This directory was updated in 2020 by Ms. Keiko Murakami.
(The 2017 directory, created by Tomoko Deguchi and Barbara Benary,
has narrative information on some of the groups of that time.)
Aichi
Name of Ensemble: GAMELAN SEKAR SAKURA
Instruments: Balinese Jegog
Repertoire: Traditional
Representative: Ms. Maki Takafuji
E-mail: takafuji@meion.ac.jp
Website: https://m.facebook.com/gamelan.sekar.sakura/
Name of Ensemble: SUARA SUKMA
Instruments: Balinese Gong Kebyar, Gong Luang Saron, Gender Wayang
Repertoire: Traditional
Representative: Mr. Katsuhiro Matsui
E-mail: gongluang@ybb.ne.jp
Website: https://ja-jp.facebook.com/suarasukma758/
Fukuoka
Name of Ensemble: FUKUOKA GAMELAN CLUB "LOU"
Instruments: Sundanese Gamelan Degung
Repertoire: Traditional, Contemporary
Representative: Mr. Makoto Mitsunaga
E-mail: gamelanlou@gmail.com
Website: https://www.gamelanlou.net
Name of Ensemble: PRATIWI
Instruments: Javanese
Repertoire: Traditional
Representative: Ms. Erina Aoki
Supervisor: Ms. Fumiko Tamura
Contact: Chikushi Jogakuen University
Ishizaka 2−12−1 Dazaifu-city, Fukuoka 818-0192
E-mail: pratiwi2008fukuoka@yahoo.co.jp
Gifu
Name of Ensemble: IAMAS
Instruments: Javanese
Repertoire: Contemporary
Representative: Mr. Masahiro Miwa
Contact: 4-1-7 Kagano, Ogaki-city, Gifu 503-0006
E-mail: mmiwa@iamas.ac.jp
Website: www.iamas.ac.jp
Name of Ensemble: SEKAR MELATI
Instruments: Javanese
Repertoire: Traditional
Representative: Ms. Hitomi Ozeki
Contact: 5-12-2 Kaminakaya-cho, Kakamigahara-city, Gifu 504-0926
E-mail: m.c.h.ozeki1212@gmail.com
Kanagawa
Name of Ensemble: GAMELAN BAKSO CLUB
Instruments: Balinese Gong Kebyar, Balaganjur
Repertoire: Traditional
Representative: Ms. Motoko Sakurada
Contact: Yokohama Gamelan House
E-mail: yokohamagamelanhouse@gmail.com
Website: https://www.facebook.com/yokohamagamelanhouse/
Name of Ensemble: TERANG BULAN
Instruments: Balinese Gong Kebyar, Semar Pegulingan, Balaganjur, Rindik
Repertoire: Traditional, Contemporary
Representative: Ms. Motoko Sakurada
E-mail: onmoto@yk.rim.or.jp
Website: https://www.facebook.com/gamelanterangbulan/
Name of Ensemble: RINDIK CLUB
Instruments: Balinese Rindik
Repertoire: Traditional
Representative: Ms. Motoko Sakurada
Contact: Yokohama Gamelan House
E-mail: yokohamagamelanhouse@gmail.com
Website: https://www.facebook.com/yokohamagamelanhouse/
Name of Ensemble: SARASWATI—Senzoku Gakuen College of Music Gamelan Ensemble
Instruments: Javanese
Repertoire: Traditional
Representative: Mr. Yukitoshi Morishige
Contact: Senzoku Gakuen College of Music
2-3-1 2-3-1 Hisamoto, Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki-city, Kanagawa 213-8580
Kyoto
Name of Ensemble: MIKANOHARA GAMELAN
Instruments: Javanese (pelog)
Repertoire: Contemporary
Representative: Ms. Nobuko Sumimoto
Contact: Kamochoreihei Kizugawa-city Kyoto 619-1106
E-mail: 925daisakusen@gmail.com
Name of Ensemble: SEKAR GANDIS
Instruments: Javanese (slendro)
Repertoire: Contemporary
Representative: Ms. Kumiko Yabu
Website: https://sekargendiskyoto.wixsite.com/home
Okayama
Name of Ensemble: OKAYAMA JAVANESE GAMELAN CLASS
Instruments: Javanese
Repertoire: Traditional
Representative: Mr. Shouichi Iwamoto
Contact: 3-7-16 Houkancho, Okayama-city, Okayama 700-0026
E-mail: ohanaganagainone@gmail.com
Website: http://okayamagamelan.blogspot.jp/
Okinawa
Name of Ensemble: KEMBANG MAS
Instruments: Balinese Gong Kebyar
Repertoire: Traditional
Representative: Ms. Towako Yonashiro
Contact: Okinawa Prefectural University of Art
E-mail: matahariterbit2013@gmail.com
Website: https://www.facebook.com/KembangMas/
Name of Ensemble: MATAHARI TERBIT
Instruments: Balinese Gong Kebyar, Gender Wayang, Rindik
Repertoire: Traditional
Representative: Ms. Towako Yonashiro
Contact: Studio Matahari Terbit (Okinawa Urasoe-city)
E-mail: matahariterbit2013@gmail.com
Website: https://www.facebook.com/mhtbaligame/
Name of Ensemble: SANGA
Instruments: Javanese
Repertoire: Traditional
Representative: Mr. Ryosen Kameshima
E-mail: okigeigamelan@gmail.com
Website: https://www.facebook.com/OkigeiGamelanSanga/
Osaka
Name of Ensemble: CHANDRA BASKARA
Instruments: Balinese Gong Kebyar, Gender Wayang, Rindik, Semar Pegulingan, Baleganjur
Repertoire: Traditional
Representative: Ms. Yumiko Yokoyama
E-mail: drabas2009@yahoo.co.jp
Website: http://drabas.exblog.jp
Name of Ensemble: DHARMA BUDAYA
Instruments: Javanese
Repertoire: Traditional, other new music
Representative: Mr. Teruo Yamasaki
E-mail: info@gamelans.org
Website: http://www.gamelans.org/
Name of Ensemble: HANA JOSS
Instruments: Javanese gamelan, Wayang Kulit
Repertoire: Traditional, Contemporary
Representative: Mr. Rofit Ibrahim
Contact: Rumah Wayang
3-21-3 Kurakakiuchi, Ibaraki-city, Osaka 567-0878
E-mail: mail@hanajoss.net
Website: http://hanajoss.net
Name of Ensemble: KUPU-KUPU
Instruments: Javanese
Repertoire: Contemporary, Wayang Kulit
Representative: Rofit Ibrahim
Contact: Rumah Wayang
3-21-3 Kurakakiuchi, Ibaraki-city, Osaka 567-0878
E-mail: mail@hanajoss.net
Website: http://hanajoss.net
Name of Ensemble: MAGICA MAMEJIKA
Instruments: Javanese
Repertoire: Traditional, Contemporary, Wayang Kulit
Representative: Mr. Ananto Wicaksono (Nanang)
Contact: 4-13-12 Sakura, Minoh-city, Osaka 562-0041
E-mail: mail@magica-mamejika.com
Website: https://magica-mamejika.tumblr.com/
Name of Ensemble: MARGA SARI
Instruments: Javanese
Repertoire: Traditional, Contemporary
Representative: Mr. Takuya Oi
Contact: Space Ten
9-5 Makishimobayashi, Toyono-cho, Toyono-gun, Osaka 563-0211
E-mail: gamelan.margasari@gmail.com
Website: http://margasari.blog.jp/
Name of Ensemble: OMOIDE
Instruments: Javanese (pelog)
Repertoire: Contemporary
Representative: Ms. Kanayo Ueda
Contact: NPO Coco Room
1-15-1 Sanno, Nishinari-ku, Osaka-city, Osaka 557-0001
E-mail: kanayo20@gmail.com
Website: www.cocoroom.org
Saitama
Name of Ensemble: KACANG LONCAT
Instruments: Javanese
Repertoire: Traditional
Representative: Ms. Naoko Kozako
Contact: Institute for Asian Studies, Faculty of International Relations, Daito Bunka University
560 Iwadono, Higashimatsuyama-city, Saitama 355-8501
Website: http://www.daito.ac.jp
Name of Ensemble: SEKAR SETA
Instruments: Javanese
Repertoire: Traditional
Representative: Ms. Naoko Kozako
Contact: Shobi University
1-1-1 Toyoda-cho, Kawagoe-city, Saitama 350-1110
E-mail: kg-kyomu@s.shobi-u.ac.jp
Shizuoka
Name of Ensemble: SUARA CANDA
Instruments: Balinese Gamelan Angklung
Repertoire: Traditional
Representative: Mr. Hideharu Umeda
Contact: Shizuoka University of Art and Culture, Hamamatsu
Website: https://twitter.com/suac_gamelan
Tokyo
Name of Ensemble: DARMA KANTI / DARMA KAYNA
Instruments: Balinese Rindik
Repertoire: Traditional, Contemporary
Representative: Ms. Mariko Adachi
E-mail: darmakayna@yahoo.co.jp
Website: https://blog.goo.ne.jp/darmakanti
Name of Ensemble: FUKAGAWA BARONG CLUB
Instruments: Balinese
Repertoire: Traditional
Representative: Mr. Shinji Arano
Contact: Shirakawa 3-6-10 Koto-ku Tokyo 135-0021
E-mail: fukagawabarong@gmail.com
Website: http://fukagawabarong.com
Name of Ensemble: GEINOH YAMASHIROGUMI
Instruments: Balinese Gong Kebyar, Semar Pegulingan, Gender Wayang, Beleganjur, Selonding, Jegog
Repertoire: Traditional
Representative: Mr. Shoji Yamashiro
Contact: 1-22-3 Higashinakano, Nakano-ku, Tokyo 164-0003
E-mail: mail@yamashirogumi.jp
Website: https://www.yamashirogumi.gr.jp
Name of Ensemble: KARTIKA & KUSUMA
Instruments: Javanese
Repertoire: Traditional, Javanese dance, new compositions
Representative: Ms. Fumiko Tamura (The president of Otokoba)
Contact: Otokoba (The studio of Indonesian Gamelan &Dance)
Dai2-Yamamoto Building F2, 1-5-10 Suido, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-0005
E-mail: info_kartika@yahoo.co.jp
Website: http://sound.jp/kartika/
Name of Ensemble: KLUTHAK-KLUTHEK
Instruments: Javanese
Repertoire: Wayang Kulit, Contemporary
Representative: Ms. Akiko Kasei
E-mail: kluthak@kazekusa.jp
Website: http://kluthak.kazekusa.jp/
Name of Ensemble: LAMBANGSARI
Instruments: Javanese gamelan, Calung Banyumasan
Repertoire: Traditional, Contemporary
Representative: Ms. Kayo Kimura
Contact: Lambangsari Studio
Miyata Building B2F, 1-17-16 Nishi-Shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0003
E-mail: office@lambangsari.com
Website: http://www.lambangsari.com
Name of Ensemble: MAME-TANGAN
Instruments: Balinese Gamelan Geguntangan
Representative: Ms. Ako Mashino
E-mail: mametangan@zoho.com
Website: https://www.facebook.com/mametangan
Name of Ensemble: MERDEKA
Instruments: Balinese Gong Kebyar, Gender Wayang
Repertoire: Traditional
Representative: Mr. Koichi Minagawa
Contact: International Language and Cultural Studies
Kanda University of International Studies
1-4-1 Wakaba, Mihama-ku, Chiba-City, Chiba 261-0014
E-mail: minagawa@kanda.kuis.ac.jp
Name of Ensemble: PADMA
Instruments: Balinese Gender Wayang
Repertoire: Traditional
Representative: Ms. Ako Mashino
E-mail: padmabali@hotmail.com
Website: http://padmabali.strikingly.com
Name of Ensemble: PARAGUNA
Instruments: Sundanese Gamelan Degung
Repertoire: Tembang Sunda, Traditional, Contemporary
Representative: Mr. Yukitoshi Morishige
Contact: c/o Lambangsari Studio, Miyata Building B2F, 1-17-16
Nishi-Shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0003
E-mail: info@paraguna.com
Website: http://www.paraguna.com
Name of Ensemble: SARI MEKAR
Instruments: Balinese Gong Kebyar, Gamelan Angklung, Gender Wayang
Repertoire: Traditional
Representative: Mr. Masahito Miyamoto
Contact: Otonomori Gamelan Studio (Balinese gamelan and dance)
3rd floor, 6-26-18 Omori-kita, Ota-ku, Tokyo 143-0016
E-mail: CQH00055@nifty.com
Website: http://otonomori.jp
Name of Ensemble: SEKAR DJEPUN
Instruments: Balinese Gong Kebyar
Repertoire: Traditional
Representative: Mr. Hiroshi Seto
E-mail: hiroshi.seto@nifty.com
Website: https://www.sekardjepun.com/
Name of Ensemble: SENI SARI PELIATAN
Instruments: Balinese Gong Kebyar
Repertoire: Traditional, Peliatan village style
Representative: Ms. Rika Kunisaki
E-mail: pudak_setegal@hotmail.com
Name of Ensemble: SIDHA KARYA
Instruments: Balinese Gong Kebyar, Semar Pegulingan, Gender Wayang, Belaganjur
Repertoire: Traditional, Contemporary
Representative: Mr. Koichi Minagawa
E-mail: minagawa@kanda.kuis.ac.jp
Name of Ensemble: SUARA
Instruments: Javanese
Repertoire: Traditional, Contemporary
Representative: Ms. Junko Sato
E-mail: info@suara.jp
Website: http://sound.jp/suara/
Name of Ensemble: SUMILIR
Instruments: Javanese
Repertoire: Traditional, Javanese dance, Wayang Kulit
Representative: Mr. Sumiyanto, Ms. Ayako Nezu
E-mail: gong.sumilir@gmail.com
Website: http://sumilir.cocolog-nifty.com/
Name of Ensemble: TCM GAMELAN ORCHESTRA
Instruments: Javanese
Repertoire: Traditional, Contemporary
Representative: Ms. Kayo Kimura, Ms. Nami Higuchi
Contact: Institute of Ethnomusicology, Tokyo College of Music
3-11-1 Zoshigaya, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 171-0032
E-mail: minken1975@a.toshima.ne.jp
Name of Ensemble: TITIK SUARA
Instruments: Javanese
Repertoire: Traditional
Representative: Ms. Kumi Masuda
Contact: Tokyo University of the Arts
2-2-1, 12-8 Ueno Kouen, Taito-ku, Tokyo 110-8714
E-mail: titiksuara.gamelan@gmail.com
Website: https://www.facebook.com/titiksuara
https://twitter.com/geidai_gamelan
Name of Ensemble: Urotsutenoyako
Instruments: Balinese and International, Gong Semaradhana
Repertoire: Topeng dance theater, Wayang Listrik, new music, collaborative work
Representative: Mr. Tetsuro Koyano
E-mail: urotsutenoyako@gmail.com
Website: http://urotsute.com
Name of Ensemble: WASABI
Instruments: Javanese gamelan and Japanese traditional instruments
Repertoire: Contemporary
Representative: Ms. Keiko Murakami
Contact: NPO Japan Gamelan Music Association
Miyata Building B2F, 1-17-16 Nishi-Shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0003
E-mail: info@j-gamelan.com
Website: http://www.j-gamelan.com
Name of Ensemble: WAYANG TUNJUK UMEDA
Instruments: Balinese Gender Wayang, Wayang Kulit
Repertoire: Traditional
Representative: Mr. Hideharu Umeda
Website: http://wayangtunjuk.web.fc2.com
Name of Ensemble: HIKARI GAMELAN
Instruments: Balinese Gong Kebyar, Gender Wayang
Repertoire: Traditional
Representative: Ms. Tamiko Fujimoto
E-mail: fujimototamigong@gmail.com
Website: http://www.kvision.ne.jp/~gamelan/