Pounding Rain

Japanese Drummers get Elemental (1993)

Is anything more elemental than drums?

The pounding mimics our heartbeats.

In fact, the pounding beat seems to control our hearts.

I knew I would love Japan when I saw (and heard and felt) the big drums called Taiko. They are present at every major festival.

This festival was a rice harvest festival held in the city of Hachioji.

When the rain started, we thought the festival would stop.

We were wrong...