{"id":3797,"date":"2015-10-19T20:40:13","date_gmt":"2015-10-19T11:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/?p=3797"},"modified":"2015-10-19T20:40:13","modified_gmt":"2015-10-19T11:40:13","slug":"taiko-workshops-in-fukuoka-prefecture-by-mitsuru-ishizuka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/posts-by-kodo-members\/20151019_3797.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Taiko Workshops in Fukuoka Prefecture&#8221; by Mitsuru Ishizuka"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='wp_social_bookmarking_light'>        <div class=\"wsbl_facebook_like\"><div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div><fb:like href=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/posts-by-kodo-members\/20151019_3797.html\" layout=\"button_count\" action=\"recommend\" width=\"100\" share=\"false\" show_faces=\"false\" ><\/fb:like><\/div>        <div class=\"wsbl_twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/posts-by-kodo-members\/20151019_3797.html\" data-text=\"&#8220;Taiko Workshops in Fukuoka Prefecture&#8221; by Mitsuru Ishizuka\" data-lang=\"en\">Tweet<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<br class='wp_social_bookmarking_light_clear' \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Oct. 11 Kodo Workshops at\u00a0Kobunren 30th Anniversary Special\u00a0Event<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSC_3578-e1444791134642.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8058\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSC_3578-e1444791134642-680x459.jpg\" alt=\"\u5199\u771f: \u6881\u702c\u4e00\u90ce\" width=\"640\" height=\"432\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We were invited to the\u00a0Kobunren 30th Anniversary Special Event for high school taiko groups in Fukuoka Prefecture. Last time we came to this event was in\u00a0December 2014. This time, we brought them a much grander\u00a0workshop program&#8230; actually, we came with four different taiko courses for them! The instructors were Yosuke Oda, Masayuki Sakamoto, Yosuke Kusa, and I. There were around 80 students, so they all split into groups to take their choice of workshop.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/CIMG7533.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/CIMG7533-340x255.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Narumi Matsuda\" width=\"284\" height=\"213\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSC_3504.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSC_3504-340x226.jpg\" alt=\"\u5199\u771f: \u6881\u702c\u4e00\u90ce\" width=\"320\" height=\"213\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>The event started at 10:00 with an opening performance by the Kodo &#8220;Eternity&#8221; cast. Then we had a morning and afternoon session of each course. It was an action-packed day!<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/CIMG7586.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/CIMG7586-680x510.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Narumi Matsuda\" width=\"604\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSC_3564.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSC_3564-340x226.jpg\" alt=\"\u5199\u771f: \u6881\u702c\u4e00\u90ce\" width=\"320\" height=\"213\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/CIMG7577-f.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/CIMG7577-f-340x255.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Narumi Matsuda\" width=\"284\" height=\"213\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The high school students all really want to improve as taiko players, so we did our best to share as much as we could with them and gave them as many tips as\u00a0possible. They were all so frank\u00a0and earnest, and they absorbed\u00a0everything we taught them\u00a0with such speed. They really grew as taiko players! We received so much energy from them all!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/CIMG7596.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8054\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/CIMG7596-680x510.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Narumi Matsuda\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When it was time for us to leave, all the students lined up to farewell us. They were so sweet.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-8055\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/CIMG7618-340x255.jpg\" alt=\"CIMG7618\" width=\"340\" height=\"255\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Thank you very much! Do your best! We&#8217;ll do our best, too!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/member\/mitsuru_en.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7276 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/mitsuruishizuka_s.jpg\" alt=\"mitsuruishizuka_s\" width=\"130\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oct. 11 Kodo Workshops at\u00a0Kobunren 30th Anniversary Special\u00a0Event We were invited to the\u00a0Kobunren 30th Anniversary Special Event for high school taiko groups in Fukuoka Prefecture. Last time we came to this event was in\u00a0December 2014. This time, we brought them a much grander\u00a0workshop program&#8230; actually, we came with four different taiko courses for them! The instructors were Yosuke Oda, Masayuki Sakamoto, Yosuke Kusa, and I. There were around 80 students, so they all split into groups to take their choice of workshop. The event started at 10:00 with an opening performance by the Kodo &#8220;Eternity&#8221; cast. Then we had a morning and afternoon session of each course. 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