Listen to the soothing sound of the koto 琴 or the Japanese zither. Koto player extraordinaire and instructor Kazuma Ishikawa 石川歌寿万 will be performing both traditional and contemporary Japanese pieces, joined by Haruka Shimizu 清水遥. She is the director of Ishikawa Kazuma Kai, and has been teaching and performing koto in the Bay Area, throughout California and Japan. Her mission is to epitomize the Japanese spirit and culture through Japanese music here in the Bay Area and United States.