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The Wako is an original Japanese string instrument — built from scratch by Satochiki and a master craftsman in 2015. Its sound expands into a room rather than filling it. Watch before reading another word.
The instrument you just heard is the Wako. Satochiki is the only person in the world who plays it.
Wako Recital · New York City · Spring 2027
This is not an audition. This is not a dream.
Satochiki will perform a Wako Recital at Carnegie Hall — the most storied stage in the world — in Spring 2027.
A Japanese artist. An instrument that didn't exist twelve years ago. The world is about to hear something genuinely new.
This photo was taken on 7th Avenue — right in front of Carnegie Hall. Satochiki is in New York through May 19, 2026, performing and building toward Spring 2027.
This is not a plan. This is already happening. You can be part of it.
"Two hundred years from now, I won't be here. But music and culture outlast any person. That is why I am committed to carrying the Wako forward — to the next generation, and the one after that."
The Wako doesn't exist because of a tradition. It exists because one person decided it should — and spent over a decade building, refining, and performing it until the world started listening.
Carnegie Hall in Spring 2027 isn't the destination. It's the moment the world finds out.
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Solo concert at Japan's premier 1,867-seat classical hall — the Japanese equivalent of Carnegie Hall.
Officially invited to perform at government-hosted cultural events. Touring regularly across Asia.
Performed at the 80th anniversary honoring Japan's A- and H-Bomb survivors' Nobel Peace Prize.
The Wako received Japan's national Wood Design Award in the same year it was created.
Performed with the acclaimed composer of Natsume's Book of Friends (夏目友人帳).
Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Fukuoka, Hokkaido, Okinawa, Nagasaki, Niigata, and beyond.
Co-created with master craftsman Nishino Kazuhiro. Japanese cedar, zelkova, and washi paper. Awarded Japan's national Wood Design Award in the same year.
Symphony halls, government events, and cultural exchanges across Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, and the United States.
"ACROSS THE HISTORY" — a sold-out 10-year anniversary concert at Fukuoka's 1,867-seat symphony hall.
Building community, finding collaborators, and performing throughout New York — on the path to Carnegie Hall 2027.
A Wako Recital at Carnegie Hall, New York City. The beginning of the next 200 years.
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