Taiko drumming has been a part of Japanese culture for centuries. It was typically relegated to stage plays until the 1950s, when a jazz musician developed an ensemble style of drumming called ...

If you haven't seen the highly choreographed Japanese drumming broadly known as Taiko, then you're missing out. It's loud, dynamic and fast-paced fun. Roland is looking to capture some of that ...

According to a long-time member of Taiko, Joshua Lau ’26, these three words encapsulate the student group. Taiko is an ancient Japanese drum tradition dating back to the sixth century C.E., and it has ...

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 to spend ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- A beloved Bay Area music institution is getting forced out of its South San Francisco practice studio after a massive rent hike. The San Francisco Taiko Dojo is the very first taiko ...

Sado, Japan, is not an easy trip. After a 14-hour flight to Tokyo, you’ll have to hop a two-hour bullet train ride followed by a two-and-a-half-hour ferry trip to get there. But on this isolated ...

She makes powerful noise. She makes thundering noise and hushed noise. She does it with a bang. Enrico, 46, plays taiko drums with Portland Taiko, a performance group whose members have banged on the ...

STOCKTON — Christine Kubo grew up amid the familiar sound of thundering taiko drums. As a child in Japan, she watched the performers at festivals. But it wasn’t until she was attending college in the ...

A communitywide Hanamatsuri celebration with taiko drumming performances hosted by the Vista Buddhist Temple is set for noon to 6 p.m. April 28-29 at 150 Cedar Road. The two-day Hanamatsuri, aka ...

Taiko no Tatsujin, known as Taiko Drum Master internationally, is a rhythm game that’s simple to learn but tough to master. It seems like it’ll be so easy when you see that there are only four ...