Hey there, been a loooong time since I’ve been on here, but I’m finally back and attempting to learn the tsugaru shamisen! I plan on using the lessons on bachido, but I definitely want to try to have an in-person instructor to start out with. I currently live in Long Beach, CA, so the closer to there the better. I am willing to travel throughout SoCal if need be though.
Please let me know if ya’ll know of anyone! Thanks for the help!
-Nick
Howdy, Nick! It’s been a quite a long while indeed! Glad to see you back!
I’ll tell Bachido member Jamie to contact you. He plays with a nice tsugaru shamisen group in LA. If you’re in the area, that would be a fun group to play with! 
YO JAMIE!!!
Mike Penny hasn’t moved right ? Have you contacted Mike Penny?
Kyle: Yeah, good to be back! And thanks, that sounds great!
Kevin: Ahhh yeah I forgot he was in SoCal. I’ll send him a message on here, thanks!
PM SENT! Be on the lookout for the mails, NiNo.
And yup, Mike’s still here! You didn’t see those pictures of all of us at the Nisei Week Festival, Kevin? We all looked so pretty in our yukata. Except for Joseph. He didn’t have a yukata so he looked like a bum.
Jamie! Didn’t see the pics! Where were they posted?
Here is a slide show and some video. The video portion starts at 2:50 - until then it’s all the photos that I took.