Who are the Ainu? Where is Hokkaido? AKIRAIFUKUBE.ORG has added some fun and informative links below.
Akira Ifukube Official Japanese Language Website
Your official source for information on Akira Ifukube in Japanese.
The Akira Ifukube Music Festival Official Website (in Japanese)
This is the official website for the annual Akira Ifukube Music Festival.
Zen-On is a Japanese music publisher. Several of maestro Ifukube's scores (mostly chamber works) are available from this site.
This is an excellent resource for information about the Ainu people of Hokkaido. Find out more about the indiginous people that influenced Akira Ifukube's music so much.
Hokkaido on Wikipedia
A detailed Wikipedia article providing historical, geographical and cultural information about Akira Ifukube's home island.
Godzilla and Other Monster Music
There
is absolutely no better place on the internet for Japanese sci-fi discography
information than Larry Tuczynski's Godzilla and Other Monster Music site.
Many thanks to Larry for allowing his site to be linked to AKIRAIFUKUBE.ORG!
A wonderful website devoted to the very musical Tcherepnin family. Great information about Alexander Tcherepnin, whose sponsorship helped make Akira Ifukube internationally famous.
This fun site allows you to "play" a virtual koto online.
Want news news from Japan? NHK Online is an excellent resource.
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