An ancient Japanese art form that connects people to their heritage with each pounding beat, taiko drumming was recently on full display at the 46th annual Nikkei Matsuri Festival in San Jose's ...

Physical fitness, weight loss, concentration, cultural and musical knowledge, confidence, movement and agility are among the benefits that taiko drumming provide. Taiko students Carol Egan, 80, ...

It takes an intense full-body workout just to keep the rhythm of the drums going. Every hit sends a shock wave of noise that reverberates through the audience’s bones and around the packed auditorium.

Taiko is a style of ensemble drumming which began in the 1950s in post-war Japan. Since then, it has developed into an exponentially popular genre of performing arts, and literally thousands of groups ...

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 ...

This week, 500 international masters and scholars of Taiko have descended on Los Angeles for an unprecedented gathering. They’re dissecting every aspect of this unique style of drumming and ...

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 Dave Stehouwer hears the thunder, he wonders if he has somehow caught lightning in a bottle. The Parkinson’s patient, with a mix of medicine and a boisterous Asian art known as Taiko drumming, ...

Learn about the art of Taiko drumming with a free performance at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Rancho Bernardo Library. Part of the library’s Discovery Concert Series, “Taiko: The History and Art of Japanese ...

The Nintendo Switch version of Taiko no Tatsujin is different from the PlayStation 4 release in many ways, but one of the most immediately noticeable is that people do not have access to everything ...