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When I call Shimabukuro, I joke with him that doing an interview gives him an excuse from venturing out in St. Paul and dealing with minus 20 wind-chill temperatures.
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Before Shimabukuro's concert at a university in Seoul, Cheon Chang-hi, is strumming on one of the ukuleles for sale in the foyer.
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Ujihara says she first heard Shimabukuro's songs on the radio about six years ago.
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A lot of the credit for its newfound popularity goes to a fifth generation Japanese-American, virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro, who is on tour in Northeast Asia.
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Shimabukuro notes the ukulele's mellow sound and its association with a mid-Pacific island paradise has increasingly given it an identification as the musical instrument fostering peace and global harmony.
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Shimabukuro notes that in an age where making things smaller is better, as well as a contemporary Asian esthetic that cute is cool, it is no coincidence that the tiny musical instrument has become a hit in the region.
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Shimabukuro notes the ukulele's mellow sound and its association with a mid-Pacific island paradise has increasingly given it an identification as the musical instrument fostering peace and global harmony.
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Ujihara says she first heard Shimabukuro's songs on the radio about six years ago.
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A lot of the credit for its newfound popularity goes to a fifth generation Japanese-American, virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro, who is on tour in Northeast Asia.
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Riding an unexpected wave of mass appeal, Shimabukuro is performing across Japan with a 14-show tour in August and September.
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