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![]() Okinawa is different then the rest of Japan. Located far away (500 kilometers) from the main island of Honshu the food, culture, music and history of Okinawa reflect the central position between China, Japan and Southeast-Asia. The climate is tropical and Okinawa is one of the few regions, where music is part of the everyday life. Jun learnt the songs of the people from Yonaguni, wrote down their lyrics and returned to Kyoto full of enthusiasm to keep this music alife. There she started to learn to play the sanshin, the streestringed, snakeskinned lute, which is the central instrument of okinawan music. She met Yoshie Uno and formed together with others the band "Shisars" in 1987. Their only record from 1996 was produced by Wataru Ohkuma, founder of the band Cicala Mvta (CD Nektar 68.801). A year later Jun Yasuba and Yoshie Uno started together with the former "Shisars"-guitarist Natsuki Hattori the An Chang Project. They recorded the CDs "Yarayoh-Uta no Sahanji" in 1997 and "Harararude" in 1999. The album "Monkey Harmonizing Songs" is combining songs from both CDs. | ||