Taiko Groups Share Stories through #TaikoLove 2019

During October 2019, Nen Daiko hosted a photo and video challenge on social media called #TaikoLove. We encouraged taiko groups around the world to share photos and videos as part of the #TaikoLove photo and video challenge. This is the second year that Nen Daiko led this global community-building initiative. 

Each day in October, Nen Daiko set a taiko-related theme. Taiko performers around the world shared photos or videos based on that theme and tagged posts with the hashtag #TaikoLove. Then everyone looked at each other’s posts to learn from each other. 

Seventy-eight groups or individuals posted at least one #TaikoLove-tagged post. That’s a 35 percent increase from 2018. Groups were in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, the United States and Wales. For the first time, groups participated from Israel and Italy. 
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Of those 78 groups or individuals, 26 posted EVERY DAY in October. This is a huge accomplishment for those groups and double those who posted every day last year. 

There were 1,240 tagged posts in total. That’s 40 percent more posts than #TaikoLove 2018. The most popular themes were Anniversary, Dancing, Okedo and Blur. 

Nen Daiko liked or commented on every single post to encourage participation. We also posted highlights every day in a Facebook Group for the taiko community. 

Nen Daiko would like to give a special thanks to Mike Gallan, one of our current apprentices and a long-time Ekoji volunteer. Mike is an excellent photographer and half our posts this year featured his work. Thanks Mike!

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