Japanese Traditional Taiko Drum Experience in Kyoto

This was fun!!!!! Our family of 4 loved everything about the Taikido Drum experience. The drums are so resonant, you feel the sound all the way through the chest. It was awesome to learn about the drums; even better to hear our sensei play; and an absolute delight to get to try it ourselves. Mr. Sakura skillfully and patiently helped us learn a piece. The drums are very forgiving, so that after about 30 minutes of fun learning and practice, we were able to play the piece together and sound reasonable. The whole experience was an awesome music lesson on an instrument we would never get to play. Our guides made everything easy, meeting us at Kyoto station and helping us navigate the train to get to the studio, just a brief train journey away. We had such a great time!

Our Taiko Drumming experience was fantastic! Michiko guided us on the train from Kyoto station to the drumming workshop - she was incredibly friendly and even helped teach us some Japanese slang! We learnt the history of Taiko and once at the workshop learnt how to play through a few different rhythms. The whole experience was super organised and easy to understand. For anyone interested in music, this was a great experience!