The Los Angeles Taiko Institute (LATI) is a dedicated taiko (Japanese drumming) school in Torrance, CA offering 12-week courses, drop-in classes, multi-day intensives, and one-time workshops on a variety of taiko topics.
The "Learn-Taiko!" link above provides the full list of classes at the Institute!
LATI is housed at Asano Taiko U.S. a full-service taiko maker offering exquisite Japanese drums and accessories, as well as on-site taiko repair and reskinning.
Los Angeles Taiko Institute/Asano Taiko U.S. location:
20909 S. Western Ave.
Torrance, CA 90501
310-974-4490
taiko@asano.us
In preparation for the North American Taiko Conference, Asano Taiko U.S. will be closed from August 7th through August 14th. We are very sorry for the inconvenience.
We will be taking all of our studio drums to the Conference so if you are available to help on August 9th any time between 12pm and 9pm we would greatly appreciate your help! Please fill out this SIGN UP FORM if you can help us out! Thank you!
Asano Taiko U.S. store will be closing at 5pm on July 30th. We are very sorry for the inconvenience.
Kyosuke Suzuki Sensei will be coming back to Asano on August 27th, 2017 for private lessons and a fue workshop! Don't miss this rare opportunity!
More info on
・Private Lesson with Suzuki Sensei
・Fue Workshop with Suzuki Sensei
We are very happy to announce Yuichi Kimura of Eitetsu Hayashi's Fu-Un no Kai will be coming to Asano Taiko U.S. for an Odaiko Workshop! Organized around an original practice piece, participants will learn the basics and methods of my approach to odaiko as a solo instrument. Price is $40.00
SIGN UP HERE
More information HERE
Solo Creation for Taiko
Eien Hunter-Ishikawa has interviewed our very own Katsuji Asano and it's great!
Bon Daiko - Fridays from 8-10PM, April 28 through July 28
Odaiko Fundamentals - Saturdays from 2-4PM, April 29 through August 5
Oh my gosh, oh my gosh... NATC is coming to San Diego!
August 10-13 is North American Taiko Conference, an amazing assembly of taiko players from around the world. ATUS/LATI is closing for a whole week to help with the event and we're hoping all our students attend!
Registration is now open. Take a look at the website, register your spot, and be a part of the fun in San Diego!
Yuta and I are part of a program headed by Grand Vision Foundation to bring taiko to adult ESL classes in the South Bay. It's been a really rewarding program that LATI is honored to be a part of.
KPCC visited our class recently and published this report.
Great news! The Tsumura brothers, Kazuhiro and Haruyoshi, are coming back for Miyake workshops in March! Sign up now! More information here: http://taiko.la/event/miyake-taiko-workshops-tsumuras-march-18-19