Photo courtesy of Kanazawa City Hyakumangoku festival features lanterns floating on the river, a large taiko (Japanese drum) performance, and a huge parade of people in samurai costume. Kanazawa has ...

Yamato, a group that has enthralled audiences around the world since its inception in 1993, delivers dynamic live performances that showcase the taiko drum, an integral part of Japanese culture ...

The Taiko troupe is touring its new show titled, Hito no Chikara: The Power of Human Strength, which uses about 40 different Japanese drums. Saturday’s performance featured chest-pounding ...

As the sounds of taiko and fue — traditional Japanese drums and flute — began to fill the Miller Living Room gathering space at the Portland Japanese Garden on Sunday, a crowd squeezed in ...

In every program, the drummers play 35 to 40 different Japanese drums. “YAMATO believes that the drumbeat, like the heartbeat, is the very pulse of life and the epitome of the Japanese spirit ...

BOGOR, Indonesia — Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s wife Yoshiko made her diplomatic debut in Indonesia as the first lady, accompanying him to the country and Malaysia. On Saturday, she visited an ...

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 ...

If you’re looking to learn the art of playing Japanese drums, or Taiko, this hack, done as a school project by [Cornell] students, could be a really helpful aid. The project write-up is very ...