Comments on: Shoukichi Kina & Champloose http://www.shamefulotakusecret.com/2008/05/11/shoukichi-kina-champloose/ You're only as old as you feel. damn... Fri, 17 May 2013 02:09:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: otou-san http://www.shamefulotakusecret.com/2008/05/11/shoukichi-kina-champloose/comment-page-1/#comment-766 otou-san Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:27:30 +0000 http://www.shamefulotakusecret.com/?p=507#comment-766 thanks for the heads up, I was always under the impression they were the same thing — I own one, but don’t speak Japanese so I’m not real up on terminology.

According to Wikipedia at least, Okinawa’s sanshin came first and the shamisen evolved from it.

]]> By: anon http://www.shamefulotakusecret.com/2008/05/11/shoukichi-kina-champloose/comment-page-1/#comment-765 anon Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:22:45 +0000 http://www.shamefulotakusecret.com/?p=507#comment-765 Technically, he plays a Sanshin not a Shamisen…though similar they are not the same.

]]> By: Shin http://www.shamefulotakusecret.com/2008/05/11/shoukichi-kina-champloose/comment-page-1/#comment-450 Shin Tue, 13 May 2008 14:20:09 +0000 http://www.shamefulotakusecret.com/?p=507#comment-450 Oh dear, I’m afraid my tastes in Japanese music is limited to anime songs and the occasional Jpop P:

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