Mugenkyo newsletter avaliable from:
44 vince court
Charles square
London N1 6HN
England
The Kodo Beat is an English quarterly newsletter focusing on the activities of Kodo. It is now offered as a benefit of their Friends of Kodo club, as explained below in the Taiko Organizations section. There is a monthly Japanese newsletter called Kodo as well.
Kodo
148-1 Kaneta-shinden
Ogi, Sado
Niigata, 952-06 Japan
Tel. 0259-86-3630
Fax. 0259-86-3631
e-mail: JDC03000@niftyserve.or.jp
Oedo Sukeroku Daiko has a newsletter.
Oedo Sukeroku Daiko
Hosono Bldg 1F
2-1-13 Sotokanda
Chiyoda Ku, Tokyo
Japan
Tel: 03 3255 3484
Katari Taiko has a self titled newsletter.
c/o Diane Kadota Arts Management
Suite 103
1014 Homer St.
Vancouver, BC V6B 2W9
Canada
Portland Taiko has a newsletter call Kiai.
PO Box 6795
Portland, OR 97228-6795
(503) 295-9709
San Jose Taiko has a newsletter call Odaiko. Some issues are available online
Roy Hirabayashi
Managing Director
PO Box 26895
San Jose, CA 95159
Tel: (408) 293-9344
Fax: (408) 293-9366
Email: sjtaiko@taiko.org
Stanford Taiko has an email mailing list. To subscribe, send email to "Majordomo@lists.Stanford.EDU" with the following command in the body of your email message:
subscribe stanford-taikonews
Tatsumaki Taiko of the San Francisco Bay Area has an email newsletter. To subscribe, send a email to tatsumaki_taiko@hotmail.com
Watsonville Taiko publishes the Bachi Beat
Watsonville Taiko Group
c/o Sandy Crouser
PO Box 1673
Watsonville, C 95077-1673
Zenshuji Zendeko publishes the Zenshuji Zendeko News.
Zenshuji Zendeko
123 S. Hewitt St.
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Rolling Thunder is the most comprehesive sort of taiko information on the net. Enjoy!
Lorraine Compton, of Yuko Daiko, runs a Taiko Folder on America Online. Type "mmc" under keyword, then look for "World Beat". Scroll through the choices until you get to "Taiko".
The San Jose Taiko Club is hosted on the Yahoo! Clubs site.
If anyone is going to Japan, there are various Taiko museums to visit. Miyamoto Taiko is in the Asakusa section of Tokyo, walking distance from the famous Kaminari Mon. Asano Taiko and Taiko no Sato are out in the Kanazawa area in the Prefecture of Ishikawa. Miyamoto Taiko and Asano Taiko are highly regarded as places to go to buy taiko and related stuff.
Miyamoto Taiko Museum
(part of the Miyamoto drum making company)
Asakusa 6-1-15
Taito Ku
Tokyo 111
Japan
Tel: (03) 3874 4131
This museum is rather small, and is located on the 4th floor of
Miyamoto Daiko. There is a nice collection of instruments from around
the world. A great feature of this museum is that you may actually play
a selected collection of instruments from Taiko to Balimphone. Miyamoto
Daiko also has sound studios and drums you can rent for practice, and
occasionally sponsor workshops and performances
Taiko no Sato
148 Fukudome, Matto City
Ishikawa Prefecture 924
Japan
Phone: 0762 771277
Fax: 0762 77-2228
Email: wadaiko@nsknet.or.jp
This museum is run by Asano Daiko, and is located across from the main showroom. A nice collection of Japanese Taiko and drums from around the world, including a gamelon and a monster 6 shaku Odaiko. Practice space and drums are available for rent are also available for rent. Admission is free.
Friends of Kodo is for anyone interested in Kodo's
activities. There are three tiers of membership privileges, with
increasing membership fees.
148-1 Kaneta-shinden
Ogi, Sado
Niigata, 952-06 Japan
Tel. 0259-86-3630
Fax. 0259-86-3631
e-mail: JDC03000@niftyserve.or.jp
Taiko Center's Friendship Club
56 Katsura Chiyohara
Nishiki-ku, Kyoto 615
Japan
Tel: 075 (392) 6975
Fax: 075 (392) 6978
Email: postmaster@taiko-center.co.jp