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Guitarist Friedman promotes Japanese music

TOKYO, Japan - Guitarist Marty Friedman, a former member of heavy metal band Megadeth, lectures about Japanese music including J-pop to arts and music major students, visiting from the United States as part of the "KAKEHASHI Project" for youth exchange with the North American region, at the Japan Foundation in Tokyo on June 18, 2014.

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Roland founder

HAMAMATSU, Japan - Ikutaro Kakehashi, 82-year-old founder of Japanese electronic music instruments maker Roland Corp., answers reporters' questions in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Jan. 11, 2013, after he was named a recipient of a technical Grammy award for contributing to the development of MIDI technology.

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Blind pianist from Japan makes his U.S. debut

NEW YORK, United States - Takeshi Kakehashi, a blind Japanese pianist, debuts Oct. 20 in the United States in a recital at Carnegie Hall. Kakehashi, 25, performed renditions of Mozart, Chopin and Beethoven, eliciting a standing ovation.

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2 dead, 1 missing after fishing boat capsizes off Ishikawa

KANAZAWA, Japan - The 4.7-ton fishing boat Yamato Maru was washed ashore at Ataka, Ishikawa Prefecture, on April 10 after capsizing near the mouth of the Kakehashi River. Two men -- its captain, Satoshi Higashi, 57, and crew member Takashi Yachi, 62 -- died and crew member Takao Araki, 62, is missing.

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Chernobyl child victims visit Sapporo snow festival site

SAPPORO, Japan - One of three boys from a part of Belarus contaminated by radiation from the 1986 Chernobyl disaster enjoys a snow slide Feb. 5 at the site of the 52nd Sapporo Snow Festival. The boys have been invited to Japan for a monthlong stay by Kakehashi (Bridge) to Chernobyl, a nonprofit group.

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Empress Michiko, her daughter attend charity concert

TOKYO, Japan - Empress Michiko (second from L) and her daughter, Princess Sayako (second from R), also known as Princess Nori, attend a charity concert by blind pianist Takeshi Kakehashi at the Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall in Tokyo on Nov. 1. Kakehashi won second prize in the 1998 International Marguerite Long and Jacques Thibaud Competition in December last year. (Pool photo)

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Japanese pianist tells of his joy

Takeshi Kakehashi (L), a Japanese pianist who won the second prize in the International Marguerite Long and Jacques Thibaud Competition on Dec. 5, tells of his joy in a Paris hotel on Dec. 8. The secretariat of the contest said he is the first blind musician to win a prize in the prestigious contest. Smiling at right is his mother Yuko.

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2 dead, 1 missing after fishing boat capsizes off Ishikawa

KANAZAWA, Japan - The 4.7-ton fishing boat Yamato Maru was washed ashore at Ataka, Ishikawa Prefecture, on April 10 after capsizing near the mouth of the Kakehashi River. Two men -- its captain, Satoshi Higashi, 57, and crew member Takashi Yachi, 62 -- died and crew member Takao Araki, 62, is missing.

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Blind pianist from Japan makes his U.S. debut

NEW YORK, United States - Takeshi Kakehashi, a blind Japanese pianist, debuts Oct. 20 in the United States in a recital at Carnegie Hall. Kakehashi, 25, performed renditions of Mozart, Chopin and Beethoven, eliciting a standing ovation. (Kyodo)

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Kakehashi, Roland founder and music pioneer, dies at 87

Undated photo shows Ikutaro Kakehashi, the founder of Japanese electronic musical instruments maker Roland Corp., in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, where he established Roland in 1972. Kakehashi died on April 1, 2017, at the age of 87, people close to him said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Saruhashi

Sarubashi (Monkey Bridge) spans Katsura River in Sarubashi-cho, Otsuki City, Yamanashi Prefecture. This bridge is considered one of the three most unusual bridges in Japan, together with Kiso-no-Kakehashi (Gifu Prefecture) and Kintai-kyo of Suo (Yamaguchi Prefecture). It was designated a National Place of Scenic Beauty in 1932. Sarubashi is designed in hijikiketa style, which is characterized by a lack of vertical supports. This is a view of the bridge from upstream. Many people are on the bridge. The date is unknown.==Date:unknown, Place:Yamanashi, Photo:A. Farsari, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number82‐47‐0]

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Suspension bridge at Nakasendo Kiso

The famous scene Kakehashi of Kiso, the same as photo number 38-11, is taken from a farther spot. A small shrine is also seen in the right corner.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagano, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number38‐12‐0]

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Suspension bridge at Nakasendo Kiso

The angle is different, but another scene from Kakehashi of Kiso, on the Nakasendo, similar to the three previous photos. To the left on the road, a man stands wearing a hat, probably to travel on the Nakasendo.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagano, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number38‐14‐0]

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Suspension bridge at Nakasendo Kiso

Kakehashi over the Kiso River near the Agematsujuku of Nakasendo. Kakehashi is the name of the Aza, and is known from ancient days as the Kakehashi of Kiso. (It is also quoted in the Kojien as an example of kakehashi. ) But what the actual Kakehashi implies is unknown.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagano, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number38‐11‐0]

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Suspension bridge at Nakasendo Kiso

The famous scene in the Kakehashi of Kiso, similar to photos numbered 38-11 and 38-12. It could have been taken further back compared to photo numbered 38-12. A house looking building stands in the left corner, and in the center of the river can be seen a small boat with several people on it.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagano, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number38‐13‐0]

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Chernobyl child victims visit Sapporo snow festival site

SAPPORO, Japan - One of three boys from a part of Belarus contaminated by radiation from the 1986 Chernobyl disaster enjoys a snow slide Feb. 5 at the site of the 52nd Sapporo Snow Festival. The boys have been invited to Japan for a monthlong stay by Kakehashi (Bridge) to Chernobyl, a nonprofit group.

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Sendai's orchestra plays at the Konzerthaus in Vienna

VIENNA, Austria - The Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra, a Japanese professional orchestra based in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, plays Chopin's piano concerto No. 2 at the Konzerthaus, a prestigious concert hall in Vienna. Pianist Takeshi Kakehashi, a winner of Concours international de Long-Thibaud in 1998, is shown in the picture together with Japanese leading conductor Yuzo Toyama.

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Empress Michiko, her daughter attend charity concert

TOKYO, Japan - Empress Michiko (second from L) and her daughter, Princess Sayako (second from R), also known as Princess Nori, attend a charity concert by blind pianist Takeshi Kakehashi at the Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall in Tokyo on Nov. 1. Kakehashi won second prize in the 1998 International Marguerite Long and Jacques Thibaud Competition in December last year.

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Japanese pianist tells of his joy

Takeshi Kakehashi (L), a Japanese pianist who won the second prize in the International Marguerite Long and Jacques Thibaud Competition on Dec. 5, tells of his joy in a Paris hotel Dec. 8. The secretariat of the contest said he is the first blind musician to win a prize in the prestigious contest. Smiling at right is his mother Yuko. ==Kyodo