what region is Tsugaru
Performance request Back From the Concert DVD & Sample image Home page. Tsugaru-Shamisen is one of the versions of Shamisen, a three stringed Japanese Lute, specially evolved in  Tsugaru  region in the northern part of Japan.Because of the heavy snowfall and painful long winter, Tsugaru people were in need of music as an emotional relief to struggle with severe life there.sugaru-Shamisen, one of the versions of Shamisen, was initially used of wandering blind artists who perform in front of people's house for their living, specially in Tsugaru region.