Haniwa are terracotta clay figures from Japan's Kofun period (3rd to 6th centuries AD), used as funerary objects and buried with the dead.
Some haniwa depict musicians playing instruments such as the koto which is considered an early vesion of the koto.

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♪Koto Chikage♪
Koto Chikage is a place where you can feel Japanese tradition.
You experience playing the koto of which history is 1600 years.
Why don't you explore cultural  tradition with us?


Koto Chikage  
Location  close to Nagoya Castle
Nishi-ku, Nagoya-shi
Nearest Station: Meijo Park Station