“This is a good demonstration of how we merge the Japanese drum with Hong Kong culture,” pointed out Leung, a member of local taiko group Gekko. With a history dating back centuries in ...

Bored of the Midwest? Then perhaps it’s time for a little vacation — and what better destination is there than Japan? It ...

After a brief countdown, the room reverberates with sound and rhythm. Energizing shouts erupt and the vibrations of the drums ...

Students easily recall the fairly fast impact of Taiko classes, Cindy Stephenson, who acknowledged that she frst came to ...

Taiko is a style of ensemble drumming which began in the 1950s in post-war Japan ... It is a perception of this contradiction which led to the establishment of a taiko group, Ikari (meaning “anger”), ...

“What we play is Japanese taiko drumming but the group is so multicultural. That opens many doors for taiko and it’s evolving here in Australia,” says Toshinori Sakamoto, whose group Wadaiko ...

If you’re looking to learn the art of playing Japanese drums, or Taiko, this hack, done as a school project by [Cornell] students, could be a really helpful aid. The project write-up is very ...

We visit Sado, Niigata Prefecture, to meet a renowned taiko drum performance group that plays concerts worldwide. The 67 performers and staff members live together at a training facility ...

TAIKO TITAN: The powerful sound of the taiko drum has been echoing through the ... and equity through her Bay Area-based climate justice group Youth Vs. Apocalypse. CLIMATE CHAMPION: A group ...

then with the renowned San Francisco Taiko Dojo, the first kumi daiko (ensemble drumming) group outside of Japan. He has the honor of being the first non-Japanese national to have received a ...

The powerful 12,000-year-old art of Taiko drumming has been used in worship and battle throughout Japanese history. In this episode, visually-impaired content maker Lucy Edwards learns about the ...

three-tonne parade floats housing a huge taiko drum. In a spectacular display of strength, the bearers raise the float up above their heads. They then keep their arms straight as they turn the ...