Shakuhachi -

is a Japanese Flute played from the end similar to the recorder. They can be made from bamboo, rosewood or other precious woods. The Shakuhachi was originally used by zen monks in a musical mediation called suizen.

The Shakuhachi is the original Bamboo Flute that came to Japan through Korea and China. During the Shogun period of anceint Japan, wandering Zen monks would travel across the country playing the Shakuhachi and begging for Alms. They would practice a musical mediation known as Suizen.

Within the last 20 years there has been a great resurrgance of Shakuhachi playing and craftmenship amoung the new generations both in the West and japan.