According to a long-time member of Taiko, Joshua Lau ’26, these three words encapsulate the student group. Taiko is an ancient Japanese drum tradition dating back to the sixth century C.E., and it has ...

There’s something exhilaratingly primal about the thunderous roar of taiko drums. Japan’s 1,400-year-old art form may have its roots in ancient battlefields and Buddhist shrines, but the modern ...

Tucked away in a forested neighborhood in Monument, Colo., Carla and Jesse Maddox shape red oak and white ash into drums, polished and stained, with cow hides treated and stretched over the drum heads ...

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 ...

The nonprofit’s roots date back to 1994 when a Japanese group performed at Luther Burbank Center for the Arts in Santa Rosa. Read more stories about locals giving back to their communities here. Each ...

Taiko no Tatsujin, known as Taiko Drum Master internationally, is a rhythm game that’s simple to learn but tough to master. It seems like it’ll be so easy when you see that there are only four ...