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 ...

‘I play taiko drums’,” Anthony Jones explains. “I’m like, what’s that? I had no clue.” After watching a video of her performing, the couple got hold of film of the legendary Japanese ...

around 80 per cent of the students are non-Japanese. The word taiko means any kind of drum or percussive instrument in general and they range in sound and size. In order to specifically refer to ...

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 ...

Ryuji Hamada, a Sydney-based Japanese taiko (drum) player, started his career in Australia 10 years ago. This month, he is making an appearance on a stage 'Chi Udaka' as a member of a professional ...