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Naritasan Shinshoji Temple Omoto Domae and young taiko player.
Narita Drum Festival(成田太鼓祭).
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Taiko players during Narita Drum Festival(成田太鼓祭).
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Taiko players during Narita Drum Festival(成田太鼓祭).
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Taiko players in pose and Bachi (Bachi is stick for taiko drums).
Narita Drum Festival(成田太鼓祭).
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Taiko players during Narita Drum Festival(成田太鼓祭).
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Taiko players in pose and taiko on stage (taiko is the Japanese drum).
Narita Drum Festival(成田太鼓祭).
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Taiko players during Narita Drum Festival(成田太鼓祭).
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Young taiko players before performance.
Narita Drum Festival(成田太鼓祭).
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Taiko players during Narita Drum Festival(成田太鼓祭).
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Taiko players during Narita Drum Festival(成田太鼓祭).
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Taiko players during Narita Drum Festival(成田太鼓祭).
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Taiko players during Narita Drum Festival(成田太鼓祭).
Narita Drum Festival(成田太鼓祭).
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Narita Drum Festival (成田太鼓祭) .
Credits:
massimo colombo
Date of Work:
03/15/17 - Ongoing
Updated: 05/04/19
Narita Drum Festival
(成田太鼓祭)
Aprile 2017 (2017年4月)
I have been accredited as a photographer to cover the Narita Drum Festival.
This festival is one of the biggest drum festivals in Japan and it is opened at the Naritasan Shinshoji Temple and on the Omote Sando Street in Narita, the Chiba region, Japan.
The Narita Drum Festival begins, every year in April, with a deafening silence of a thousand people, then the sound of a flute, still a fraction of silence and about 800 players start beating on the skins of the Taiko (Japanese drums) in unison.
All the Omote Sando Street that starts from the Narita train station stop at Naritasan Shinshoji Temple comes to life, a dozen boxes scattered along the edges of the street are ready to host the afternoon sessions with the Taiko performed by groups of Fudendaiko.
And while the sun sets in front of the Naritasan Shinshoji Temple, the evening concert begins - the last effort as the Taiko Drums salute the audience, mother nature and the pagan gods.
*a short video after the diptychs.
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