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Denver Taiko sounds the thunder of drums in the Rockies
March 30, 2024 by Gil Asakawa, Nichi Bei News
DENVER — Aiko Kimura has been playing with Denver Taiko for 45 years, and has been leading the troupe for much of that stretch. She was 13 when she started […] READ MORE
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Four artistic perspectives on wartime incarceration and its consequences
February 15, 2024 by Tomo Hirai, Nichi Bei News
Art can explore and convey history, whether to soften the pain it evokes to recall difficult times or to entice a new generation to learn more. The “Artistic Interpretations” block […] READ MORE
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An immersive introduction to San Jose Japantown
June 8, 2023 by Tomo Hirai, Nichi Bei News
SAN JOSE — Visitors to San Jose’s Japantown on May 20 had an “Immersive” experience as San Jose Taiko took over the intersection at Fifth and Jackson streets. Drummers jumped around […] READ MORE
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Rooted in Community: San Jose’s Asian American taiko turns 50
April 1, 2023 by Tomo Hirai, Nichi Bei News
For half a century, San Jose Taiko has supported San Jose’s Japantown with its driving beats. Although internationally renown as a performance ensemble, the group has stayed close to its […] READ MORE
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‘HERbeat’: Asian women lead ‘a new era of taiko’
September 29, 2022 by Nichi Bei News
“We hope to inspire people not to have the courage to win at all cost, but to persevere through all adversity.” – Tiffany Tamaribuchi, “Finding Her Beat” Not even Tiffany […] READ MORE
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S.F. Taiko Dojo to move out, but plans to keep drumming
September 1, 2022 by Nichi Bei News
As donations continue to pour into San Francisco Taiko Dojo’s GoFundMe fundraiser, its leaders are looking for a sustainable future for the storied taiko performance group and school. Ryuma Tanaka, […] READ MORE
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Pioneering NYC taiko group Soh Daiko continues to transform itself
April 2, 2022 by Nichi Bei News
It’s another snowy Saturday afternoon in New York, but this has not kept members of taiko group Soh Daiko from holding their normal practice. As the days relentlessly beat toward […] READ MORE
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TAIKOPEACE: A movement for connection and community
April 3, 2021 by Nichi Bei News
Last year, San Jose Taiko’s artistic director emeritus and long-time community activist PJ Hirabayashi launched the Website for a movement she calls TaikoPeace. According to Hirabayashi, TaikoPeace is a movement […] READ MORE
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FOR THE COMMUNITY: Melody Takata’s three decades of teaching Japanese arts
March 28, 2020 by Nichi Bei News
Melody Takata has been drumming taiko for around four decades, starting in Los Angeles as a high school student with L.A. Matsuri Taiko before moving to Tokyo for a year […] READ MORE
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High school graduate pursues professional taiko dream with Japan’s Kodo
March 28, 2020 by Nichi Bei News
Ren Zoshi recalled the first time she saw Kodo Taiko Performing Arts Ensemble perform as a 9-year-old child. “That first performance, I think, I just couldn’t forget the sound, the […] READ MORE
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