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Links

The following links maybe of interest to anyone who has an interest in taiko, festivals or in Wajima and Ishikawa.

Wajima Festival Calendar. The site has many real video clips and sound files of Gojinjo Daiko.

Hot Ishikawa is the official tourism page for Ishikawa-ken and has information about Wajima and Ishikawa in English and Japanese

Prefectural website: the official website for information about Ishikawa-ken.

Inachu Homepage: Has photographs and information about the Kiriko museum in Wajima. (Japanese only)

The Official Wajima homepage: Everything you need to know about Wajima (currently Japanese only)

Taiko Information

Mitake-Seiryu Daiko homepage has links to many Japanese taiko homepages (Japanese only)

The following taiko homepage in both English and Japanese with audio files. The performance style and rhythms are very similar to Wajima's Goshinji and Gojinjo daiko

Asano Daiko: This group based in Matto, Ishikawa has a well constucted site in both English and Japanese

How to make a taiko, taiko lessons and a taiko dictionary all feature on this site based in the US.

If you're interested in the history of taiko or downloading real sound recordings check out this American site.

The most extensive English language taiko resource available on the net is Rolling Thunder. It has everything you need including a links to most English language taiko homepages.