The celebratory sound of taiko (drum) has become integral to many festivals and performances across Japan. For centuries, taiko artisans and ensembles have helped preserve and advance these ...

This powerful 12,000-year-old artform has been used in worship, battle and throughout Japanese history. Taiko may simply mean "drum" or "the art of Japanese drumming" in Japanese, but these wooden ...

This includes her father Naridon, who wields his thunderous power through his taiko (“drum” in Japanese). “I think of visuals almost musically in a strange way, so I need their help to even ...

"What most people won't know is that the taiko itself, the Japanese drum, is thousands of years old but the art form of putting a lot of taiko together in ensemble format and using that as ...

Eva Nagase remembers well the beating of taiko drums reverberating through the air like “background music” during her childhood in Japan. “Every summer, my parents brought me back to Japan ...