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Signboard and logo of Taiko Bank

Signboard and logo of Taiko Bank=Date:August 7, 2023,Place:Kanagawa pref.

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Signboard and logo of Taiko Bank

Signboard and logo of Taiko Bank=Date:August 7, 2023,Place:Kanagawa pref.

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U.S.-NEW YORK-JAPAN PARADE

(230516) -- NEW YORK, May 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People beat Taiko during Japan Parade 2023 in New York, the United States, on May 13, 2023. (Xinhua/Li Rui)

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Music duo sings to promote local delicacy in western Japan

OITA, Japan - Music duo "Hitomiriry" sings in front of Taiko, a "karaage" fried chicken store, in Usa, Oita Prefecture, in this file photo taken on Sept. 26, 2014, to promote the local delicacy reportedly originating in the southwestern Japan city.

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Britons celebrate round voyage of ship 400 yrs ago

PLYMOUTH, Britain - A group of local British people play the "taiko" Japanese drums at Sutton Harbour, Plymouth, Britain, on Sept. 27, 2014, to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the return of the trade mission ship The Clove to Plymouth from Japan.

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400th anniv. of completion of British trade ship voyage

PLYMOUTH, Britain - A group of British people play the "taiko" Japanese drums at Plymouth's Sutton Harbour in Britain on Sept. 27, 2014, in a ceremony marking the 400th anniversary of the return to Plymouth of the trade mission ship The Clove from Japan.

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3,437 Japanese taiko drummers set new Guinness record

MORIOKA, Japan - A total of 3,437 Japanese "taiko" drummers pose for a commemorative photo in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on June 29, 2014, after performing in unison to break the current Guinness World Records number of 2,778 participants in an event of the kind set elsewhere in Japan in 2011.

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3,437 Japanese taiko drummers set new Guinness record

MORIOKA, Japan - More than 3,000 Japanese "taiko" drummers challenge the Guinness World Records number of 2,778 participants playing the taiko drum in unison in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, on June 29, 2014. Guinness later authorized the 3,437 participants as a new record exceeding the previous one set elsewhere in Japan in 2011.

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3,437 Japanese taiko drummers set new Guinness record

MORIOKA, Japan - More than 3,000 Japanese "taiko" drummers challenge the Guinness World Records number of 2,778 participants playing the taiko drum in unison in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, on June 29, 2014. Guinness later authorized the 3,437 participants as a new record exceeding the previous one set elsewhere in Japan in 2011.

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'Morioka Sansa Odori' performed in Yamagata

YAMAGATA, Japan - A team of "taiko" drummers, dancers and pipers perform the Iwate Prefecture-originated "Morioka Sansa Odori" dance in Yamagata, Yamagata Prefecture, on May 24, 2014 as part of "the Tohoku Rokkonsai (six soul festival)" chiefly intended to comfort the spirits of a number of people who died in the 2011 earthquake in northeastern Japan.

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Water-splashing festival in Yamagata Pref.

YAMAGATA, Japan - Participants dressed in traditional straw coats dance to taiko drumming during the "Kasedori Festival" in Kaminoyama, Yamagata Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 11, 2014, to pray for prosperity and fire prevention while local people line the streets with buckets and ladles to splash cold water onto the procession.

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Abolished schools find new role as renovated residences

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken June 13, 2013, shows Taiko Ishimoto standing in the lobby of a town-run housing complex that was created by renovating a closed junior high school building in Naka, Tokushima Prefecture. Ishimoto recalls the monthlong evacuation at her alma mater where town residents took refuge when a strong typhoon hit in 2004.

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Japan cultural envoys

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in Tokyo on May 22, 2013, shows six of eight arts professionals whom Japan has selected as cultural ambassadors to help promote Japanese arts and culture overseas. They are (from L to R) calligrapher Souun Takeda, art unit Maywa Denki member Nobumichi Tosa, plaster artist Shuhei Hasado, Japanese-style gardener Masashi Hirao, dancer and choreographer Kaiji Moriyama, and "taiko" player Leonard Eto. The other two, actor Mirai Moriyama and Tama Art University professor Yuko Hasegawa, are not in the photo.

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Taiko, flute concert in U.S.

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese American musicians Kenny Endo (L) and Kaoru Watanabe perform in a Japanese drum and flute concert at the Music From Japan Festival in New York on Feb. 23, 2013. The event paid tribute to residents of areas struck by the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disasters.

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Allure of taiko drums resonating across Pacific

KANAZAWA, Japan - Katsuji Asano (R) and his father Akitoshi (L) of centuries-old Japanese taiko drum maker Asano Taiko Co. have been preparing to open a Los Angeles shop and launch taiko lessons in July 2013. Photo was taken Dec. 17, 2012, at a shop of the taiko maker in Hakusan, Ishikawa Prefecture.

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Namco game producer

TOKYO, Japan - Ken Nakadate, who heads the development team of ''Taiko no Tatsujin'' at Namco Bandai Games Inc., poses with drumsticks in front of the game machine at the company headquarters in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward on Dec. 5, 2011. Nakadate said he is constantly thinking about how to create fun game machines.

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Drummers from disaster-hit area perform in Paris

PARIS, France - Japanese taiko drummers from Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, an area hit hard by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, perform at Champ de Mars park in Paris on Dec. 11, 2011, as part of a fundraising campaign.

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Sendai-based drum group performs in Berlin

BERLIN, Germany - Sendai-based Japanese drumming group Kamo Tsunamura Daiko performs on Nov. 30, 2011, at the Berlin Philharmonie in the German capital as part of celebrations for the 150th anniversary of Japan-Germany friendship, impressing a 650-strong audience with the powerful sounds of ''taiko'' drums as well as traditional dances.

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Rio Taiko performers encourage Japan

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Members of the Rio Nikkei Taiko perform Japanese ''taiko'' drums with the famous Sugarloaf Mountain in the background, at the ''Gambare Japan (Carry on Japan)'' event in Rio de Janeiro, on April 17, 2011. Taiko drummers gathered in at least 24 cities in Brazil the same day for a simultaneous performance, to wish for the recovery of devastated areas in Japan following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Shanghai World Expo

SHANGHAI, China - Elementary school students from Japan give a Japanese ''taiko'' drum performance at the Japan Pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo site on May 14, 2010.

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Vacationers enjoying lessons from geisha

FUKUI, Japan - A tourist (R) learns how to beat a taiko drum from a geisha in the hot-spring resort city of Awara, Fukui Prefecture on Jan. 30, 2010.

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Tokushima's Awa Odori folk dance festival begins

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - Colorfully costumed dancers step out to the sound of ''shamisen'' stringed instruments and ''taiko'' drums in the city of Tokushima on Aug. 12, the first day of the annual four-day Awa Odori folk dance festival. More than 950 dance groups involving 100,000 dancers will participate in the festival, which has more than 400 years of history.

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Aluminum 'taiko' drum may be listed as world's largest

NAGOYA, Japan - A 3-meter-wide skin of a ''taiko'' drum being developed by Nihon Asahi Chuki is shown off in Kasugai, Aichi Prefecture, on June 3. The company plans to have the drum, which will be made of aluminum, listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the biggest taiko in existence after its unveiling this fall.

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Orix to list on NYSE

Yoshihiko Miyauchi (C), president of Orix Corp., joins a ''taiko'' drum performance to celebrate his company's listing on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Wednesday Sept. 16. Orix, the largest leasing firm in Japan, became the country's first company since 1994 to list on the NYSE. Richard Grasso (second from R), chairman of the NYSE, also joined the performance outside the NYSE building.

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Japanese drummers perform at World Cup

A Japanese taiko drummer performs at the closing ceremony of the World Cup soccer finals at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis on July 12. The 2002 World Cup will be co-hosted by Japan and South Korea.

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Taiko drums pound out Olympic

2000 taiko drummers celebrate the first full day of Olympic competition on Feb. 8 with a colorful performance in Central Nagano. The drummers ranged from eight-year-old elementary school pupils to elderly women and a handful of foreigners.

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Logo mark of Daiko Bank

Keywords: Taiko Bank, The Taiko Bank, Ltd., Taiko, Second Regional Bank, financial industry, banking industry, corporation, signboard, logo, logo mark = Yokohama Branch of Taiko Bank in Honmachi, Naka-ku, Yokohama on March 13, 2020, Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Drum festival begins in Shimoda, Shizuoka Pref.

The two-day Shimoda Taiko Matsuri (drum festival) starts in Shimoda in the central Japan prefecture of Shizuoka on Aug. 14, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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6-day Aomori Nebuta Festival begins

Large lantern floats depicting human figures parade through the streets with large taiko drums, musicians and dancers in Aomori, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 2, 2015, during the Aomori Nebuta Festival. The largest float called Nebuta is about five meters tall, and weighs about four tons. The festival, which will run through Aug. 7, is expected to draw more than 2.5 million people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Miyagi's traditional drum show performed at Expo Milano

Drummers from Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, perform the local traditional "Date no Kurofune Taiko" drum show at the Expo Milano 2015 in Italy on July 24, 2015, to express their gratitude for the support they received after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese drummers perform at Junko Koshino fashion show in Beijing

Japanese "taiko" drummers wearing costumes designed by Junko Koshino perform at the Japanese designer's fashion show in Beijing on May 22, 2015. The event was hosted by the Japan National Tourism Organization and others as part of efforts to attract more Chinese visitors to Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Group of Japanese "taiko" drummers performs in Beijing

Masato Kitera (3rd from L), Japanese ambassador to China, shakes hands with a leader of the Yamato group of Japanese "taiko" drummers after their performance in Beijing on Oct. 13, 2015. Xie Yuan (far L), vice president of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, stands ready to present a bunch of flowers to the group. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese envoy applauds performance by Yamato group of drummers

Masato Kitera (C, front row), Japanese ambassador to China, and Xie Yuan (L), vice president of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, applaud after a performance by the Yamato group of Japanese "taiko" drummers in Beijing on Oct. 13, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Shanghai World Expo

SHANGHAI, China - Elementary school students from Japan give a Japanese ''taiko'' drum performance at the Japan Pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo site on May 14, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Vacationers enjoying lessons from geisha

FUKUI, Japan - A tourist (R) learns how to beat a taiko drum from a geisha in the hot-spring resort city of Awara, Fukui Prefecture on Jan. 30, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Taiko-bashi (drum) Bridge at Kameido Shrine

Stereograph published in 1904. Although the bridge is the same as in photographs #5001and #2215, the stone lantern in the foreground is larger. Gentlemen wearing Western-style suits and hats are visible among the worshippers, a sign of the times. Frequently a notice was posted on the parapets urging the elderly, ladies and children not to cross the bridge because of the danger (from Saishin Tokyo Hanjoki published in 1903).==Date:1904, Place:Tokyo, Photo:Underwood, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number97‐66‐0]

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Kameido Shrine

View of the Romon Gate from Taiko-bashi (Drum Bridge) located just through the torii gate at the entrance of the shrine. The five girls in hakama trousers are perhaps praying to pass a school examination. Three bridges span Shinji Pond: Taiko-bashi, Hira-bashi, and Taiko-bashi. They are said to represent the past, present, and future. This stereograph was published in 1904 by Underwood & Underwood Co.==Date:1904, Place:Tokyo, Photo:Underwood, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number97‐65‐0]

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Taiko-bashi (Drum) Bridge at Kameido Shrine

This is the sharply arched Taiko-bashi (also called Sori-bashi, or Warped Bridge ), which was apparently built after 1892. The present-day concrete Taiko-bashi was unveiled in August 1952 to commemorate the 1050th Sugawara Michizane anniversary and has a gentler slope with steps. The building visible behind the bridge is the Romon (Sakura Gate).==Date:about 1877, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number96‐7‐0]

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A wisteria trellis at Kameido Shrine

The smaller Taiko-bashi (Sori-bashi) as in photographs #2652, #4197 and #2203. There is a small bridge in front. The same bridge is also visible in photograph #2615. This bridge is visible in a picture postcard published around 1907, indicating that this photograph was taken a little later. Since wisteria blossoms are usually viewed from below, this view from the bridge was quite rare.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number88‐26‐0]

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Women and children holding folded paper cranes

Women and a child pose in a beautiful natural setting. The woman on the left has her hair arranged in momoware style, while the woman on the right has hers in sakkomage style, a fashion among married women from the mid-Edo Period). Their sashes are tied in the taiko (drum) fashion.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number83‐14‐0]

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Women dancing to the shamisen and koto

We can almost hear the sounds of the shamisen lute and taiko drums. The water lily arranged in the alcove suggests that the season is early spring. The rising sun on the fan indicates a national holiday. An ichimatsu doll is placed on the shelf. This was taken in a living room.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:A. Farsari, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number81‐36‐0]

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A wisteria trellis at Kameido Shrine

This is the smaller Taiko-bashi (Sori-bashi) located in front of the Romon (Sakura Gate) on the right. The Wisteria Festival of Kameido Tenjin Shrine held from mid-April to mid-May every year is a harbinger of summer. There are many other events held at the shrine. The parents of young children release carp into Shinji Pond during the Shichi-Go-San Festival on November 15 to pray for the healthy growth of their children. Masaoka shiki wrote the haiku poem: Sori-bashi, the wisteria are purple and carp red.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:A. Farsari, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number81‐15‐0]

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A wisteria trellis at Kameido Shrine

This is the smaller Taiko-bashi (Sori-bashi) located in front of the Romon (Sakura Gate) on the right. The Wisteria Festival of Kameido Tenjin Shrine held from mid-April to mid-May every year is a harbinger of summer. There are many other events held at the shrine. The parents of young children release carp into Shinji Pond during the Shichi-Go-San Festival on November 15 to pray for the healthy growth of their children. Masaoka shiki wrote the haiku poem: Sori-bashi, the wisteria are purple and carp red.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:Tamamura Kozaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number80‐25‐0]

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Women playing Japanese musical instraments

Women in festival costume are probably playing festival songs. You can almost hear the sounds of bamboo flutes, hand-held metal gongs and taiko drums.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number64‐4‐0]

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A wisteria trellis at Kameido Shrine

This is the smaller Taiko-bashi (Sori-bashi) located in front of the Romon (Sakura Gate) on the right. The Wisteria Festival of Kameido Tenjin Shrine held from mid-April to mid-May every year is a harbinger of summer. There are many other events held at the shrine. The parents of young children release carp into Shinji Pond during the Shichi-Go-San Festival on November 15 to pray for the healthy growth of their children. Masaoka shiki wrote the haiku poem: Sori-bashi, the wisteria are purple and carp red.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number53‐38‐0]

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A wisteria trellis at Kameido Shrine

Taiko-bashi (Sori-bashi) and wisteria blossoms around 1897. View from the west side of Shinji Pond located to the left of the front entrance of the shrine. This is the bridge in photograph #4832, only viewed from the left. The bridge was designed to form a circle when viewed along with its reflection in the pond.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number53‐17‐0]

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Women playing Japanese musical instraments

This is probably a room in traditional Japanese restaurant. The five women hold (from left) a taiko drum, tsuzumi hand-held drum, and shamisen lutes. A gekkin (moon lute), which is used in Chinese folk songs, is displayed in the alcove.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number51‐158‐2]

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A woman smoking at a teahouse

The woman on the bench has her hair arranged in marumage style. She is wearing a lined kimono with a taiko (drum sash. The woman working in the tea house wears an apron and has her kimono sleeves tied up. A tobacco tray is placed on the bench, and a reed screen is leaning against the shop for shade. Mt. Fuji is visible across the sea.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number51‐167‐0]

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Kameido Shrine

Kameido Tenmangu Shrine (present-day Kameido Tenjinsha) is one of the three main shrines dedicated to Sugawara Michizane. The other two are Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine in Fukuoka and Kitano Tenmangu Shrine in Kyoto. The shrine is said to go back to the year 1661when the Shinto priest of Dazaifu, Sugawara Otorii Nobusuke, carved a holy image from the wood of the tobiume (plum tree) and enshrined it in the eastern part of Honjo. In 1662, the fourth Shogun Ietsuna donated the land to the shrine, and shrine buildings including the Romon Gate, Shinji Pond, and Taiko Bridge were later built in imitation of the Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number51‐39‐0]

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Taiko-bashi (Drum) Bridge at Kameido Shrine

The steep inclination of Taiko Bridge made it hard to cross, but these people seem to be enjoying themselves. The inclination of the bridge shown in a photograph from the early Meiji Period is gentler. There is also a photograph of the bridge taken in 1890-92 when it was in such a bad state that people were not allowed to cross it. The bridge shown here was apparently built soon after that time, which means that this photograph was taken after 1892.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:Tamamura Kozaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number48‐67‐0]