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Latest Issue

Vol. 29 May 2012

  • Three New Productions
  • New 30th Anniversary DVD "Kodo Honoka"
  • Earth Celebration 2012 with Kodo on Sado Island
  • Kodo Performance Schedule 2012

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Back Issues

Vol. 28 April 2012

  • The Next 30 Years
  • Coming Up: New Artistic Director Tamasaburo Bando's First Production "Legend"
  • Introducing Kodo's New Ensemble Leader, Tomohiro Mitome
  • Hanayui USA 2012 Tour: Collaboration Reports
  • Kodo Arts Sphere America Presents KASA/MIX 2012 (Sep. 2-13)
  • Kodo Performance Schedule 2012

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Vol. 27 March 2012

  • Paris Dadan Concerts Sold Out
  • Kodo 30th Anniversary One Earth Tour 2012 Europe
  • Photo Album: Masayuki Sakamoto
  • Kodo Cultural Foundation Becomes a Public Interest Corporation
  • Kodo's Founding Members to Hold Long-Season Performances on Sado Island
  • Kodo Performance Schedule 2012

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Vol. 26 February 2012

  • New Year's Greeting, 30th Anniversary One Earth Tour in Europe
  • Dadan Takes the Stage in Paris
  • A Look at December 2011 in Tokyo, Japan and Manchester, UK
  • Onidaiko (Demon Drum Dance) of Sado Island, a personal view.
  • Kodo Performance Schedule 2012

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Vol. 25 December 2011

  • Kodo 30th Anniversary One Earth Tour Japan 2011, Europe 2012
  • The Kodo Apprentice Centre
  • Kodo Performance Schedule 2011- 2012

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Vol. 24 November 2011

  • Kodo Dadan Concert: Foreign Debut in Paris
  • From Hokkaido to Okinawa on the Kodo 30th Anniversary One Earth Tour in Japan
  • Hanayui USA Tour 2012
  • Kodo Performance Schedule 2011- 2012

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Vol. 23 October 2011

  • Announcing Kodo's New Structure
  • Sharing Our Energy on Tour In the Harvest Season
  • Earth Celebration 2011
  • Kodo Performance Schedule 2011- 2012

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Vol. 22 September 2011

  • Earth Celebration 2011 Photo Album
  • Kodo 30th Anniversary One Earth Tour in Japan Continues
  • A Report on Ayagoromo - Mindful Transitions
  • Kodo Performance Schedule 2011- 2012

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Vol. 21 August 2011

  • Raising the Curtain for Earth Celebration Together
  • For the First Time Ever, Live Worldwide Streaming of EC!
  • Enjoy Niigata This Summer!
  • Kodo Close-up: Yuichiro Funabashi
  • 24 Hours on Tour in Niigata
  • Yoko Fujimoto in LA: Ayagoromo - Mindful Transitions
  • Kodo Performance Schedule 2011- 2012

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Vol. 20 July 2011

  • Earth Celebration 2011
  • Join Kodo on Sado Island for Performances at 3 Local Festivals!
  • On Tour in Japan
  • Kodo 30th Anniversary Publication
  • Kodo Beat Bids Farewell
  • Sammy Goes Shopping
  • Kodo School Workshop-Performance Tour May-July 2011
  • Kodo Performance Schedule 2011- 2012

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Vol. 19 June 2011

  • Join Kodo on Sado Island this August for Earth Celebration!
  • Taking our Energy to the People of Japan
  • Kodo 30th Anniversary One Earth Tour
  • Announcing Sony Music Foundation Concerts for Kids featuring Kodo
  • Kodo Dadan & Amaterasu Encore Performances
  • Spring on Sado
  • Kodo Performance Schedule 2011- 2012

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Vol. 18 May 2011

  • Heartbeat Project
  • Kodo 30th Anniversary Tour 2011 Japan: North & East
  • New Faces
  • Taro Okamoto & Kodo: A Collaboration of Spirits
  • Kodo 30th Anniversary Goods On Sale Now
  • Yoga with Sammy
  • WOWOW Special Program Blue Man x Kodo - Blue Man Meets Wadaiko!
  • KASA Workshop & Concert Tour with Chieko Kojima and Kaoru Watanabe
  • Kodo Performance Schedule 2011- 2012

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Vol. 17 April 2011

  • In the Wake of Disaster
  • Our Members, Our Domestic Tour, and on Helping Japan
  • Kodo Turns 30
  • Photo Album: Kazuki Imagai
  • Kodo Performance Schedule 2011- 2012

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Vol. 16 March 2011

  • Good news for Kodo 2010 soloists: Sunahata in “Gnosis" & Yoshii in “Babel"
  • On Tour Now in Canada & USA
  • Yoshikazu Fujimoto: Teaching in Australia
  • Winter Memoirs of a Kodo Apprentice
  • Kodo Performance Schedule 2011- 2012

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Vol. 15 February 2011

  • New Album Akatsuki is on sale now!
  • On the Road Again - Touring in North America
  • “Sammy" by Masami Miyazaki
  • Chieko Kojima - KASA Workshop & Concert Tour, USA
  • The Seasons of Sado Island: Winter
  • Kodo Performance Schedule 2011- 2012

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Vol. 14 January 2011

  • Happy New Year from Sado Island!
  • New Kodo Album Akatsuki On Sale January 22, 2011
  • Kodo December Concerts 2010
  • Dance Award Nomination for Yoshie Sunahata
  • Chindon Kodon 2010
  • Kodo Performance Schedule 2011- 2012

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Vol. 13 December 2010

  • December with Kodo
  • Kodo 30th Anniversary - One Earth Tour
  • Kodo Online Store in English ~ Year-End Update
  • Kodo Costume
  • Kodo Performance Schedule 2010~2011

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Vol. 12 November 2010

  • Kodo One Earth Tour: Fall 2010
  • Photo Album: Tomohiro Mitome
  • KASA/MIX 2010 Report
  • Yoshikazu Fujimoto's 60th Birthday Celebration
  • Autumn on Sado Island
  • Kodo Performance Schedule 2010~2011

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Vol. 11 October 2010

  • About the Kodo Apprentice Centre
  • Kodo Europe Festival Tour ~ Corsica, France & Gent, Belgium
  • Kodo December Concerts
  • Kodo Online Store in English ~ Autumn Update
  • Kodo Performance Schedule 2010 - 2011

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Vol. 10 September 2010

  • The Kodo Way of Life
  • Kodo Europe Festival Tour ~ Corsica, France & Gent, Belgium
  • Earth Celebration 2010
  • Yoshikazu Fujimoto Guest Instructor at TaikOz January Taiko Intensive 2011
  • Kodo Performance Schedule 2010 - 2011

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Vol. 9 August 2010

  • Shiroyama Concert Artistic Director, Yuichiro Funabashi, Reflects on EC
  • About the Kodo Cultural Foundation
  • Kodo's Shogo Yoshii Reports on Rehearsals with A Filetta
  • “Sammy" by Masami Miyazaki
  • Kodo One Earth Tour 2010 - Autumn
  • Kodo Performance Schedule 2010 - 2011

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Vol. 8 July 2010

  • Spring School Work-shop Performance Tour: May 2010
  • The Elements of Kodo Performances
  • Kitaushima “Kuruma-taue" (Spiral Rice Planting)
  • Yoko Fujimoto Voice Circle in the USA
  • The Seasons of Sado Island: Summer

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Vol. 7 June 2010

  • Kaguyahime Opens at Opéra National de Paris on June 11
  • One Earth Tour: Japan
  • An Invitation Back To Our Roots
  • Earth Celebration Digest

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Vol. 6 May 2010

  • Join us this summer on Sado for Earth Celebration 2010!
  • Forest & Soul - The Annual Kodo Villager's Event
  • Kodo "Dadan" DVD
  • Introducing "Sammy"
  • Kodo Performances 2010 Coming up this year
  • Kodo Arts Sphere America Presents KASA/MIX 2010

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Vol. 5 April 2010

  • Shogo Yoshii Appearing in Babel with Cast from 14 Nations
  • Kodo Junior Members Advance to Full Stage
  • Kodo One Earth Tour 2010 Europe Feedback
  • Sado Island Taiko Centre (Tatako-kan) Makes Finding a Workshop Easy
  • Kodo Performances 2010 Coming up this year

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Vol. 4 March 2010

  • Kodo Ubusuna: On Tour This Month Only!
  • One Earth Tour - Europe 2010 Update
  • Dadan Encore Performances Coming This July
  • About Friends of Kodo
  • Kodo Performances 2010

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Vol. 3 February 2010

  • Starting the New Year with a Big Bang: Kodo Hits Europe
  • Kodo Performances 2010 An Overview of the Year Ahead
  • Kodo Village at the Turn of the Year

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Vol. 2 January 2010

  • Coming Up: Kodo One Earth Tour 2010 Europe and Encore Ubusuna Performances in Japan
  • Kodo to appear in Opéra National de Paris Performances of Kaguyahime
  • Reflections on Dadan
  • December, Kodo-style
  • Yoshie Sunahata in Akram Khan's New Piece Gnosis - World Tour

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Vol. 1 December 2009

  • It's December Concert Time!
  • One Earth Tour 2010 Kicks Off in Europe
  • Reflections on Dadan
  • Announcing Motofumi Yamaguchi's Debut Solo Album: Ikkan Fugetsu

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