Internationally renowned taiko drummer Takumi Kato and his family performed for students at Eugene's Yujin Gakuen Japanese Immersion Elementary School this week. The family from Japan is touring the U ...

A Japanese traditional drum-maker Wednesday put the final nails into a taiko drum he donated to Maui Taiko last year. Hisakatsu Yokoyama, from a town in quake-tsunami ravaged Fukushima prefecture, ...

KAHULUI -When Hisakatsu Yokoyama wrote his name and date last week in the taiko drum body he donated to a Maui taiko group, it marked another link in the Maui-Japan connection forged through 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 ...

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 ...

Yamato — The Drummers of Japan, is performing at the Winter Center on Millersville University’s campus Thursday night. Masa Ogawa, the founder and artistic director of the group, believes it is a ...

THERE is a felicitous double meaning to Kodo, the name of the celebrated Japanese drumming ensemble. Its written characters mean “drum child”. But an infinitesimally different stressing of the second ...

The Taiko Drum Master series is finally setting down on Switch, at least in Japan. Announced during the Japanese Nintendo Direct, which was a separate presentation from the American version. It’s ...

Bandai Namco has released a demo for Taiko Drum Master: Drum Session for PlayStation 4 via the Japanese PlayStation Store. The demo features classic song “Carmen Kumikyoku Ichiban Shuukyoku” by Bizet, ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Japan has officially recognized what gamers have long known--Katamari Damacy and Taiko Drum Master are exceptionally well designed. The Japan ...