Japan in America March 22, 2008

Featured artists are dancer and drummer Chieko Kojima and drummer/flute player Kaoru Watanabe from KODO, Japanese master shamisen (a banjo-like instrument) player Susumu Yamagami, and Kenny Endo, the legendary Japanese American drummer and composer. They are joined by local masters of taiko (Japanese drumming) led by Stan Shikuma, of Seattle Kokon Taiko.