Upcoming & Recent Projects

COMING in 2025! 
January 11, 2025 Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii’s Ohana Festival
March 9, 2025  Honolulu Festival
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 6-8, 2025 Master classes in Edo Bayashi
August 9, 2025 間 MA vs Groove I, Kenny Endo’s 50th Anniversary Concert
Japanese Music and Dance PLUS Contemporary Taiko Collaborations with
local jazz artists (Noel Okimoto, Dean Taba, Todd Yukumoto, Abe Lagrimas, Jr.
  Kennedy Theater, University of Hawaii

August 10, 2025 間 MA vs Groove II, Kenny Endo’s 50th Anniversary Concert

    Taiko Center of the Pacific Youth & Adult Ensembles
Original Compositions from past & present members
    Kennedy Theater, University of Hawaii
    KETE and TCP Alumni invited!
    SAVE the DATES!
August 11, 2025 Community Outreach; Collegiate Gathering
August 12-14, 2025  間 MA vs Groove Summer Taiko Intensives
Edo Kotobuki Jishi Intensive (lion dance, taiko set, atarigane)
    Special guest Instructor: Suzuki Kyosuke from Wakayama Shachu of Tokyo
    Sponsored in part by Hawaii Community Foundation
    Also, workshops by:
Mochizuki Saburo (hogaku bayashi)
Kenny Endo
Rusell Baba and Jeanne Mercer
PJ Hirabayashi
Shoji Kameda
Hiroshi “Rosh” Tanaka (“Tatsumaki”)
Michael Gonhata
Mochizuki Mukon (J.D. Andrade)
Sho’on Shibata
    and TBA
August 15, 2025  U.S. Premiere of “Healing Beats,” a taiko documentary by Spanish film maker, Ivan Munoz Ureta
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2024
Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii’s Ohana Festival
Honoring McKinley HS WWII Vet
Chinatown New Year’s Festival
Friendship Tea at Kuakini Hospital
Honolulu Festival
Educational Outreach – Habilitat
University of Hawaii Band’s 100th Year Anniversary Celebration
Educational Outreach Molokai Public Library, Waimanalo Public Library, Makawao Public Library
Moiliili Summer Festival
Youth Group Senior Recital celebrating Blaise and Cameron
GIVE ALOHA month
TAC Annual Silent Auction