Asano Taiko traces its roots back to an early Edo-period family craft business and has passed down taiko-making skills for more than four centuries. At the 2010 NAMM Show—one of the world's largest ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Members of St. Louis Kendo and the Washington University Kendo Club warm up before a demonstration during the annual Japanese ...

Unbeknownst to me, the Taiko no Tatsujin series has been a staple in rhythm game culture for over two decades. It originated in arcades and steadily expanded into consoles. The franchise is best known ...

An ancient Japanese art form that connects people to their heritage with each pounding beat, taiko drumming was recently on full display at the 46th annual Nikkei Matsuri Festival in San Jose's ...

Train horns blaring as they passed by were not the only loud sound booming around the Dixon Library on Wednesday morning. The Japanese Taiko Drum also echoed throughout the downtown area thanks to a ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- The powerful sound of the taiko drum has been echoing through the streets of the Bay Area for 50 years, connecting communities and serving as a symbol of strength, resilience ...

Bored of the Midwest? Then perhaps it’s time for a little vacation — and what better destination is there than Japan? It can’t possibly be too hard to plan a little trip out east. Well, it turns out ...

Daihachi Oguchi, the Japanese master drummer who led the spread of the art of “taiko" drumming to the U.S. and throughout Japan, has died after being hit by a car in Tokyo, an official at his ensemble ...

Naruwan Taiko at the San Diego Museum of Art. Photo credit: Screen shot, naruwantaiko.com/ Performers Naruwan Taiko of San Diego will make their international debut ...

Kodō, the internationally renowned taiko drum ensemble from Sado Island in Japan, are (belatedly) celebrating their 40 th anniversary by presenting a new dynamic work of seismic percussion at the 2023 ...