Keeping the beat of its ancient culture alive is what the KODO drummers have been providing audiences around the world for nearly four decades. The innovative outfit, which brings its “One Earth Tour” ...

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Toshiyuki Yamada demonstrates body percussion by clapping, in Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Dec. 2, 2022. (Mainichi/Naoko Takashiba) KURUME, Fukuoka -- Through a mixture of claps, stomps and ...

TOKYO (Reuters Life!) - Ancient Japanese musical instruments have taken on a new shine after one group decided to make theirs out of glass, instead of traditional wood. Drums and flutes play a major ...

Amid cold conditions at Marusan Hashimoto Co.'s studio, silk threads are stretched between hooks on pillars and excess glue wiped off with a cloth in a process for making strings for Japanese ...