Japanese drum TAIKO solo performance

Traditional Music Live
PERFORMANCES

Intriguing Performances

Yuranza focuses on incorporating and talking inspiration from the history, culture, and natural environment of the regions they perform in to provide an entirely immersive musical and theatrical performance.

Creative taiko drumming performance held at a unique venue surrounded by nature
Creation
Theatrical performances of Japanese instruments with stage direction
Stage Direction
Artist-in-residence performances created while staying in the community
Residency
Creative performing arts featuring Japanese instruments and actors
Performing Arts
Collaborative live performance of local traditional performing arts and Japanese drums
Collaboration

Performers who burn with passion

There are artists who devote their lives to traditional performing arts that have been passed down since ancient times. These artists always deliver avant-garde and overwhelming performances, bringing surprises to modern and future societies.

Professional taiko drummer performing at a temple

Expression and Creativity

Inspiration from local history, culture, natural environment and people’s thoughts will be incorporated into the performance to create an immersive experience with the addition of dance and storytelling expression.

Bandai Town, Fukushima Prefecture
Aizu Bandaisan Odori (traditional bon dance)
A collaborative performance of “Aizu Bandaisan Odori,” a traditional dance of the Aizu region, and creative Japanese drums “Taiko” provided by Yuranza was performed.

Japanese drum performance at Bandai-san Onsen Hotel by Hoshino Resorts
Japanese drum performance at Bandai-san Onsen Hotel by Hoshino Resorts

Bandai Town, Fukushima Prefecture
Aizu Bandaisan Odori
(traditional bon dance)

A collaborative performance of “Aizu Bandaisan Odori,” a traditional dance of the Aizu region, and creative Japanese drums “Taiko” provided by Yuranza was performed.

Minobu Town, Yamanashi Prefecture
Haru to Shura (Spring and Ashura)
Yuranza’s artists created a captivating “Soil & 5 Grains (wheat, rice, beans, foxtail millet, proso millet)” performance from scratch in two days for a food tour.

Artist-in-residence performance held at a temple lodging in Minobu Town
Artist-in-residence performance held at a temple lodging in Minobu Town

Minobu Town, Yamanashi Prefecture
Haru to Shura
(Spring and Ashura)

Yuranza’s artists created a captivating “Soil & 5 Grains (wheat, rice, beans, foxtail millet, proso millet)” performance from scratch in two days for a food tour.

Mihama Town, Aichi Prefecture
Utatoro (Accept nature as it is)
More than 2,000 people created works that evoke a uniquely Japanese aesthetic sense of “Fuzei” and “Furyu” in an open-air theater made of clay and bricks.

An outdoor live performance of Japanese musical instruments held in the forest
An outdoor live performance of Japanese musical instruments held in the forest

Mihama Town, Aichi Prefecture
Utatoro
(Accept nature as it is)

More than 2,000 people created works that evoke a uniquely Japanese aesthetic sense of “Fuzei” and “Furyu” in an open-air theater made of clay and bricks.