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Bruno Deschênes

 

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I live in Montreal, Canada. I am very interested in the music of Asia, especially Japanese music. I play the Japanese shakuhachi and give regular performances in Montreal. I travelled to Japan last spring.

Bruno Deschênes's Recent Contributions

In Japan's countryside we can still see around thatched roofs, called in Japanese Gasshyo Zukuri, though the tradition is slowly disappearing. This house is found near Arashiyama, outside of Kyoto.

Thatched Houses of Japan

Bruno Deschênes - bdeschenes [169]

A story told with photos.

Destinations: Tokyo | Japan
Topics: Architecture

Aesthetics in Japanese Arts

Bruno Deschênes - bdeschenes [169]

There is a je ne sais quoi in Japanese arts, as French would put it, which evokes an aesthetic experience quite different from Western arts, and even other Asian arts. An astonishing and unsurpassed...

Destinations: Tokyo | Japan
Topics: Performing Arts | Music
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