Hakata Kinjishi Taiko and Hakata Koma is led by siblings Jyuraku and Syouraku Chikushi and performs Japanese taiko drumming and traditional Hakata Top-spinning act. These drummers use a wide range of stick percussion instruments to meld their drumbeat with other genres such as jazz and rock while integrating a traditional Hakata Top-spinning act into this unique sound experience. Playing with tops is an old form of child's play in many countries. In Japan, the birth of this koma (top-spinning) art came about in a unique style with the use of a top in a series of tricks. The origin of this top art, said to have come from the Hakata Koma, has a long history of more than 400 years and was first developed in Japan as a magnificent form of entertainment (recorded in 2008 at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC).