News in Easy English: Japan gets a pipe organ the same as ones from the 18th century
ICHIKAWA, Chiba -- Japan's only pipe organ like old instruments from the 1700s is now at a cultural hall in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture. This was the t
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ICHIKAWA, Chiba -- Japan's only pipe organ like old instruments from the 1700s is now at a cultural hall in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture. This was the t

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