Yamato the Drummers of Japan Tickets

Yamato was founded by Masa Ogawa in 1993 in Nara, 'the land of Yamato', which is said to be the birthplace of Japanese culture. Presently based in Asuka Village, Nara Prefecture, we travel all over the world with Japan's traditional Wadaiko drums. We put our very souls into these unusual instruments, whose sound stir the hearts of people everywhere, and our performances are infused with the idea that the drumbeat, like the heartbeat, is the very pulse of life. Since its formation almost 13 years ago, Yamato has played to more than a million people, giving over 1500 performances in about a dozen different countries, and yet our enthusiasm remains undiminished. We continue to travel with several dozen large and small drums (including an odaiko made from a huge tree over 400 years old), displaying the instruments' versatility and instinctive appeal, both in extemporized street performances and in concert halls holding several thousand people. Besides our travels throughout Japan, we have been on numerous overseas tours to China, South Korea, Indonesia and Singapore, as well as to South America and Europe.