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Head to the tiny Japanese island of Shikoku and you'll find one of the world's best grass-roots music festivals This flautist's technique rests on his wearing just the one flip-flop Down on the southernmost part of the relatively small and often ignored Japanese island of Shikoku is Kochi-prefecture. Apparently created by the gods solely for the purpose of being picturesque fodder for super-kitsch tourist videos, it is somewhat isolated from the mainland's direct influence. Despite this, or perhaps because of it, the inhabitants are an infamously wiley bunch, always cultivating their own distinctive culture away from Tokyo's often fit-inducing trends. And this has led to a pretty unique music festival. Ever since Kochi native Sakamoto Ryoma mounted his steed in the 19th century and charged headfirst into the Tokugawa... [read full story]
