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ES  Taiko Performance 10/29/04      Homestay Families     The Girls of Kijimadaiko - Official Photo

The girls of Kijimadaiko performed for ASIJ on Friday, October 29th. Later they watched the Halloween Parade, attended the HS Halloween Party and went off for an overnight homestay with ASIJ families.

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Kijimadaiko is a youth taiko group (ages 10-16) from Kijimadaira in Nagano Prefecture. In October 2003 they won the Odaiko competition in  the Second Tokyo International Wadaiko Contest. They also performed in the opening ceremony of the 1998 Nagano Olympics The youngest members of the troupe were invited to perform last year at the Japanese Embassy in Luxembourg.
 

 

The Girls of Kijimadaiko

 

 

 

 

 

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Every year students from ASIJ visit Kijimadaira on 
JUMP
and receive taiko training from the girls of 
Kijimadaiko.
 

 

The older members of the group attended the
ASIJ Winter Ball in February 2004!

 

Kijimadaiko Website