Southern Wave
Okinawan Music and Dance Society
SANSHIN DAY 2026
Wed, Mar 04
|Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre
ー See it, hear it, touch it — Experience the heart of Okinawa through music —
Time & Location
Mar 04, 2026, 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre, 6688 Southoaks Crescent, Burnaby, BC V5E 4M7, Canada
About the Event
🎶 March 4th is “Sanshin Day”! 🎶
ー See it, hear it, touch it — Experience the heart of Okinawa through music —
“Sanshin Day” was created from a wordplay on the numbers 3 (san) and 4 (shi).
It was established in 1993 at the initiative of Ryukyu Radio Broadcasting in Okinawa.
The Sanshin is a traditional Okinawan three-stringed instrument that originated about 600 years ago, during the Ryukyu Kingdom era, from the Chinese sanxian.
It was first treasured as a court instrument and later spread into the daily lives of the people.