With 40 years experience of playing taiko, Chizuko Endo has been teaching taiko for all ages and all skill levels since 1994 at Taiko Center of the Pacific, a school of traditional and contemporary Japanese drumming. She has been in residency at public and private schools, including a successful 15+ year summer taiko intensive program for youth. Her extended residencies combine taiko drumming with creative writing, music, art, movement, and performance.

A complete art form involving the mind, body, and spirit, TAIKO, or Japanese drumming, is a great way to channel energy in a positive way. Through taiko, we learn many universal concepts which are important for creating a better world.