June-July 2025 Edo Bayashi and Edo Kotobuki Jishi Hybrid Classes
In-Person classes in Honolulu and Live-Streamed around the world
Sponsored in part by Hawaii Community Foundation
August 9-10, 2025 Kenny Endo’s 50th Anniversary Concerts
間 MA vs Groove Concerts I and II
TWO uniquely Different Concerts
Reflecting Endo’s influences, inspirations, and impact on the world of taiko.
Celebrate with us!
Kennedy Theater, University of Hawaii
Special Guests
KETE and TCP Alumni invited!
SAVE the DATES!
August 9 – Traditional Japanese Music and Dance with special guests:
Kyosuke Suzuki (Festival Music of Edo), and Saburo Mochizuki (Hogaku Hayashi,
classical japanese music from the Kabuki), and others
and Contemporary Collaborations with special guests:
Noel Okimoto (drums, vibes), Dean Taba (bass), Todd Yukumoto (sax, flute),
Abe Lagrimas Jr.(drums, ukulele), Peiling Kao, and others
August 10 – Taiko Center of the Pacific (Adult & Youth Ensembles)
with special guests!!! (All alumni invited! Contact: kpauka@hawaii.edu)
Shoji Kameda, Hiroshi “Rosh” Tanaka, Mo Kearns and more!
August 12-14, 2025 間 MA vs Groove Workshops – The Summer Taiko Intensives
Edo Kotobuki Jishi (Lion Dance & Drumming) Intensive
Special guest Instructor: Suzuki Kyosuke from Wakayama Shachu of Tokyo
Sponsored in part by Hawaii Community Foundation
PLUS Daily Workshops
Hogaku Bayashi, Tatsumaki Basics, Taiko Set, Katsugi Okedo Daiko,
Ei Ja Nai Ka?! Taiko TaiChi, Kokon (Ancient and Modern), and more
August 12-14, 2025 – Nightly Cultural Presentations
Hogaku Bayashi – Past and Present
Edo Sato Kagura and Japanese Festival Music
Tradition as a Basis for Innovation – Symmetrical Soundscapes
August 15, 2025 U.S. Premiere of “Healing Beats”
a documentary on taiko by Spanish film-maker Ivan Munoz
Doris Duke Theater
September 2025
50th Celebration Concerts on neighbor islands
for bookings, contact:
October-November 2025
50th Celebration Concerts U.S. Tour
California, Ohio, Colorado, Oregon, and more
Taiko Arts Center Silent Auction 2024 The silent auction will be held again this year at Taiko Center of the Pacific’s 31st Annual Bonenkai, scheduled for December 14th, 2024. Donations will be accepted beginning November 2024. Please contact: info@taikoartscenter.org for any questions regarding this year’s donations.
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Youth Group Recital Celebrating Blaise and Cameron
Congratulations to Blaise and Cameron for putting on a wonderful senior recital!
Good luck as you continue on your journey!
SPECIAL GUESTS
Peter Rockford Espiritu and TAU Dance Theatre
Sumie Kaneko
Abe Lagrimas Jr
Amelia Lukas
Aki “Ten Ten” Takahashi
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Kenny and Chizuko Endo were honored with the Japan America Society of Hawaii’s “Bridge Award” along with Roy and Denise Yamaguchi. One of JASH’s most prestigious events, the Bridge Awards Event recognizes U.S.-Japan leaders in Hawaii for their lifetime of work in building bridges of friendship and understanding between the U.S., Hawaii and Japan!
(L>R) Roy Yamaguchi, Denise Yamaguchi, Chizuko Endo, and Kenny Endo
CONGRATULATIONS to Kenny Endo being honored as one of the 2022 Hompa Hongwanji’s Living Treasures of Hawaii awardees. 2022 and 2023 Living Treasures of Hawaii Awardees were celebrated at a Luncheon at the Hilton Hawaiian Village on February 11, 2023. View the 2022 virtual ceremony on Hawaii News Now:
