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Sapporo Concert Hall is commonly referred to by its moniker “Kitara,” a portmanteau of “kita” or north (Sapporo is the largest city on the island of Hokkaido, the northern-most of Japan’s four largest islands), and “kuru” or “welcome” or “please come.” The name is an invitation to come north, as well as a type of ancient Greek lyre, the “kithara.” The hall is the home of the Sapporo Symphony and the Pacific Music Festival.
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Toyota, Y., Komoda, M., Beckmann, D., Quiquerez, M., Bergal, E. (2020). Sapporo Concert Hall “Kitara”. In: Concert Halls by Nagata Acoustics . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42450-3_3
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