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 ...

For Ken Koshio, performing Japanese taiko drumming is tied to tradition, rock-and-roll roots, physical and mental well-being, and a passion for music. Originally from Japan, the Phoenix-based ...

Since January 2014, the Southern Arizona Japanese Cultural Coalition has been putting on an annual Japanese cultural event in Tucson. It started out as a New Year’s mochi pounding event and has grown ...

Kodo – the world’s foremost professional taiko company, which has played a major role in popularizing modern taiko drumming – will present its newest program, DADAN, across the United States for the ...

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 ...

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 ...

As I stepped onto the campus of Bellevue College on Sept. 28 during that school’s Japan Week festival, my heart was pounding in rhythm with the nearby sound of a deep, entrancing beat. Then I walked ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...