My name’s Josen (Jon Kypros) and it’s been my great joy to be a full-time teacher and craftsperson of shakuhachi for over twenty years. I hold the title of Dai Shihan or ‘Grandmaster’ of the shakuhachi and I practice Zen Buddhism, both of which I will cultivate for the rest of my life. You might be familiar with my Bell Shakuhachi and my book, Your Shakuhachi Journey (not currently in print). Here you’ll find my handcrafted shakuhachi for sale and ways you can learn to play with me as your teacher.

It would be my pleasure to guide you on your pilgrimage down the také no michi or ‘bamboo path’. Reach out to me with any questions you may and thank you for entrusting me to be of aid on your odyssey with the shakuhachi, if even just for a short while. I hope to meet you in the bamboo, Josen