Largest ensemble of shamisen performers

Largest ensemble of shamisen performers

TOKYO, Japan - More than 1,000 performers of "Tsugaru shamisen," a type of music played with the shamisen three-stringed, Japanese musical instrument, gather at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo on Oct. 25, 2014, to set a world record for the largest shamisen ensemble. Under the eye of staff from Guinness World Records Japan, they set a record when 1,124 performers played together. According to Guinness World Records, the previous world record in the category was set in 1999 at Tokyo Dome when 815 shamisen players performed together.

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