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Japanese artisans use winter cold to make silk strings for traditional instruments

Amid cold conditions at Marusan Hashimoto Co.'s studio, silk threads are stretched between hooks on pillars and excess glue wiped off with a cloth in a process for making strings for Japanese ...
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Silk string production for traditional Japanese instruments reaches seasonal peak

NAGAHAMA, Shiga -- Production of silk strings for traditional Japanese instruments such as the shamisen and koto is at its seasonal peak in this western Japan town. At the workshop of Marusan ...
Mumbai Mirror

Japanese make violin strings from spider silk

A Japanese scientist said he has made violin strings out of spider silk and claims that - in the right hands - they produce a beautiful sound. Thousands of the tiny silk strands can be wound together ...
Oregonian

'Kubo and the Two Strings': characters are Japanese, but lead actors are all white

Monkey, Kubo and Beetle are all Japanese, but the actors playing them are South African (Charlize Theron), Irish (Art Parkinson) and Texan (Matthew McConaughey). (LAIKA | Focus Features) Hillsboro ...