The body consists of a hollowed-out piece of wood with a flat top plate. the strings run to the pegbox, where they can be tuned with the long, opposing pegs, can be tuned with the long, opposing pegs. The tonkori is used both as a solo instrument, as well as for accompaniment. The contemporary Ainu musician Oki Kano has been intensively involved reconstruction of the historical way of playing. Five-stringed zithers are used in the north of Hokkaidō and in Sakhalin, three-stringed zithers in the Kuril Islands.