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 ...

CHICAGO, Ill. -- Taiko drumming may have begun as a way to send military messages in Japan many centuries ago, but a Chicago group is making this ancient artform very much their own. "When you're ...

"When it gets that intense, you get into a zone which has never happened before. There is a raw energy that Taiko has," Raiki Machida '07 recently told The Herald. Machida and Joshua Goldner '05 first ...

On Thursday, March 9, the world-famous Japanese drum troupe Kodo brought a stunning performance to Jorgensen Center. As a celebration of its 42-year anniversary, Kodo put on a North American premiere ...

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It involves a Japanese drum called 'taiko' (TIE-KO). The beat of a Japanese taiko drum, is more than music. It's also a type of therapy for disabilities like Down Syndrome and Autism, like 6-year-old ...

On Tuesday, at the top of Piestewa Peak, a Japanese taiko drummer began to pray. It was just before sunrise as he bowed to the four cardinal points. Against the wind, his hair flowed out behind him, ...

CHICAGO, Ill. -- Taiko drumming may have begun as a way to send military messages in Japan many centuries ago, but a Chicago group is making this ancient artform very much their own. "When you're ...