A Tsugaru-jamisen Concert with Sato Michiyoshi

Date: January 22, 2026
Time: 5 p.m. Eastern
Doors open: 4:30 p.m.

Location: Connable Recital Hall, Light Fine Arts Building at Kalamazoo College
Parking: Available in the Thompson Street lot which is open to the publish after 5 p.m. on weekdays and all weekend. Parking is also available on surrounding streets. Need accessible parking? Please see our information on navigating the campus.

Admission: Free and open to the public

Japan Twang! is an hour-long performance of Tsugaru-jamisen, a modern, improvisatory, and highly technical Japanese musical style performed on a three-stringed spiked lute called a shamisen. Translation and commentary will be provided by Joshua Solomon of Hirosaki University, Japan.

This even is in collaboration with Western Michigan University Haenicke Institute for Global Education and the Japan Foundation, New York.

Questions: Please email Japanese@kzoo.edu. Thank you!