The Taiko no Tatsujin series has been around for 18 years, since the very first game appeared in Japanese arcades in 1999. For years, it has appeared in arcades, on consoles, and even on handhelds.

Surely, some of the most valuable traditional art forms are those that can be reshaped over time. The ages-old art of taiko, referring to Japanese drum ensembles (taiko literally means "fat drum") ...

Physical fitness, weight loss, concentration, cultural and musical knowledge, confidence, movement and agility are among the benefits that taiko drumming provide. Taiko students Carol Egan, 80, ...

Taiko Drum Master might be best rented for parties and suchlike given its bundled-with-a-peripheral price tag and somewhat limited single-player appeal. Although Namco's Taiko series of rhythm games ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to print (Opens in new window) Watsonville Taiko teacher Ikuyo Conant works with John Sheibley in ...

It wasn’t long ago that we learned Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum Session! was coming to the United States and Europe on November 2, 2018. Unfortunately for European fans who like physical copies, Taiko no ...

Jan 17, 2018 Jan 17, 2018 Updated Mar 15, 2019 Masato "Maz" Baba and childhood friend Shoji Kameda learned the art of taiko - Japanese drumming - as young boys in Mount Shasta, Calif., from a taiko ...

This new version of the game will be much more responsive, with new 120fps monitors to help reduce after images for faster songs. Taiko Drum Master’s new screens will also have bright LED screens to ...

In the Ballico and Cressey areas, they march to the beat of a different drummer. Members of the Ballico Taiko Club’s performing group will be demonstrating their unique drum-playing talents later this ...

Namco's Taiko Drum Master, an imported rhythm game that asks you to pound away on traditional Japanese drums in time to a strange selection of tunes, doesn't seem like it would be such a great ...