Things you might see in the classroom. 
| The Shamisen Which also described as "syamisen" or "samisen" in English. And it also called as "Sangen" in some shamisen music genre. The Shamisen is roughly divided into 3 types by its size and thickness of the neck. You are going to see thinnest one of all which called "Hosozao" Shamisen. Other famous "Tugaru jyamisen" is the thickest one. |
| (From far left) Tenugui or Japanese Towel Bachi or Plectrum Hiza-ate or Rubber mat Yubi-kake or Lubricative Band |
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| Yubikake It help your left hand slide on the neck. |
| (left:) Wooden Bachi (right:) Plastic Bachi with Bachisaya which protect edge of Bachi. |
 | Pitch pipe It helps tune keys. |
 | (yellow one) Strings or Ito. Twisted silken string. (white one) Bridge or Koma. |
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| (From far left) Ichi-no-ito, 1st string Ni-no-ito, 2nd string San-no-ito, 3rd string |
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| And a folding fan. Lessons start with bow and saying "Yoroshiku Onegaishimasu". In Traditional Japanese maner, people needs to put a fan front of them to show other respect. |
 | And this is special fan for singers called Utasen. It has half size of a regular folding fans. Not for open and use this as a fan, just hold it when we sing. |
| Tsuyabukin or cleaning cloth. Wipe the Shamisen after each practices. If moisture or anything left on the Shamisen, it can be cause of breaking surface of the body. |