The large Japanese ensemble is now more than 40 years old and has brought the country’s taiko drum tradition to prestigious ...

Six enormous Japanese lanterns took their place on the warning track, spotlights illuminating them inside the Tokyo Dome. LED ...

Taiko simply means drum in Japanese, and performers use two main types. The first is made from a single, hollowed tree trunk with cow or horsehide nailed over each end. The second uses hide ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — More than 2,000 local 4th grade students were treated to a free performance of “Yamato: The Drummers of Japan” at the Coronado Performing Arts Center. The show was ...

The instrument is just one of the many types of drums used in the Japanese tradition of taiko. “This is a good demonstration of how we merge the Japanese drum with Hong Kong culture,” pointed ...

In the Japanese language, the word " Kodo" has two meanings. It can mean "heartbeat" — the fundamental source of all rhythm. However, the characters used for the group's name have a different meaning, ...