The bootcamp will be of course focused on practicing and playing Japanese taiko. The students will have intensive drum lessons every day but will also be able to get to know other Japanese musical instruments like koto, samisen and flute and to experience and discover the countryside of Japan.

By doing one night homestay they not only can meet local people but also experience family life in rural Japan.

The bootcamp will be of course focused on practicing and playing Japanese taiko. The students will have intensive drum lessons every day but will also be able to get to know other Japanese musical instruments like koto, samisen and flute and to experience and discover the countryside of Japan.

By doing one night homestay they not only can meet local people but also experience family life in rural Japan.

The 10-day bootcamp will be closed with a final concert. Besides a performance by the Belgium team and Otonoha, there will be performances by other musicians and artists among which the Inoue Sisters, Japanese dancer Fu Jitsukawa, African percussionist Millogo Benoit, a taiko performance by taiko players from Kyotambacho (Waraku), Japanese pianist Mamoru Motooka and the local Japanese taiko group Wachi-daiko.

This concert will be part of the first edition of the Chikyu Ongaku Festival in Woodland Kyoto organised by Otonoha and Tentekomai. We of course hope that many editions will follow and we wish to offer more people the chance to participate into a taiko bootcamp in beautiful Woodland Kyotambacho in the future.