Buddhist Ekoji - Nen Daiko - Japanese Taiko Drumming

Buddhist Ekoji - Nen Daiko performs the traditional Japanese art of “kumi-daiko“ (Japanese taiko ensemble drumming). Nen Daiko was founded in 1994 and is based out of Ekoji Buddhist Temple in Fairfax Station, Virginia. Nen Daiko emphasizies the basic philosophies of Jodo Shinshu Buddhism and its connection to taiko and kumi-daiko. While affiliated with Ekoji Buddhist Temple, members are diverse and of different faiths, brought together by a common respect for the art of taiko, the teachings of Buddhist tai