The Genki Spark, a taiko group, hosts a membership meeting Sunday in Brookline to support visibility for Asian women, while advocating for equal rights for all. PHOTO BY ELISE TAKAHAMA/ DAILY FREE ...

When LizAnn Shimamoto was 12, her mother forced her to take an etiquette class, where Shimamoto learned all the things a “good girl” should be, how to be “ladylike” and “mild-mannered” and above all, ...

'Finding Her Beat' team, from left to right: Dawn Mikkelson (co-director, producer, editor), Jennifer Weir (producer and principal participant), and Keri Pickett (co-director, director of photography, ...

'HERbeat' at the Ordway brings together top female drummers from around the world Naomi Guilbert, left, and Diana Wu play through a section during a rehearsal of "HERbeat: Taiko Women All-Stars" ...

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 ...

Kodo – the world’s foremost professional taiko company, which has played a major role in popularizing modern taiko drumming – will present its newest program, DADAN, across the United States for the ...

I took up Japanese taiko drumming because it looked fierce. Legs are planted wide as arms wield bachi drumsticks in broad arcs, striking barrel drums in communal precision. Everyone wears a scowl that ...

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, ...

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 ...

Surely, some of the most valuable traditional art forms are those that can be reshaped over time. The ages-old art of taiko, referring to Japanese drum ensembles (taiko literally means "fat drum") ...

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 ...