Sanba Day 3-8

March 8th is “Sanba Day.” San = 3 in Japanese, and 8 = ba. No, it’s not about samba in Brazil. I am talking about a musical instrument that is made by 3 woods, and it looks and sounds like castanets. You might hear the sound of it when you watched a shimauta (Okinawan folk song) performance. Sanba events are taking place in Okinawa today, so it would be good to attend one of them.