Asano’s 400th Anniversary
Last weekend Bryan from TAIKOPROJECT and I went to Japan to celebrate Asano’s 400th Year Anniversary. I can’t believe there has been a company (let alone a taiko company) that has survived for 400 years. Can you believe that?
The weekend was filled with performances, drum sales, merchandise sales, meeting many taiko people, and a reception. Congratulations Julia Asano!
Here’s Bryan in front of a huge odaiko. At the end of the weekend, there was a fun odaiko jam where we got to play this odaiko. It was probably the biggest taiko I’ve ever hit in my life and in the process, Yoshikazu Fujimoto, lead odaiko player from Kodo, lent me his odaiko bachi and I totally broke one! I’ve never done that before. Maybe I should take lessons from him…
Here’s us dressed in suits at the reception with Sumiyo Asano! Yes… we actually own suits. Can you believe it?
Here’s Senmu-san giving a “thank you” to all the reception attendees.
Bummer about the odaiko batchi… how is that even possible? You’re even stronger than I thought. :)
Maz is a super-hero.
how about a “bizarre-hero”?