Topham to Tohoku – Rainbow of Hope A concert in support of Tohoku Rainbow House and 2011 tsunami orphans Featuring Sansho Daiko, Vancouver Okinawa Taiko & Topham Tora Taiko Saturday May 23 7:00pm Topham Elementary School 21555 91st Avenue $10 adults $8…
Saturday, December 6 Doors 7pm / Show 7:30pm Vancouver Playhouse 600 Hamilton St. @ Dunsmuir Tickets $25 regular & $15 students General Admission. Available online at www.brownpapertickets.com Katari Taiko, the first taiko group formed in Canada, is a constantly changing…
On Sunday, February 3 John was among 48 Japanese Canadians awarded the Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Medal at a ceremony at Nikkei Centre. The award was in recognition of his years serving the community, both through his work on The…
Cheryl just finished this lovely video montage made up of footage from our gig last March at Britannia Mine Museum near Squamish, BC. It was cold but the atmosphere was amazing. We played two half-hour sets then had a tour…
It’s definitely been a year of change and progress for our group. After years of sharing a space with a number of other groups on Francis Street we have struck out on our own. We are renting a space on…
In true Sansho spirit we now have cases and stands for our new drums. Tom made the stands with Curtis’s help and a few of us made our new cases on the shoestring budget out of packing blankets. Total budget…
Our beautiful new drums are here! Four chu-daiko and one hiradaiko, all made by Toshi Katao of Kato Taiko in Concord, California, just outside San Fancisco. Here they are, fresh off the boat. Or truck . . . Now we…
Thanks to Cheryl and Elaine, we now have a five-minute promo video. It's pretty awesome! Check it out on our video page. We've also posted the video from the 2011 Kyokushin Karate Vancouver Cup tournament. It's not a Sansho video…
Sansho Taiko will once again be performing at the opening of the Vancouver Cup 2011, presented by our friends at Kyokushin Karate. The tournament takes place Sunday December 4 at the BCIT campus in Burnaby. Event details HERE. We are…