#TaikoLove Photo Challenge: Highlights from Oct 1-7

Nen Daiko is thrilled by all the amazing photos people have shared as part of our #TaikoLove photo challenge! We wanted to share some of our favorite photos from week 1 organized by the daily themes so you can see the global #TaikoLove story. There were SO MANY great photos!

October 1 - Kumi-Daiko

Naruwan Taiko in San Diego

Photo by Bryson Kim @brysonhk

Kiseiko-Mineidanchi from Buenos Aires

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Unit Souzou from Portland, Oregon

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A post shared by Unit Souzou (@unitsouzou) on Oct 1, 2018 at 3:25pm PDT

Kyoumei Daiko from Córdoba, Argentina

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A post shared by Kyoumei Daiko 響鳴太鼓 (@kyoumeidaiko) on Oct 1, 2018 at 6:39pm PDT

ShinDaiko from Boston, Massachusetts

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A post shared by ShinDaiko (@shindaiko) on Oct 1, 2018 at 4:51am PDT

Shinzui Daiko from Buenos Aires, Argentina

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A post shared by Shinzuidaiko (@shinzuidaiko) on Oct 2, 2018 at 8:24am PDT

October 2 - Practice Space

Great Lakes Taiko Center - Raion Taiko in Novi, Michigan

Kyo Daiko in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Photo by Therese Stephen

Yama no Oto in Calgary, Alberta

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A post shared by Yama no Oto (@yyctaiko) on Oct 2, 2018 at 6:16am PDT

​Las Vegas Kaminari Taiko in Las Vegas, Nevada

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A post shared by Las Vegas Kaminari Taiko (@lvkaminaritaiko) on Oct 2, 2018 at 11:21pm PDT

San Jose Taiko from San Jose, California

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A post shared by San Jose Taiko (@sanjosetaiko) on Oct 2, 2018 at 5:21pm PDT

TaikoArts Midwest from Saint Paul, Minnesota

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A post shared by TaikoArts Midwest (@taikoarts) on Oct 2, 2018 at 10:30am PDT

Tama Daiko in Hamburg, Germany

Wolves Music Club at Village Meadows Elementary in Sierra Vista, Arizona

Fushicho Daiko Dojo / Phoenix Arizona

October 3 - History

Unit Souzou in Portland, Oregon

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At Unit Souzou, we honor the #history of the taiko art form and acknowledge the historical lineage that incites our voice to be loud and proud through the drum. #NeverAgain #TaikoLove

A post shared by Unit Souzou (@unitsouzou) on Oct 3, 2018 at 8:15am PDT

Denver Taiko in Denver, Colorado

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Day 3 of the #taikolove challenge with the theme of history. We have 42 years worth of history, but we're going to highlight a special taiko and person today. Mark Miyoshi was a founder of Denver Taiko and a master taiko maker now living in Mt Shasta, CA. This photo is of the first taiko that he made. We lovingly call this taiko "Mark's Drum" and are so honored to hold this little piece of US taiko history. Although we have reskinned the heads a few times, we still have this drum in performance rotation. #DenverTaikoHistory #StillTheBestSound #WeLoveMarkMiyoshi

A post shared by Denver Taiko (@denvertaiko) on Oct 3, 2018 at 9:42am PDT

Kyo Daiko in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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For our Nen Daiko #TaikoLove Image Challenge Day 3 post on the theme of History, here’s a throwback to our debut performance at the Shofuso Summer Festival in 2005! KyoDaiko was founded in 2005 by June O’Neill. It started as a collaboration between Shofuso Japanese House & Garden and Settlement Music School. Kristopher Rudzinski, our original taiko teacher, had studied with Marco Lienhard of #Taikoza over the course of 1 year before teaching our first class in the Spring of 2005. A few short months later we had our first performance, playing on our two shime, one okedo, and a practice tire (wrapped in festive red cloth to look fancy!□) The performers that day were June O’Neill, Tamiko Laincz, Kazumi Myran, Hao-Li Tai, and Therese Stephen. We didn’t have any team uniform yet, so we just gathered together whatever hachimaki headbands, happi coats and yukata we had to make sure we all at least looked festive! □: Unknown, Shofuso Summer Festival 2005 #taiko #wadaiko #drums #drumming #philadelphia #philly #history #instaphilly #instadrums #asanotaiko

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Nakama Daiko in Los Angeles, California

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Day 3: History. Nakama Daiko was formed by Tomomi Hongo in 2014 but the story doesn’t start there. Tomomi’s father, Etsuo Hongo (aka Hongo Sensei) formed LA Matsuri Taiko in 1977 and among other groups (San Fernando Mugen Taiko, Venice Koshin Taiko and El Marino Rainbow Taiko) in LA. Tomomi began her taiko career under the direction of her father with El Marino Rainbow Daiko at the age of 8. It was there where she asked her father if she could rename one of his songs to Nakama. Current members of Nakama Daiko all started their taiko journey with El Marino Rainbow Taiko and the name of the group was inspired by Tomomi’s experience with Rainbow Taiko as a student. Today, Tomomi teaches Rainbow Taiko along with two other instructors, @byrone09 and @morris.la #losangeles #taiko #taikolove #japanesedrumming #wadaiko #kumidaiko ?: Big Drum and @ichiniwa

A post shared by Nakama Daiko (@nakama_daiko) on Oct 3, 2018 at 6:44pm PDT

Puna Taiko in Keaau, HI

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#taikolove Day 3 - “History”: Puna Taiko was founded in 2003 by Jeff Newman and Reverend Earl Ikeda. Although Rev. Earl envisioned taiko classes as a youth outreach, our initial membership came primarily from temple membership (who we affectionately dubbed the “O.G.” or “Original Grandmas”). It wasn’t until we merged with the Keaau High after school taiko class that our current “Youth Performance” group started. As with many fledgling groups, we started out with tires, but quickly moved on to PVC construction pipe drums, and eventually purchased our first set of taiko from Tony Jones and Zenshin Daiko. (Fun fact: our original 4 drums are featured in the now-famous Stanford-Taiko-wine-barrel-taiko-construction guide.”

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Naruwan Taiko in San Diego, California

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Day 3 of the #taikolove challenge: HISTORY! We began in 2008 when our founder was fresh out of college and not ready to say goodbye to taiko just yet. Seeing the potential that taiko had for building community, she made preparations to hold a workshop in hopes of growing a new taiko group in San Diego. After a day of scrambling around town collecting tires from local auto shops, she called up her friends from @calraijintaiko and @asayake_taiko and they spent the afternoon and night tire scrubbing, taping, and dowel cutting/sanding. On the day of the workshop (held at the Taiwanese American Community Center thanks to their generosity), Asayake also kindly brought their taiko drums and both they and Cal Taiko performed to inspire the workshop attendees! It was truly an example of taiko community coming together to help an individual begin another place for people to discover taiko. It's exciting to see that these friends have also gone on to become prominent members of @sanjosetaiko , @sandiegotaiko, @reachprota, @kishindaiko, as well as leaders in @taikocommunity Alliance! Finally, it is important to also remember the people who stuck around with the group's beginnings when all we had were the tires and one very old lion dance drum that we'd found covered in dust. Thank you for taking the chance when all that could be offered at the time was a vision. Without the efforts, trust, and generosity of the community, we wouldn't be where we are today. . . . . #taiko @nendaiko #taikohistory #naruwantaiko

A post shared by Naruwan Taiko (@naruwantaiko) on Oct 3, 2018 at 12:06pm PDT

ShinDaiko from Boston, Massachusetts

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The photo wall! Pictures going all the way back to our first gigs, members past and present, and various incarnations of T-shirt design. Also, our evil mascot having tea and doughnuts... #history #taikolove

A post shared by ShinDaiko (@shindaiko) on Oct 3, 2018 at 9:02am PDT

​Ikkon Wadaiko in São Paulo, Brazil

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Aber Taiko from Swansea, Wales

October 4 - Chappa

TaikoArts Midwest in Saint Paul, Minnesota

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Missed Day 4 so catching up today. Day 4 of #TaikoLove photo challenge was #CHAPPA so we are gonna take you back to before we were @TaikoArts and we were celebrating 20 years as Mu Daiko with @theatermu We invited a lot of our friends and @turtlefield76 and @taikotiffany did an amazing chappa duet riff off each other. It was so much fun to watch and hear all the different sounds they were able to get out of these small cymbals. â–¡ credit Rich Ryan @richryanphoto #taiko #taikoartsmidwest

A post shared by TaikoArts Midwest (@taikoarts) on Oct 5, 2018 at 7:28am PDT

Cairns Taiko in Cairns, Australia

Naruwan Taiko in San Diego, California

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Mark H. Taiko in the Washington DC area

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Ryushin Rosario Taiko in Rosario, Argentina

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Fotito para terminar el día nro 4 del challenge by @nendaiko #chappa y aunque el grupo no cuenta con este instrumento al día de la fecha.. nunca dígas nunca! Fotito de #ryushinrosariotaiko + @shinzuidaiko en una presentación improvisada y callejera que tuvo #chappa ***************************** A little photo to wrap day #4 of this @nendaiko challenge #chappa, and eventhough the group doesn't currently have this instrument.. never say never! Photo of #ryushinrosariotaiko + @shinzuidaiko in an improvised street performance that included #chappa #Shiushin

A post shared by Ryushin Rosario Taiko (@ryushinrosariotaiko) on Oct 4, 2018 at 7:16pm PDT

Spokane Taiko in Spokane, Washington

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Issho Daiko in Madrid, Spain

Nakama Daiko

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Hey y’all. Guess what I found???MAKE-UP CHAPPA POST. Kinnara concert back in the day where I did a duet with Bryan Yamami. I think I’m 9 or 10 here and didn’t have a clue of what I was doing lol #japanesedrumming #taiko #taikolove #losangeles

A post shared by Nakama Daiko (@nakama_daiko) on Oct 17, 2018 at 10:04pm PDT

October 5 - Peaceful

Yama no Oto in Calgary, Alberta

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​Ikkon Wadaiko in São Paulo, Brazil

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@nendaiko challenge! Day 5 - Peaceful The most peaceful place in the world to learn Hachijo daiko with Yosarekai! Arigatou gozaimashita, Okuyama-sensei! And bonus photo! â–¡ #taikolove #taikoamor #nendaiko #ikkonwadaiko #taikobrazil #taiko #wadaiko #hachijo #hachijodaiko #yosarekai

A post shared by Ikkon Wadaiko (@ikkon_wadaiko) on Oct 5, 2018 at 5:39am PDT

Kita no Taiko from Edmonton, Alberta

Photo by Daniel Torres

Ho Etsu Taiko in Chicago, Illinois

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Denver Taiko in Denver, Colorado

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Unit Souzou in Portland, Oregon

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“Peace is not the absence of conflict, but the ability to cope with it.” — Mahatma Gandhi #inspiration #TaikoLove

A post shared by Unit Souzou (@unitsouzou) on Oct 5, 2018 at 12:20pm PDT

Nakama Daiko from Los Angeles

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Day 5: Peaceful. The day we received our handmade bags from @motherlandmusic my mind was finally at peace knowing that our handmade drums that my dad made ages ago are now fully protected #losangeles #japanesedrumming #taiko #wadaiko #kumidaiko #taikolove

A post shared by Nakama Daiko (@nakama_daiko) on Oct 5, 2018 at 5:13pm PDT

TaikoArts Midwest in Saint Paul, Minnesota

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Kiseiko-Mineidanchi in Buenos Aires

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Kyoumei Daiko from Córdoba, Argentina

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5to día del desafío #TaikoLove: pacífico. En Kyoumei, si tenemos que hablar de paz y tranquilidad, hablamos de Euge, una de las integrantes del grupo □ 5th day of the photo challenge: peaceful. When it comes to peacefulness, we talk about Euge, she's the calmest and most peaceful of us all. #peaceful @nendaiko #welovetaiko #taiko #peace #drumms #wadaiko#japan #challenge #love #heart #music #fun #calm

A post shared by Kyoumei Daiko 響鳴太鼓 (@kyoumeidaiko) on Oct 5, 2018 at 7:38pm PDT

Puna Taiko in Keaau, HI

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Spokane Taiko in Spokane, Washington

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Day 5 of the @nendaiko #TaikoLove challenge is the theme of #peaceful. This photo is a part of a shoot that we did for the local Fall Folk Festival in November 2014. Johnny Sarenson is pictured here and I always admired how peaceful he was while playing taiko. Here's to you, Johnny. Picture by the Inlander photographer, Young Kwak. #TaikoLove #spokanetaiko #taiko #drums #drumming #japanesestyle #spokane #taikolove

A post shared by SpokaneTaiko (@spokanetaiko) on Oct 5, 2018 at 9:00pm PDT

Shinzui Daiko from Buenos Aires, Argentina

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​Kazenodaichi Taiko from Bowling Green, Ohio

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Day 5: peaceful. One of our old rehearsal spaces had beautiful stain glass that would shine colors onto the drums #taikolove

A post shared by Kazenodaichi Taiko (@kndtaiko) on Oct 6, 2018 at 1:27pm PDT

Atlanta Taiko Project in Atlanta, Georgia

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October 6 - Bon Odori

Great Lakes Taiko Center - Raion Taiko in Novi, Michigan

Denver Taiko in Denver, Colorado

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​Kazenodaichi Taiko from Bowling Green, Ohio

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Day 6: Bon Odori. We were asked to play Bon for our performing member Meredith's wedding. She wanted us to get her family up and integrated with her taiko family. #taikolove

A post shared by Kazenodaichi Taiko (@kndtaiko) on Oct 6, 2018 at 1:31pm PDT

Kita no Taiko from Edmonton, Alberta

Photo by Daniel Torres

San Jose Taiko from San Jose, California

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ShinDaiko from Boston, Massachusetts

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Kiseiko-Mineidanchi in Buenos Aires

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Kyo Daiko in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Puna Taiko in Keaau, HI

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October 7 - Kiai

Naruwan Taiko in San Diego, California

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Well, you just know we couldn't WAIT for Day 7 of @nendaiko 's #taikolove Photo Challenge: KIAI ("spirit call")! If there's anything we embrace more than carne asada fries, it's the spirit and energy we emote on stage through our voices! As a member puts it, "When I kiai, it's not just to make noise, but to hype myself up-- I feel like energy starts with the voice, and if you can yell explosively, you'll be able to follow through with explosive actions." . . . . . #taiko #naruwantaiko #kiai #taikolovechallenge #太鼓 #sandiego #spirit #energy #rawenergy #connection #japanesedrumming PC: @brysonhk @mmmitchmitchmitch @tracycornish

A post shared by Naruwan Taiko (@naruwantaiko) on Oct 7, 2018 at 10:57am PDT

Kita no Taiko from Edmonton, Alberta

Cairns Taiko in Cairns, Australia

Great Lakes Taiko Center - Raion Taiko in Novi, Michigan

ShinDaiko from Boston, Massachusetts

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A post shared by ShinDaiko (@shindaiko) on Oct 7, 2018 at 9:30am PDT

Yama no Oto in Calgary, Alberta

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Ho Etsu Taiko in Chicago, Illinois

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Denver Taiko in Denver, Colorado

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Day 7 of the #taikolove challenge and we offer this epic photo for today's theme, Kiai! Kiai is a gutteral shout we use to signal timing cues and to give each other support. We also use them to add spirit to our pieces and performance. #HearUsRoar #BreathMintsAreEssential

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Best hashtag ever - #BreathMintsAreEssential

Ryushin Rosario Taiko in Rosario, Argentina

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San Jose Taiko from San Jose, California

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Shinzui Daiko from Buenos Aires, Argentina

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A post shared by Shinzuidaiko (@shinzuidaiko) on Oct 7, 2018 at 5:22pm PDT

Spokane Taiko in Spokane, Washington

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A post shared by SpokaneTaiko (@spokanetaiko) on Oct 7, 2018 at 9:09pm PDT

Puna Taiko in Keaau, HI

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Kyoumei Daiko from Córdoba, Argentina

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Tama Daiko in Hamburg, Germany

Raiki Daiko in Belo Horizonte, Brazil

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Pegando inspiração do @nendaiko challenge □ Kiai (day 7) . . . #taikolove #raikidaiko #taikomg #taikobrazil

A post shared by Raiki Daiko (@raikidaiko) on Oct 11, 2018 at 9:24am PDT

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