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Yamakiya Taiko Club

For more than a decade, the Yamakiya Taiko Club has been entertaining and dazzling audiences all around Japan at competitions, festivals, and special engagements. Their strong, original sound embodies the land and mountainous spirit of their intimate community. The Yamakiya Taiko Club, from the Yamakiya District of Kawamata Town in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, comprises students from elementary through high school. There are three teams: Kodama, the beginning students, Suzaku, the intermediate students, and Yamazaru, the experienced members. The students practice after school for many hours each week.

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Yamakiya Student Taiko Club 4/16/12: Yamakiya Student Taiko Club

The student drummers, ages 12-20, have won first prize in a number of Japanese national competitions. Part of the 2012 National Cherry Blossom Festival.

Yamakiya Student Taiko Club

The student drummers, ages 12-20, have won first prize in a number of Japanese national competitions. Part of the 2012 National Cherry Blossom Festival.

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