese traditional music that combines both Western and Japanese aesthetics. The style was developed from the ideas and efforts of Baron Kishichiro Okura to make Japanese traditional music more accessible to a rapidly-modernizing Japanese audience. This style of music, which was founded 90 years ago, pairs traditional instruments and female voices with Western vocal aesthetics and harmony to create a unique sound world which stands out among the traditional arts of Japan.

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Yamatogaku USA 25th Anniversary Concert


Date: November 2, 2025

Time: 12:30pm – 6:00pm

Venue: Norris Theatre

Address: 27570 Norris center Dr, Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274

About the Concert:

Fuji Japanese Music (a nonprofit organizaiton- with Yamatogaku USA presents 22 Yamatogaku songs LIVE featuring traditional shamisen and narimono percussion accompaniment. Each song has beautiful screen iamges in bac.

Founded 92 years ago by Baron Kishichiro Okura, “Yamatogaku” modernizes shamisen music by blending traditional Japanese and western element. Learn more at Yamatogaku.jp

Special Features:

  • 5 renowned musicans from Japan
  • Bilingual MC: Actress Mako Hattori
  • Over 50 local performers from age 3 to 80s.
  • 22 live performances
  • Raffle drawing at intermission and finae with various prizes

    Tickets
    – Adults: $40 (ticket $30 + facility fee $10)
    – Children: $30 (ticket $20 + facility fee $10)

    Purchase Tickets:

Phone: 310.544.0403 ext 221
Box Office Hours: Tuesday – Thursday 1 p.m. – 5 p.m.

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Yamatogaku25th　Press releaseDownload

For more information:
Email: yamatogakuusa25@gmail.co

Learn more at http://yamatogaku.jp

Photo, Yamatogaku

Three students achieved Natori (Accredited master’s degree) with Yamatogaku shamisen at Hie Jinja Shrine in Akasaka, Tokyo on April 7, 2023

Kyosho Yamato (AKA Mariko Watabe) had her three students granted their stage names from the headmaster of Yamatogaku on April 7, 2023.
They are:
Joseph Monticello, who lives in Miami, Florida, achieved the name of Yamato Josho (大和晟笙）
Carlos Coronado, who lives in Oxnard, California, achieved the name of Yamato Kyoichiro（大和杏一郎）
Travis Suzaka, who lives in New York, achieved the name of Yamato Kyojo (大和杏藤）