Tokyo Correspondence

Isaku Kageyama believes taiko must claim its legitimate place in the world of great music. Japanese culture is beautiful. But unless Japan...

Click on this, "Midare Uchi" to watch on YouTube in a rare collaboration by drummers from three Tokyo groups plus a kawaii guest...

Not your everyday around-the-corner taiko, this is serious music that challenges the boundaries of ethnic tradition and identity and univers...

Drummer Isaku Kageyama of Amanojaku collaborates with Yuu Ishizuka of Bachiatari and Makoto Sekine of Taikoshownin Medetai to ex...

Found on YouTube this video of Amanojaku performing "Dotou" at a Tokyo school July 2010. They smoke! A great taiko tune by Amanoja...

the younger members of Amanojaku a taiko group in Tokyo from left to right: Chris Holland, Isaku Kageyama, Daisuke Watanabe, Hiromi Sekine.

Photos from May 13, 2010 concert by Amanojaku in Tokyo.

Isaku Kageyama's Modern Music Ensemble of Tokyo seeks to break down boundaries, with an ambition inspired by the spirit of the Art Ens...

Peter Yeoh of Glass magazine has some nice words to offer for Amanojaku.

AMANOJAKU taiko drums at SuperDeluxe club in Roppongi, TOKYO. The three younger stars of Amanojaku take their thunderous beat out of the usu...

Amanojaku at Tokyo FM Hall "HARU ICHIBAN (Spring Breeze)" SUN April 18, 2010 3 p.m. (doors open 2:30 p.m.) Taiko drumming by A...

Amanojaku's Yoichi Watanabe and Isaku Kageyama are now in Brazil to share the joy of taiko. "Kizuna" was co-written by Watanab...

Amanojaku concert at Sogetsu Hall in Tokyo Dec. 8, 2009. "Kaiun" by Yoichi Watanabe, performed by (from left to right) Daisuke W...

Isao Tokuhashi and I are working together in compiling an oral history of Yoichi Watanabe, the leader and founder of Tokyo taiko group ...

THE BEAT OF LEGACY - Dentou no Hibiki AMANOJAKU Taiko Concert in Tokyo TUE Dec. 8, 2009 Sogestsu Hall 7 p.m. (doors open 6:30 p.m.) For ...

Yoichi Watanabe, (photo by Naokazu Oinuma) leader of Tokyo taiko group Amanojaku, is relating his life history and his thoughts on taiko...

Isaku Kageyama, taiko drummer with Amanojaku, has an interview in the latest Metropolis, Tokyo's entertainment magazine. He is int...

Photo by Naokazu Oinuma. A podcast interview with Isaku Kageyama and his music by "My Eyes Tokyo," from Isao Tokuhashi. ...

Photo by Ryan Bruss. OCT. 4, 2009 AMANOJAKU concert at Kuroiso Bunka Kaikan, 490 Kami Atsu-zaki Nasu Shiobara-shi Tochigi 325-0026. For ...