The festival will include taiko drumming.

Ahead of the milestone concert.the late second-generation grand master Yamato Hisamitsu traveled to Los Angeles to formally establish Yamatogaku USA.

My father was what youd call a ‘rain man — every time we had an important performance.I want to show Japan that this is possible.During one of those early years.

my father says into the microphone.Yamatogaku USA 25th Anniversary ConcertSunday.

a full concert performance of Yamatogaku might happen only once every five years.

Grand Master Yamato O-shoA Fusion of Sound and MotionYamatogaku has long been intertwined with Japanese classical dance (Nihon buyō).talked about his family history.

ethnic studies teacher and member of the Community Self-Defense Coalition.It represented his American Dream … the same as the migrants who who are being rounded up and incarcerated today.

Indigenous and the Black diaspora peoples.Mas Tanibata recalled seeing a mother with five children just sitting down and crying.