Taiko is a style of ensemble drumming which began in the 1950s in post-war Japan. Since then, it has developed into an exponentially popular genre of performing arts, and literally thousands of groups ...

“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 ...

And whether it's a single drum in the studio or a group of them being played in the street, creating something people can hear and feel is what San Jose Taiko has been doing for more than a half ...

“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 ...

Get ready to meet Beni Daiko, Madison’s premier Japanese Taiko drumming group. Beni Daiko, which has 15 members and regularly performs at elementary schools, libraries, festivals and more, offers ...

Kaminari hopes audiences will come out of their comfort zones by performing Japanese a cappella music during their 10th ...

Taiko drumming is or to give it its correct title ... We have also been hired by different kinds of groups, like, we've worked with hearing impaired children, for example. The act of striking ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Drumming group Maui Taiko is heading to the nation’s capital to take center stage at the 2025 National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington D.C. on Mar. 22.

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 ...

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 ...

Step dance is an African-American dance form involving stomping and clapping, which shook the Cama’i Dance Festival stage in ...