“Japanese Traditions”: Japanese Festival Music (Jun Hōgaku)

Festival hayashi music is indispensable to Japanese festivals.

It’s music performed with traditional Japanese instruments—such as taiko drums, flutes, and small gongs—sounds that every Japanese person has likely heard somewhere.

Classified as pure traditional Japanese music, festival hayashi has long been performed and cherished at festivals across the country.

In this article, we’ll introduce a wide variety of such local festival hayashi!

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