Tsugaru

Penny is the second foreigner to win an award at the national Tsugaru Shamisen Tournament, where he placed third in 2006.

Gil Asakawa: Monsters of Shamisen Rock in Colorado Concert Gil Asakawa 2011

Penny is the second foreigner to win an award at the national Tsugaru Shamisen Tournament, where he placed third in 2006.

Gil Asakawa: Monsters of Shamisen Rock in Colorado Concert Gil Asakawa 2011

While Tsugaru-ben is historically interesting it has negatively impacted the economic and social developement of the region.

Kun moga, kun moga, kun moga (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009

Kmetz, who looks like a young Jerry Garcia, especially when he wears a tie-dyed shirt, grew up near Tsugaru, the epicenter of shamisen culture in Japan, while his father was stationed at the Misawa US Air Force base.

Gil Asakawa: Monsters of Shamisen Rock in Colorado Concert Gil Asakawa 2011

Kmetz, who looks like a young Jerry Garcia, especially when he wears a tie-dyed shirt, grew up near Tsugaru, the epicenter of shamisen culture in Japan, while his father was stationed at the Misawa US Air Force base.

Gil Asakawa: Monsters of Shamisen Rock in Colorado Concert Gil Asakawa 2011

The other problem was that the Tsugaru folks did not get along well with the Nambu clan on the other side of the mountains.

Kun moga, kun moga, kun moga (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009

If two more plants-—the Tsugaru plant in Aomori Prefecture and the Tsuruoka plant in Yamagata Prefecture—return to full operations next week, nine of Renesas's 10 domestic early-stage chip plants will have recovered, bringing overall capacity to 85%.

Renesas Looks to Bring Two Factories Back Online Juro Osawa 2011

There 's the English Channel, for old time' s sake; as well as the Catalina crossing; Cook Strait in New Zealand; the Tsugaru Channel in Japan; and the shortest, the Strait of Gibraltar, about eight miles between Spain and Morocco.

Extreme Swimmers Accept the Challenge of Suzanne Sataline 2010

I remember when I lived in Northern Japan my introduction to the language was the Tsugaru dialect.

Kun moga, kun moga, kun moga (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009

He persevered on his own, when he came back to the states and learned shamisen well enough to compete and become the first-ever gaijin to win the top award at Tsugaru Shaimsen competitions in 2005.

Gil Asakawa: Monsters of Shamisen Rock in Colorado Concert Gil Asakawa 2011