For those in the Bachido forum who like to collect shamisen-themed stuff, one of my students just introduced me to the website below. (He actually sent me the koto link, and from that, I discovered all their shamisen goodies. ) Have a peek:
http://www.zazzle.com/shamisen+gifts
(I confess, I rather like the iPhone case and the doggie T-shirt myself…)
So Kyle, when is Bachido going to get into the shamisen “novelty” market???
Ooh! Intriguing!
I must say, I don’t tend to buy trinkets/novelties (or as I call it, “crap” ;-P), but my eyes are attracted to the iPhone case. I wonder if one could be made for a Droid phone.
Oh!! You reminded me!! Masahiro made a … whatchamacallit? It’s like the little 3cm wooden doll on a string. Do you know what I mean? Anyway, it’s that thing with a shamisen. 
I’ll talk to Masahiro about that as well! A whole bunch of new additions are going to be added to Bachido (just got a lot of inspiration recently talking with Grant, Nitta and folks… now just need a lot of time 
). One of which is adding Nagauta shamisen and accessories to the store, not just Tsugaru things.
a shamisen doggie shirt . . . . . . . . . ?!
a no brainer on the other hand would be geisha posters, cool key chains or that desktop little shamisen I saw in one of your videos I think and I would buy a t-shirt sort of like the green / sakura one something that got a nice looking design at first sight and a recognizable shamisen on second sight so like I go for the subtle designs and messages I guess . . .