By MAHO FUKUI/ Staff Writer
October 24, 2022 at 06:30 JST
Minoru Shimaoka shows off his “sanshin” instrument in Naha on Aug. 24. He donated it to the Okinawa Prefectural Museum and Art Museum. (Maho Fukui)
NAHA--The oldest "sanshin" known in existence--an Okinawan musical instrument that survived for two centuries and the destruction of World War II--has been donated to a museum here. [Read More]
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