Musicians entertain the visitors to the Kōtoku-in temple in Kamakura.  The women are playing a Koto, which is one of the more recognizable instruments of Japan, the koto consists of a 6 foot long shallow resonating box (made from Paulownia wood) with a set of thirteen strings stretched over movable ivory bridges.<br />
The men are playing a Hotchiku. hocchiku or hochiku, is a Japanese end-blown aerophone, crafted from root sections of bamboo.