Koto Chikage Association Member to Instruct Japanese Culture Class at Junior High School

On Friday, November 14, 2025, as part of the annual "Japanese Culture Experience" classes for first-year students at Osaka Municipal Yuhigaoka Junior High School, Kaori Murakami of the Koto Chikage (Soukyoku Chikagenokai) will once again serve as an instructor.

Under the curriculum guidelines of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japanese traditional music (Hōgaku) is a required subject in junior high school music classes, with pages dedicated to koto music (Sōkyoku) in textbooks. Instructors from Koto Chikage-no-kai are teaching students about Sōkyoku, which cannot be fully covered through regular music lessons alone.