PASADENA, Calif. (KABC) -- In honor of Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we visit Makoto Taiko, a nonprofit in Pasadena that teaches the art of Japanese drumming to people of all ages ...

It takes an intense full-body workout just to keep the rhythm of the drums going. Every hit sends a shock wave of noise that reverberates through the audience’s bones and around the packed auditorium.

There are precious few forms of music that are as physical, as intense, and as palpable as taiko, the Japanese drums and drumming art form that goes as far back as the sixth century. Thought to have ...

https://doi.org/10.5406/ethnomusicology.60.1.0022 • https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5406/ethnomusicology.60.1.0022 Copy URL Taiko groups throughout the world are ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Buddhist Ekoji - Nen Daiko performs the traditional Japanese art of "kumi-daiko" (Japanese taiko ensemble drumming). Nen Daiko was founded in 1994 ...

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HONOLULU (KHON2) -- Kenny Endo is celebrating 50 years in Taiko Drumming and has two concerts to that you can enjoy. There will be two unique concerts, on August 9th there will be Japanese classical ...

Hit the drum when the red and blue markers align with the music beats! Hit the surface on red beats, and hit the rim on blue! Your skills will be rated with “GOOD,” “OK,” or “BAD!” Combos are the key ...

PHOENIX — A Taiko Japanese drumming artist is coming up on his 2,000th hike up Piestewa Peak for sunrise this Friday. Ken Koshio started hiking up the mountain with his flutes and drums on March 23, ...