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44.Hitoyoshi Clan Drum and Bugle Band

人吉藩鼓笛隊|日本で最も豊かな隠れ里 日本遺産人吉球磨【熊本県】

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Name Hitoyoshi Clan Drum and Bugle Band
AddressHitoyoshi City, Kumamoto Prefecture
Contact 0966-22-5610(Hitoyoshi City Tourism Promotion Division)
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A fife band formed at the end of the Tokugawa shogunate when the Satsuma clan was influenced by the British military system. It is affectionately known as “Heeroi Roy” because of its tone.

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