Experience making an instrument used in "Kokiriko," Japan's oldest folk song, handed down in Gokayama | Sasara weaving experience

The sasara is one of the instruments used in the kokiriko. Dancers hold the sasara in their hands and strike it while dancing. The sasara is made simply by tying together 108 small boards of the same size with three strings.
The sasara you make in the sasara weaving experience will have 72 planks, and is slightly smaller than the sasaras held by dancers. Two strings are placed around your feet and pulled to hold the planks in place, then another thin string is used to weave the planks in place.

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