As world leaders in the performing art of Japanese drumming, Kodo state on their website that their mission is: ¡°To explore the limitless possibilities of the traditional Japanese drum, the taiko (aka wadaiko), and to forge new directions for this vibrant living art form.¡±
Based on Sado Island, a gem of nature lying 50 km west of Niigata City in the Sea of Japan that¡¯s home to just 63,000 people ¡ª but around a third of the nation¡¯s 80-odd noh theaters ¡ª Kodo sprang from the island¡¯s fertile culture in 1981.
Since then, the company ¡ª whose name means Children of the Drums ¡ª has seen its base set amid rice paddies and persimmon groves turn into what¡¯s now known as Kodo Mura (Kodo Village), which has a rehearsal hall, an office building, a 60-bed dormitory for cast and crew, a guest house, recording studio and a taiko presentation center for visitors.
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