Japanese Taiko Drums: performs "Tsunami"

Asian Festival: Japanese Taiko drums at Fruit & Spice Park performed by Fushu Daiko... www.fushudaiko.org

[@DrBenMillerAP]

It is such an honor to be one of the few chosen teams by Sensei Tanaka to play this arrangement. Every time you play you must try to give %110 of your sincerity and dedication. I hope that we make him proud with our attempt. He is a mountain in our taiko landscape. With appreciation, - Ben Miller

[@sorcerousfang]

The yelling is part of the show. It's to give your team energy. Taiko is all about the energy, guys. And hearing it from the crowd gives us all the more energy to pound it out on those drums. Taiko takes a lot of work. Take it from me; I'm a taiko drummer myself. And I throughly enjoy listening to this. Makes me want to pick up my bachi and start practicing some more. (And white, black, asian, it doesn't matter. If you feel the energy, you can do it just as well and with just as much feeling.)

[@PANDORASBOXRELEASE]

Has anyone noticed that the drums tell a story. Musically the beats and changes in rythem depicts how a tsunami is. First it starts quite calm, just like the beginning of a tsunami, then the drums become stronger as if a large towering wave was storming in. And as the "wave" picks up speed so do the drums. Until finally the wave crashes into the shoreline and the devastation occurs. The big drum with the two guys is most likely the crashing wave, just showing how monstrous the wave is.

[@tjbolt17]

I had to find this song, I remember really loving the portion of this song that is played in the movie Rising Sun, I'm so happy I found this video and got to listen to the complete song.

[@PANDORASBOXRELEASE]

even the gong sounds like part of a wave. Taiko drumming is so much fun

[@ciararavenblaze]

@sushicinema you said it--I'm sitting at home and listening to this on not-so-good computer speakers and I've still got tears in my eyes from how utterly amazing it is. just... WOW.

[@gggreggg]

i was lucky enough to see this troupe twice here in boston many years ago when they first started traveling. first at an outdoor concert on the banks of the Charles River. i was so taken by their performance that i went a few days later to see them at Boston's Symphony Hall. one of the most thrilling performances ever. being in a concert hall enhances the whole perfomance. the drumming utterly "drums" through your whole body.

[@misslillyflowers3334]

This is UNBELIEVABLE!!! Most Powerful & Energetic Taiko drumming on youtube for sure!!Absolutelly Fantastic!!!

[@califrogg]

From the group's website: "Tsunami" Performed proudly with explicit permission by Grand Master Seiichi Tanaka. Fushu Daiko is honored to be considered worthy by Sensei Tanaka to perform this prestigious piece. In that case, they have my blessing :)

[@JmusicCh]

awesome performance!! 素晴らしいパフォーマンスですね 全力を出し切った感じが最高です！

[@gelfling9uk]

Video's like this bring tears to my eyes - wonderful, wonderful stuff! Thanks for sharing!

[@daveharpe]

I miss the performances of Sacramento Taiko Dan. I always have to work when they perform these days. Watching this on KZbin is good, but being there is awesome!

[@sundeamon666]

KICK ASS!!! that had to be one of the greatest performances i have ever heard!!!

[@usatandaisuki]

素晴らしい！！最高！

[@ShantiOoom]

Awesome, thanks for sharing this!

[@ya64]

Outstanding performance, mindblown!

[@bigstink357]

This is so amazing to watch this!! as a Taiko player myself I can appreciate the hard work that went into doing this! Awesome work guys... this got me excited about Taiko all over again!

[@warrathblacktiger5566]

Hey who said you couldn’t rock out to Japanese drums needs to listen to this I love it

[@dmhudson91]

This is awesome. I can't explain it. It's something about the beauty and cultural diversity of this planet that is just really inspiring sometimes. Thank God for KZbin so I can see stuff like this in the morning before I go to class :P

[@iRunavala]

This, is wonderful! I really do wish I had the energy and physical ability to just hit those Taiko drums and be one of the crew, I really wish I could! This is amazing, I love the synchronization that the team has and how enthusiasum (sp?) they have! It is just inspiring and makes me want to move, it shifts my soul! Very well done, and I can't wait to see more like this!

[@treehuggingdruid]

this is seriously awesome.

[@kavablade]

Awsome. Just awsome.

[@CanadaxIreland]

I wish I could try Taiko or Kendo or some other traditional Japanese art but the nearest classes are 2 hours away :/

[@Kiyoko504]

I feel so much energy from Taiko drums I feel an intense fire in me that wants to burst and I don't know how to let it out and if I do I am afraid I might not be able to control it since all I feel is the erg to fight along side the samurai

[@asianthor]

@Coaco98 Awsome!!.Japanese culture is absolutly beautiful and it's people are the best in the world. What a work-out.

[@knoxvilleguy2]

@kurtilein3 No electronic enhancemens needed. It gets the blood pumping. Definitely !

[@WarBandit111]

1: I plan to listen to this the next time it rains hard. 2: What are the different kinds of taiko drums?

[@thegrief13]

man, this must be quite a work out! i wish there was a professional mp3 of this, so that i could use it to get pumped up for stuff :)

[@PoKeRfAcE97100]

@WarBandit111 taiko in japanese mean drum so all the japanese drum's are taiko except the one that have a hourglass shape

[@richsail47]

@Coaco98 .... working on the marrage part :D i prefer Shu-hi (sp) and one of the flavorings... so far i'm learning calligraphy.. i figure it's a start... spent 3 weeks over there last month and already planning on my next visit. just can't get enough.

[@richsail47]

@iverson25allen i agree !! some of us non Japanese, love Japan so much we're trying our hand at what used to be an only Japanese art form. to see me doing Calligraphy (i'm from Maine ... USA mind you) would look rather odd i'm sure, but one of these days i plan on moving back to Sasebo and god willing marry a Japanese girl there (^.^) !

[@Shineynsparkles]

Yo this be some serious drumming!!!!

[@martal126]

I used to play drums in a band, and now i just really wish i could just join them. Just listening to it makes me feel... i really dont know how to explain it. i guess @Kiyoko504 explains it the best.

[@TheTechController]

Japanese are awesome... respect from Ireland

[@sorcerousfang]

The cheapest I've seen a new chu (that's the name of the smaller drums in the back) is about $400 to $500. Depending on where and how it's made, they can get to be upwards of $2000. They are usually carved right out of tree trunks, so they don't come cheap. We cut down on cost by making our own out of wine barrels, but the materials are still expensive, and they aren't as strong.

[@AggressiveXSubstance]

Yeah figured they wouldn't be cheap but that's quite pricey. Did some lookin around on ebay they went from 3-4k a pop. I can't even fathom or want to know how much the bigger ones cost. Thanks for the info.

[@AggressiveXSubstance]

How much would you say a regular sized taiko drum costs, like the ones in the back?

[@richsail47]

@sorcerousfang bravo on that comment !!

[@ajcsinclair]

The cheaper the drum the lighter the wood and there for the less times you can skin it. Generally the low end ones tend to be made in China and have a metallic tinny sound to it. The Asano Corporation have been making Taiko (drums) for 600 years and theirs can go up to about $12,000 for the smaller and $350,000 for their largest.

[@kurtilein3]

This is a great video, because it shows how loud they are. Especially when you watch it from the beginning. Is there any amplification? Where are the microphones? No? Then its the real deal. They dont need amplification.

[@booobp]

shoulders of steel.

[@fushudaiko]

Hi, thanks for the post. Our URL is now .ORG. Would you be able to correct?

[@rockleeissexy]

Taiko Drumming is my life I'm planning to go under Grandmaster Seiichi Tanaka when i'm 21 3 more years -.-

[@califrogg]

Did they get Tanaka-sensei's permission to perform his piece? I've only seen it done by the SF Taiko Dojo.

[@DutchBigEd]

@sushicinema or played...

[@DJMKitsune]

Is the gong a traditional Japanese instrument or is it Chinese? If it is from Japan, what is it's name in Japanese? If know there are traditional Japanese gongs, but there sound is very different from this gong's.

[@SUPRlZE]

now those are drums

[@jettrooper212]

HOLY CRAP!!! I WANNA DO THIS NOW!!!! NO MORE VIDEO GAMES FOR ME!!!!

[@ya64]

@PANDORASBOXRELEASE You read my mind. was thinking exactly the same. the name fits perfectly!

[@JuanManuelAvila]

@DaScrewUp Me too

[@zumasg4807]

subarashii !

[@zaroffhound]

Im so impressed i can't stand up.

[@CanadaxIreland]

:O

[@axxymax]

I just 5king had a headache

[@AggressiveXSubstance]

Learning taiko on your own isnt that hard. As for kendo hell if you want to do it so bad and have the means and funds to do it go for it i say. It makes it all that much more rewarding.

[@f3wbs]

too bad it isnt the Shogun 2 Tsunami, that would be sick

[@Lordp00m]

sounds great but looks like angermanagement :P Still impressive to keep beating so long :-o

[@chariotofclouds]

i was ok till the blowing into the shell excellent

[@xernoff]

at 4:43 the white guys seems to be punching the drum... -.-

[@Coaco98]

@richsail47 marry a japanses girl in osaka, get some sake, become martial arts master, and be a great samurai... im a white man from Oklahoma, I don't mix either, but we're all humans. at least I know im not alone in my wishes to be japanese

[@JimInYamaguchi]

ちょっと違うな。締まりがないというか、何かがずれている。

[@NtheKidd]

not quite as powerful as the lambeg drum!

[@hylianprincess7]

White people? o_o I'm white. Where can I get in on this? xD

[@ciararavenblaze]

@AmericanShadowman who cares when the white kid can play just as well as the rest of 'em? :D

[@bzlces]

aburrido

[@iverson25allen]

Decent Taiko drumming, although I cant get over how awkward to see white people doing it...

[@roverlux]

Awesome drumming but it loses a lot with the the yelling, must be the American influence, how regrettable.