Shamisen

You like the shamisen, a traditional Japanese three-stringed instrument perhaps best-described as that country's version of an ancient banjo.

My wife and I had the opportunity to watch two shamisen players rockin' out at a street festival in a little town called Higashi-izumo, in a rural part of Japan. It was freakin' sweet, like lucking into a couple of old blues masters with acoustic guitars on a porch in Alabama - if there can ever be anything lucky about being in Alabama. (Sorry, Alabama - never been there, but everyone says you suck, and I just follow the herd.)

Check out this video of the shamisen: http://www.robpongi.com/pages/comboSHAMISENLO.html. Yeah, it loads slow - I noticed. Wait for it or fuck off.