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 ...

KITA-KYUSHU--The rhythmic pounding of taiko drums resonated in this city in Fukuoka Prefecture as preparations got under way July 1 for a 400-year-old summer festival. A ceremony was held outside JR ...

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 ...

Contrary to geographical probability, Japanese taiko drummers are a familiar sight in Vermont. The loud, rhythmic adult taiko ensemble has become an integral part of both the Vermont City Marathon and ...

The drum ensemble, founded at La Jolla Country Day School, is performing at SeaWorld this month as part of its annual Lunar New Year celebration ...

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 ...

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 ...

This story is a multimedia piece that incorporates audio and text. To experience the full story, click the play button on the audio players underneath each section. What started as sporadic and random ...

In a hall on Japan"s Sado island, 71-year-old Yoshikazu Fujimoto strikes the imposing drum mounted before him, producing a boom so powerful that it reverberates through the floorboards. Fujimoto is a ...

KAHULUI — For decades, Kay Fukumoto’s family performed taiko at bon dances, playing the song that Japanese immigrants from the Fukushima prefecture brought to the sugar plantations in the early 1900s.