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"My Starting Point Is the Victims of the Tohoku earthquake"... Former Self-Defense Force Member Tamaru Continues to Play the Sanshin (Okinawan Stringed Instrument) to Comfort Victims, and Wants to Bring the Sound to the Victims of the Kumamoto Earthquake

Masato Tamaru (71), a former Ground Self-Defense Force officer from Higashi Ward, Kumamoto City, has been playing the sanshin (Okinawan three-stringed instrument) for 15 years. Theきっかけ (trigger) was seeing disaster victims encouraged by the sound of a fellow soldier playing the sanshin while he was deployed to the areas affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake. Now he is a master instructor and continues to visit welfare facilities and other …
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Masato Tamaru (71), a former Ground Self-Defense Force officer from Higashi Ward, Kumamoto City, has been playing the sanshin (Okinawan three-stringed instrument) for 15 years. Theきっかけ (trigger) was seeing disaster victims encouraged by the sound of a fellow soldier playing the sanshin while he was deployed to the areas affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake. Now he is a master instructor and continues to visit welfare facilities and other …

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熊本日日新聞社 broke the news on Saturday, April 18, 2026.
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