Biography
Fuji Japanese Music is a traditional Japanese music troupe founded and headed by instructor Mariko Watabe. Troupe focuses on Shamisen and voice for Nagauta and Yamatogaku and Hayashi.
As a member of the Fuji Japanese Music troupe, students can learn to play the shamisen and sing in the Nagauta and Yamatogaku music style, as well as learn to play Hayashi, the kotsuzumi, okawa, taiko, and etc.
Mariko Watabe’s Troupes
1982 to 1989: MARIFUJI-KAI JAPANESE DANCE – in Chicago
1997 to 2012: TOMOFUJI-KAI JAPANESE DANCE AND MUSIC in New Jersey
2012 – : FUJI JAPANESE MUSIC in California