Witnessed a powerful taiko performance live in Japan — absolutely mesmerizing! The energy, rhythm, and tradition left me in awe. | Wander in Japan

Taiko Performance at Edo Wondernight in Nikko Tochigi Japan 🇯🇵 Taiko (太鼓) are a broad range of Japanese percussion instruments. In Japanese, the term taiko refers to any kind of drum, but outside Japan, it is used specifically to refer to any of the various Japanese drums called wadaiko (和太鼓, lit. 'Japanese drums') and to the form of ensemble taiko drumming more specifically called kumi-daiko (組太鼓, lit. 'set of drums'). The process of constructing taiko varies between manufacturers, and the pr