Free Traditional Japanese Music
April 15, 2008 7:57 AM   Subscribe

Can you point me to traditional Japanese music on the web? Looking for free downloads.

I am planning a cheesy indoor sushi picnic as a surprise for my girlfriend.
There will be kitschy stuff like a paper umbrellas and stuff, we'll be sitting on the floor, there will be loads of take-away sushi.
Now the multimedia part: I've downloaded a bunch of cliché photos from the interwebs (temples, Fujiyamas, Tokio at night - the works) that I will project as a slideshow at the living room wall.
What's missing is the soundtrack:
I am looking for traditional Japanese music on the meditative side (flutes, harps, instruments that I don't even know etc.) - no heavy drumming.
I've already spent some money on the decoration and I thought that at least I could get the music for free.
Google-fu failed me. Any free licence Japanes music out there for me to download?
Thanks!
posted by ollsen to Society & Culture (2 answers total)
 
Don't know any free downloads, but if you search on 'Koto' or 'Shamisen' on iTunes you will find examples of traditional Japanese music and you should be able to get some nice lengthy tracks for a small fee.
posted by worker_bee at 8:45 AM on April 15, 2008


There are some links to a few nice pieces for Shakuhachi (bamboo flute) here
posted by le morte de bea arthur at 9:11 AM on April 15, 2008


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