We have a genre called "Japani" in Afghanistan which is inspired by Koto, its played in Kandahar and is mixed with traditonal Pashto music. I have no idea how it got there!
I’m Afghan as well, I never realized why it was called ‘Japani’ music! Now that you’ve told me, I can hear the Koto. But the Afghan element makes it sound very different.
@@jasonisbored6679 Why would it be weeabos? Most people in Afghanistan know nothing about Japanese music or culture. I have no idea how this crossover happened but it could be from the time of WW2 and before since Afghanistan along with Germany were very close to Japan due to the axis. So maybe some cultural exchange happened?
@@TheAfghan72 I would say that that is most likely the case; Japanese animation didn't come into full swing until around the early to mid 1950s, and only began making its way into the mainstream around twenty years ago.
I knew I was gonna find some Genshin related comment- and I love it It’s actually pretty impressive how they are so delicate towards the themes in the game and are really careful about cultural details ^^
Sakura is a song that is sung even in elementary schools in Japan. Therefore, there is no Japanese who cannot sing Sakura. The koto is played like this during big celebrations, New Year's parties, weddings, and so on. When we Japanese hear the sound of the koto, we are reminded of the beautiful scenery of Japan.
Dear Miss Watanabe, I have seen and heard many versions of "Sakura" but yours is the most enchanting. The Koto needs a lot of strength in the fingers but it seems to be very hard to play "soft" on it. But you master it seemingly without effort and paint the picture of that fragile and docile cherry blossom. My thanks for this impressive performance. From germany with great admiration.
I'm responding in English based on your comment in Google translate. Please forgive me if I don't get it correct. The Japanese (Nippon) should not allow the stupid world government to destroy your genetic and cultural heritage like what has been done to all the Europeans and America.
I'm chinese and we actually have a very similar instrument in our country. We call it the gu zheng ^^ I am a gu zheng player for 7 years. I can hear the distinct difference between a koto and a gu zheng and also the music that is played with each instrument. Just wanted to drop by to tell you that your playing is very beautiful ^^
@@halfnhalf5038 I like both instruments a lot ^^ actually, I like all asian instruments since they're all very unique in their own way and sound beautiful when played :D
@@Jk-cx7ko the gu zheng has a more vibrant sounds, but you can still play calm music with it ^^ I'm very happy to see people that know what a gu zheng is :D
I feel like I'm sitting under a Cherry blossom tree while its leaves flying down on me. Then there's the sunset and the sky welcoming the moon to take its place.
For 23 years I've grown up hearing electric instruments and vocals of all varieties. This is the most emotion I've ever heard in sound to date. Almost as if you can hear someone crying in the chords.
I haven't yet seen anyone comment on her beautiful Kimono. It complements the blossoms in the background. This is what I love about Japanese culture. Subtle elegance. They know how to fit a lot of meaning, into very little demonstration.
This song makes me want to come to Japan so much more... it's so vividly beautiful... I can only pray to be able to be anywhere this good at anything some day. Also, what a beautiful kimono!
thearchipelagoawaits.wordpress.com/2019/04/01/the-bittersweetness-of-things/ An article I wrote about the cherry blossom! I live in Hiroshima and blog regularly about living in Japan.
Respect to the japanese culture and to this amazing lady. I cannot describe how beautiful this is. It's like being in another world that is full of love and hapiness wihtout any worries. I'm speechless. What an art ! What a beauty ! What an elegance !
She never looks up, even when she is done playing. What passion and dedication she displays to this beautiful instrument. Excellently played Kasumi-san.
@@marcus-flavius No, that was because the US stole all the technology from germany and searched for a place to try it out in life “combat” without getting blamed for the war crimes like mass genocide that come with it. The pacific war theatre happened to be the perfect chance
@@starstencahl8985 or maybe because Japan was conquering a third of China and going for Australia and the rest of Oceania? Maybe. Germany was losing, but Japan was far from stopping by that time.
As a westerner I don't know why my spirit seem to feel so inclined to the love of classical Japanese instruments. Beautiful and graceful. I so wish I could have seen its creation and development with my own eyes. Powerful and graceful like her people.
American here, I love japan and hold a deep respect and adoration for Japan and all it has to offer from its beauty and culture to its people and their philosophies. Japan is an amazing country I'm currently trying stuying and I'm not having any feelings of stopping any time soon
Не знаю сможете ли вы перевести это. Но я хочу сказать что я из России, и вовсе никогда не слышал о таком инструменте, но я давно увлекаюсь восточной культурой и особенно японской. Я давно смотрю аниме и случайно наткнулся на аниме про этот инструмент. И он меня очень впечатлил. Я сам музыкант, закончил музыкальную школу, играю на инструментах с 5 лет и невероятно люблю музыку. Но в последнее время мне начало все приедается. И это звучание, этот инструмент меня как будто пробудил. Я услышал нечто новое для себя и завараживающее. Этот инструмент очень красив в звучании и отлично передаёт эмоции музыканта. Я даже захотел научится на нем играть. Мне 19 лет и я надеюсь когда нибудь съездить в Японию и послушать это все в живую
There is a harmony to an acoustic string instrument that no electronic device can come close to. It's a sound that cannot be described, only experienced! This instrument provides that kind of experience. She plays it beautifully. ❤❤❤❤
@@Poemwriter_Angelo metal in and of itself is extremely complicated, people think with the drums (going with fast paced bands for this) is just someone bashing it mindlessly but in reality they are going at separate hits at an exact bpm with the same amount of time in between each hit, the guitar solos with their arpeggios and the shredding is millions of chords being played in a 15-30 second radius, and the vocals, don’t even get me started. Seeing that comprehension, especially knowing it being in other metalheads, it would build their minds to a bigger and better array of thought process throughout the plethora of music! This shit gets me hyped!
I absolutely love this instrument. My 24/7 nurse caregiver Yuki who helps me with my terminal illness got one for me 2 years ago and I was able to learn it fairly quickly because one since I can't see well I'm able to pick up on stuff like instruments quicker the second reason why is because Yuki has her own Koto. Sometimes when we get together with her family after going to church I often want to play Koto for them but sometimes I feel a little weak to do it on my own so yuuki and I will actually play the same kodo together so that way whatever strings I can't get to due to me being a little weak she plays those parts she does vibrato and tremolo while I do finger picking and she plays the strings that are a little too far for me to reach at times due to weakness. Her family loves watching both of us play together they still wonder how we manage to make it work but we do sometimes she'll bring hers to wherever we're getting together with the rest of the family and her and I will both be playing. Whenever she has to do any care whether it be IV feeding tube change Etc she will play hers and after she's done playing I'm more than calm enough to let her do what she needs to
Am I the only one who came here after watching “Kono Oto Tomare! Sounds of Life”?
AhitsBella YT such a good anime!!!!
After watching it, I feel like I want to learn playing koto haha...
Same here, awesome show with amazing sounds
i was looking for this comment lmao
I did too it was such a good anime 😅
We have a genre called "Japani" in Afghanistan which is inspired by Koto, its played in Kandahar and is mixed with traditonal Pashto music. I have no idea how it got there!
I’m Afghan as well, I never realized why it was called ‘Japani’ music! Now that you’ve told me, I can hear the Koto. But the Afghan element makes it sound very different.
you can't make this shit up, man, that's amazing. i will now seek out this music.
Maybe weeaboos? Maybe tourism, too. Very cool to learn about this cultural crossover though!
@@jasonisbored6679 Why would it be weeabos? Most people in Afghanistan know nothing about Japanese music or culture. I have no idea how this crossover happened but it could be from the time of WW2 and before since Afghanistan along with Germany were very close to Japan due to the axis. So maybe some cultural exchange happened?
@@TheAfghan72 I would say that that is most likely the case; Japanese animation didn't come into full swing until around the early to mid 1950s, and only began making its way into the mainstream around twenty years ago.
"Only through 'Eternity' you're closest to the heavenly principles"
raiden 💜
Raiden Ei
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lmao I did not expect to see that here
I knew I was gonna find some Genshin related comment- and I love it
It’s actually pretty impressive how they are so delicate towards the themes in the game and are really careful about cultural details ^^
After watching Kono Oto Tomare I HAD to experience a real person playing this. This is so beautiful. I love it🥰
Ye samee
I'm pretty sure real people played the Koto i "Kono Oto Tomaee". I think you mean you wanet to watch some one play it.
lol me also
Ohh guess I got an anime to watch. This showed up in my recommendations
since the first time i watched the anime, i wanted to learn this so badly but yeah its hard to find someone who actually teach you this
Not to mention how graciously she plays this koto
Thank you very much.
I th I I you mean gracefully
@@jacquisampson-marat5277 my apologies for the misspell 😊🙏
Again sooo beautiful the way you play 🙏😊
I play guitar so I can appreciate it 😁
この音を聞いて、なんとも形容のし難い感動こそが「あはれ」なんだなと古文を勉強して5年たってやっと気づいた
🎬 O som perfeito, por gentileza o nome desse instrumento ❓
@@cristinavieira3403 Koto!
3:29 @@cristinavieira3403
I would be very honored Watanabe San to host you in our home in Salem, Oregon.
Sakura is a song that is sung even in elementary schools in Japan. Therefore, there is no Japanese who cannot sing Sakura. The koto is played like this during big celebrations, New Year's parties, weddings, and so on. When we Japanese hear the sound of the koto, we are reminded of the beautiful scenery of Japan.
That's nonsense.
@@user-jw8ij5oc3g found the white american
that's beautiful, i really love it when something so simple to most people is what brings out the lovely colours of a culture, it's always lovely ♥
Not all white Americans are like user.....Ichiban Misora, Sayura, Natsukawa, Tanimura....ENKA forever! Much Love from the USA.
I was taught this song, both in Japanese and English in the 4th grade in the US, 1970.
I've been listening to this for years, never gets old
Are we gonna talk about how beautiful the Cherry Blossom Tree's are?
I love cherry blossom 😁💙
My favorite tree and flower 🌸
Wait till you see it in person lol.
Athirm wdym
@@sayona_asphy6421 Athrim says that Douxie never seen a cheery blossom tree in real life.
Dear Miss Watanabe, I have seen and heard many versions of "Sakura" but yours is the most enchanting.
The Koto needs a lot of strength in the fingers but it seems to be very hard to play "soft" on it.
But you master it seemingly without effort and paint the picture of that fragile and docile cherry blossom.
My thanks for this impressive performance.
From germany with great admiration.
+Klüsenschmied Mike Thank you for your comment.(^O^)
Well put
ja, sie ist sehr gut
Klüsenschmied Mike hello fellow German. I too admire her greatness and skill.
@@kasumiwatanabe9340 Wow this is so beautiful
日本の伝統って日本人でも意識して触れようとしないと触れられない時代になって来てると思うんです。
こういう動画は素晴らしいです。
ありがとうございます。
Вы не правы. Музыка есть способ коммуникации. Музыка и видео великолепны 👍
I'm responding in English based on your comment in Google translate. Please forgive me if I don't get it correct. The Japanese (Nippon) should not allow the stupid world government to destroy your genetic and cultural heritage like what has been done to all the Europeans and America.
Kono Oto Tomare
She not playing the instrument shes making it sing. Beautiful
Simply Sasuke because you have a anime pfp. (Sasuke)
@Great British ikr fucking weebs, we gotta bomb Japan the third time
Mat Hew please don’t.
❤
I use it to calm down.
남준김 I’m pretty sure he was joking, but you can never be sure
I'm chinese and we actually have a very similar instrument in our country. We call it the gu zheng ^^ I am a gu zheng player for 7 years. I can hear the distinct difference between a koto and a gu zheng and also the music that is played with each instrument.
Just wanted to drop by to tell you that your playing is very beautiful ^^
Skyrillex from what I have heard the guzheng has metal strings while the koto has silk strings
@@halfnhalf5038 I like both instruments a lot ^^ actually, I like all asian instruments since they're all very unique in their own way and sound beautiful when played :D
Gu Zheng Sounds more festive while the Koto Sounds more calm
@@Jk-cx7ko the gu zheng has a more vibrant sounds, but you can still play calm music with it ^^ I'm very happy to see people that know what a gu zheng is :D
@@skyrillex5566 didnt the koto come from the chinese 13,000 years ago
She is a master. This scene is so timeless and beautiful under the sakura trees.
Magnificently beautiful Sakura trees depicted in equally wonderful playing. 💖🇯🇵💖
I feel like I'm sitting under a Cherry blossom tree while its leaves flying down on me. Then there's the sunset and the sky welcoming the moon to take its place.
That gave me goosebumps
Every shojo anime be like
"Leaves from the vine falling so slow..."
Y u do this? ;-;
sound like something come from a manga/anime, I LOVE IT!
This sounds very ethereal. Felt blessed hearing both the delicate and skilled plucking of that Koto instrument.
This is the first time I have seen this instrument it sounds very pretty
Wonderful Music !
First reply
Yo, I'm even more proud of my second reply lol
You're always in the strangest places, but it's somehow fitting
Beautiful
5th reply...
There is something that makes East Asia culture so great, I am proudly Chinese and I love Japanese traditional music
I, too, am an East Asian enthusiast. There's something about this region's cultures that makes them so beautiful, so profound, and so rich.
preferences
Chinese from communist China or from the democratic China ( Taiwan)?
Although I'm not Asian but I absolutely love there traditional culture and music it's "enchanting"
It really is beautiful. I've thought so since I was kid
For 23 years I've grown up hearing electric instruments and vocals of all varieties. This is the most emotion I've ever heard in sound to date. Almost as if you can hear someone crying in the chords.
This!
You might want to listen to the Satar. It’s a favorite with more of a trill. This beautiful. The whole setting.
The Cherry Blossoms looked so pretty that I thought they weren’t real 💗🌸
the credit goes to Kono oto tomare to help koto more popular
満開の桜の中で綺麗な人が着物姿で琴を奏でる。日本の風景💕
❤❤❤❤
とても才能のある若い人に感謝します。
Beautiful arrangement. My Norwegian soul is deeply touched.
I haven't yet seen anyone comment on her beautiful Kimono. It complements the blossoms in the background. This is what I love about Japanese culture. Subtle elegance. They know how to fit a lot of meaning, into very little demonstration.
*This brought tears to my eyes. Simply beautiful.*
This song makes me want to come to Japan so much more... it's so vividly beautiful... I can only pray to be able to be anywhere this good at anything some day. Also, what a beautiful kimono!
How about the place where Japan envade countries like Philippines and China and also be sure to hear the history of. "The Nanking War"
@@paulpierresahulga9101 Not easy. It takes a lot of money and time to travel different countries. Okami can hopefully be a traveller as his/her career
The music and kimono are stunning as you say!
If you're in the US, we have cherry blossoms on the east coast
thearchipelagoawaits.wordpress.com/2019/04/01/the-bittersweetness-of-things/
An article I wrote about the cherry blossom! I live in Hiroshima and blog regularly about living in Japan.
Respect to the japanese culture and to this amazing lady. I cannot describe how beautiful this is. It's like being in another world that is full of love and hapiness wihtout any worries. I'm speechless.
What an art !
What a beauty !
What an elegance !
such beautiful instrument
The trees around makes it more fitting
That's some incredible control of rhythm. Subtle, but incredible.
She plays with such Devine mastery that even the Sakura trees are dancing all around her in genuine reverence.
As a Genshin Impact player, I remember Inazuma's music⛩️❤
Thank you very much！
She never looks up, even when she is done playing. What passion and dedication she displays to this beautiful instrument.
Excellently played Kasumi-san.
What talent and what a backdrop. Absolutely beautiful! 凄い綺麗!
So this is what Heaven sounds like. It is...most excellent.
Ваша игра в симфоническом оркестре Инадзумы была великолепна. Очень рад за Вас, надеюсь, больше людей узнает о Вашем таланте.
My god this is beautiful. Japan is so rich in culture.
you can say that again
Yea...Mostly derive from chinese
Oh yes, so rich culture...is this the reason, why fucking USA throwed 2(!) Atomic Bombe on this rich culture?
@@marcus-flavius No, that was because the US stole all the technology from germany and searched for a place to try it out in life “combat” without getting blamed for the war crimes like mass genocide that come with it. The pacific war theatre happened to be the perfect chance
@@starstencahl8985 or maybe because Japan was conquering a third of China and going for Australia and the rest of Oceania? Maybe. Germany was losing, but Japan was far from stopping by that time.
I love discovering different kinds of music from all over the world on UA-cam
Me too ^^
I found it 🥵 after all these years , now i can be like 🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴
As a westerner I don't know why my spirit seem to feel so inclined to the love of classical Japanese instruments. Beautiful and graceful. I so wish I could have seen its creation and development with my own eyes. Powerful and graceful like her people.
今年も🌸サクラ満開のニュースが各地から聞こえて来ました。
この時期は、やはりこの曲を聴きたくて、ここに戻ってきてしまいますね。
今年は開花がいつもより遅かったので、卒業や入学などの時期にちょうどあった気がします🌸 いつも聴いてくださり、ありがとうございます。
You are a real virtuoso on the koto. I would really enjoy hearing you playing more Japanese traditional music.
The music is so beautiful it brings tears to my eyes. I love the sound from a Koto
I'm 8 years late but still I want to say thank you for this wonderful music!
Such a peaceful melody. The koto almost sounds like a music box!
Gods, what a beautiful piece and instrument. She's incredibly talented.
Music for the wounded warrior going home...
American here, I love japan and hold a deep respect and adoration for Japan and all it has to offer from its beauty and culture to its people and their philosophies. Japan is an amazing country I'm currently trying stuying and I'm not having any feelings of stopping any time soon
This is exquisite.
やっぱり琴の音色は、美しい。
好きです。
Loved it! Hello from the USA
言葉では言い尽くせないほど、なんと素晴らしい演奏です。日頃は琴の演奏に接する機会が少ない私が聴いても、奏でられる音と調べの美しさ、それを表現できる多彩で確かな技、美しい画像、完璧だと思います。すごい！
日本人は勿論、外国人でも、聴けば心奪われるものと疑いません。ありがとうございました。
私は無償であなたに同意します。
Не знаю сможете ли вы перевести это. Но я хочу сказать что я из России, и вовсе никогда не слышал о таком инструменте, но я давно увлекаюсь восточной культурой и особенно японской. Я давно смотрю аниме и случайно наткнулся на аниме про этот инструмент. И он меня очень впечатлил. Я сам музыкант, закончил музыкальную школу, играю на инструментах с 5 лет и невероятно люблю музыку. Но в последнее время мне начало все приедается. И это звучание, этот инструмент меня как будто пробудил. Я услышал нечто новое для себя и завараживающее. Этот инструмент очень красив в звучании и отлично передаёт эмоции музыканта. Я даже захотел научится на нем играть. Мне 19 лет и я надеюсь когда нибудь съездить в Японию и послушать это все в живую
@@ddj8302 и в России Сакура - цветет !
Beautiful music and trees. I wonder how many years of practice it took to sound this good ❤
Hermosa musica tradicional japonesa, admiro esta fantástica cultura!!
SUBARASHII - Wonderful ♨⛩
Such a beautiful performance. Arigato.
Full of emotions.
After 1 minute listening my nephew was already sleeping....the song make the soul flying to the light
Very Beautiful 💐💐🎌💐💐❤👍🏻⚓⚓
Très joli et on voyage avec ces sons mélodieux. Merci
This is definitely one of the most beautiful things I've ever heard
Every time I am hiking or walking, I have a song like this in my heart....I can feel it. Amazing that you were able to capture it on video.
There is a harmony to an acoustic string instrument that no electronic device can come close to. It's a sound that cannot be described, only experienced! This instrument provides that kind of experience. She plays it beautifully. ❤❤❤❤
So beautiful!
Even coming from a metalhead, the way you play this instrument makes it very very beautiful. Much respect from eastern US.
I'm a metal head also. You have to respect the talent behind the song.
its natural that we prefer instrumental music.
liking metal is actualy more sophisticated than you might think.
@@Poemwriter_Angelo metal in and of itself is extremely complicated, people think with the drums (going with fast paced bands for this) is just someone bashing it mindlessly but in reality they are going at separate hits at an exact bpm with the same amount of time in between each hit, the guitar solos with their arpeggios and the shredding is millions of chords being played in a 15-30 second radius, and the vocals, don’t even get me started. Seeing that comprehension, especially knowing it being in other metalheads, it would build their minds to a bigger and better array of thought process throughout the plethora of music! This shit gets me hyped!
When the words cut deep, deeper than any blade
So beautiful and with her song to creation 🙏🌠🙏
The Cherry Blossom Tree and the music are perfectly matched.
このビデオを見て、箏を習い始めました。今でもよく見ています。どうもありがとうございます！
The one song that a majority of Inazuma's (from Genshin Impact) OSTs are all based off of.. THIS SONG IS SO COOL. And relaxing :D
Excellent ! beautiful peaceful moment, enjoy Sakura :)
So comforting ❤
どうもありがとう ！
私はフランス人ですが、この弦楽器を知りませんでした。 素晴らしいサウンド！
素晴らしい日本文化！ 改めて、本当にありがとうございました!!!!
十三絃箏もあるんですね！
私はワールドミュージックとあなたたちの文化に情熱を持っています。🙏🙏🙏🙏
お返事ありがとうございます ！！！ パトリック💌
Muy bonito Sakura gracias
So beautiful. Clean and pure .
Absolutely beautiful !
Thank you so much for your wonderful playing.
日本にこれ以上の美は存在しない。美女、桜、琴すべてが日本一。
Thank you.
For a while I was transformed into another world.
this is very beautiful
This is totally beautiful! Thank you for sharing!
Beautiful
素晴らしい音色ですね♪Upして頂き、感謝いたします。
...amazing beautiful sound of the Koto...❤❤
Beautiful Music
I absolutely love this instrument. My 24/7 nurse caregiver Yuki who helps me with my terminal illness got one for me 2 years ago and I was able to learn it fairly quickly because one since I can't see well I'm able to pick up on stuff like instruments quicker the second reason why is because Yuki has her own Koto. Sometimes when we get together with her family after going to church I often want to play Koto for them but sometimes I feel a little weak to do it on my own so yuuki and I will actually play the same kodo together so that way whatever strings I can't get to due to me being a little weak she plays those parts she does vibrato and tremolo while I do finger picking and she plays the strings that are a little too far for me to reach at times due to weakness. Her family loves watching both of us play together they still wonder how we manage to make it work but we do sometimes she'll bring hers to wherever we're getting together with the rest of the family and her and I will both be playing. Whenever she has to do any care whether it be IV feeding tube change Etc she will play hers and after she's done playing I'm more than calm enough to let her do what she needs to
is medicine
Brought tears to my eyes. Listening to it on repeat. I heard how others played this piece but this,this is something else certainly spellbounding.
美しい……何回何時間見ても素敵です。僕死んだらあの世こんな感じでしたら、なんも文句言わない…
ありがとうございます！
This is THE instrument necessary for emotion. God, I could listen to this stuff for hours
魅惑的なご音楽、美しい着物を着た女性、立派な桜、夢のような美。オーケストラよりも綺麗な演奏をありがとうございました。
ありがとうございます。そのようにおっしゃっていただき、嬉しく思います。
とっても素晴らしいですね。日本の思い出がいっぱい。毎日聞きたいね。
Her music is in tune with the beauty of nature.
She is so perfect in her playing that it almost makes me think it is just an animation. I know she is real and real good in this art!
I am literally here because of kono oto tomare: Sounds of life. Such an inspiring anime!
Amen to that, same great deal to 17 koto
@@aizenganpu405 I like kono oto tomare
SAME HERE!!
me too
Ok zoomer
My Thoughts Words I Can Not Under Stand Except For The Music, That Makes Me REMBER In SONG..
Beautiful ❤