Jin Obu

Name of the making dojo: Rankuu Shakuhachi Works / 藍空尺八工房
Address: 589 Hiyama, Hitachioomiya-shi, Ibaraki-ken

My Shakuhachi name “Rankuu” means “deep blue sky”. I saw it in Tibet in 1994 when I was traveling in Asia and I was very impressed by deep silence with vivid blue sky. Shakuhachi’s sound is also something like that for me.

My Shakuhachi teachers are, Kinko style from Ichiro Seki, Myoan and Kinpu style from Kougetsu Maekawa. I graduated from The 46th N.H.K Japanese musical player training school.

Selling shakuhachi since: 1999