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 ...

"Katachi: The Shape of Sounds in Silence," a performance of Japanese taiko drums and flute, will be presented at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 9, in the Class of 1970 Theater at Whitman College. Kaoru ...

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 ...

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 ...

NRE & TAO Entertainment Partners LLC., a joint venture established by Nomura Real Estate Development Co., Ltd. and TAO ...

SAN LORENZO — Growing up in Japan, Masa Fukuizumi had no particular interest in taiko. The traditional Japanese drum was only brought out for festivals, with one or two drummers performing and ...

We meet Natalie Hudson, who’s part of Kaminari Taiko, an ensemble that performs Japanese drums. Michael Hagerty is the senior producer for Houston Matters. He's spent more than 20 years in public ...

When two-time Oscar-winning composer Alexandre Desplat goes about his work, he spends a lot of time imagining, striving for a score and a sonic world unlike any heard before. With Wes Anderson’s Isle ...

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 ...

The Taiko Drum Master games feature mascot Wada-don and usually a few crossover songs. Take Taiko Drum Master: Super Splendid Edition, the fifth Taiko game for Wii, which has music from Dragon Quest X ...