A fun, open and soulful journey through the high spirited energy of the Japanese taiko drum, blended with percussive sounds and festive song and dance
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 SYDNEY MIYAKE RENSHU KAI Everyone was so excited to hit the first "DON" on the taiko since the last session in March. Everyone brought a face mask and was wearing it in the session without discussing it. As well as keeping distance all the time, hand sanitiser, opening windows in the breaks and more. Thank you everyone for taking care of each other! 01/08/2020 |  LIVE STREAM WORKSHOP Thank you so much to Japan Foundation, Sydney for organising the great live stream event and thanks to people who joined us!!! 25/07/2020 |  AUSTRALASIAN WADAIKO FESTIVAL 2020 The taiko lovers from 21 groups in Australia and New Zealand joined the event and made a HUGE success. Thank you to all who joined the event and looking forward to seeing you all face to face sometime in the near future!!! 05/07/2020 |
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 WORKSHOP YuNiOn had a workshop for Australian Olympic Committee. Thanks to Mark Beretta from channel 7 and Cate Campbell who is an Australian swimmer and Gold Medalist of the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics for joining us. It was so much fun! Thank you so much to Australian Olympic Committee for having us! 11/06/2020 |  CORPORATE PERFORMANCE Australian Taiko Drummers performed at Adelaide Convention Centre. Thank you to Toyota for having us. Thank you to Katie and Nicole from Matsuri Taiko for joining us. It was great fun playing with you all. 14/03/2020 |  CORPORATE WORKSHOP It was a fun day at Killara Golf Club. Thank you to Dulux for having us! 12/03/2020 |
 BUSHFIRE RELIEF EVENT YuNiOn had a workshop for the community of Buxton area. Thank you to Buxton Community Association for having us. They are going to have 81 Bushfire Relief Events through the year. That is amazing!!! It was nice to see everyone's smile! 07/03/2020 |  PERFORMANCE Another awesome night of playing. This was an improvisation based on signals from the conductor. African drummers, Brazilian drummers, Latino drummers and Graham on katsugi okedo, all joining forces to make music as one. 15/02/2020 |  BBL Sydney 6ers won the final!!! Thank you for having us. It was fun season for YuNiOn too! 08/02/2020 |
 DEL MONTE It was nice to be back at Del Monte. YuNiOn performed for their Lunar New Year Celebration. Thank you for having us and looking forward to 2020. 07/02/2020 |  TRIAL SESSION It was so much fun making music together with you all! Thank you for coming. 04/02/2020 |  FESTIVAL YuNiOn performed at the Lunar New Year in Blacktown. It was over 40 degrees on the stage! It was an amazing condition to perform. Thank you so much to Blacktown Council for having us and the people who watched us in the heat. We love sharing wadaiko. 31/01/2020 |
 SYDNEY FESTIVAL 2020 Night Parade of One Hundred Goblins. What an amazing season!!! Thank you so much to Art Gallery of New South Wales and Clockfire Theatre Company for an amazing experience. Thank you to all performers, people who are involved in the big project and came to see the performances. Looking forward to seeing you all soon! 16-25 January 2020 |  THANK YOU! YuNiOn would like to thank everyone who helped us. YuNiOn receives no funding or donations and so it is with your help that we are able to play and share the sounds and movements of Japan and Japanese culture, especially through the art of drumming, wadaiko. 13/12/2019 |  TRAIAL SESSION YuNiOn Inner West Taiko trial session was booked out. Thank you to the people who attended. It was so much fun! 10/12/2019 |
 MATSURI IN SYDNEY Australia Miyake Kai - Sydney Miyake Renshu Kai performed at Sydney Matsuri. Thank you to Ayako-san for making special trip to join us! 07/12/2019 |  MATSURI IN SYDNEY Team YuNiOn performed at Sydney Matsuri 😊 Well done everyone! 07/12/2019 |  AUSTRALIAN TAIKO DRUMMERS Corporate performance at Art Gallery. Thank you for having "Australian taiko drummers". 05/12/2019 |
 LAUNCH YuNiOn performed for launch of Pepper Lunch on George street Sydney. Thank you for having us. 05/12/2019 |  TEAM BUILDING Corporate team building workshop at amazing location. It was so much fun! Thank you for having us. 03/12/2019 |  TWILIGHT MARKETS Thank you to the people who watched and joined us! It was great fun! 01/12/2019 |
 SANTA SABINA COLLEGE The combined ensembles, 24 taiko players from Y2 to Y11 opened the event and performed beautifully! Well done everyone! 27/11/2019 |  MARKETS YuNiOn and YuNiOn Kids had fun at the Kingsford Noodle Markets. Thank you to the Randwick Council and people who came and joined us. 16/11/2019 |  WILKINS TAIKO ENSEMBLE How Exiting!!! The Wilkins Taiko Ensemble (directed by YuNiOn) performed at Ensembles Showcase 2019. It was the first performance for the Ensemble!!! 08/11/2019 |
 BEGA BIG GROOVE 2019 Thank you so much to team Stonewave Taiko Drumming for having us. It was so much fun performing with you all! 26/10/2019 |  FUNCTION BIG charity event, "Tokyo Nights" YuNiOn collaborated with Satsuki Odamura. Thank you for having us! 21/09/2019 |  FESTIVAL YuNiOn, YuNiOn Kids and YuNiOn Tribe performed at the Vietnamese Moon Festival. It was a perfect day for the event and great community feel. Thank you for having us! 21/09/2019 |
 CORPORATE PERFORMANCE 3 day event for the launch of Koyomi High Ball. Thank you for having us! 18-20/09/2019 |  JAPANESE JAZZ JAM ”Japanese Jazz Jam" It was an amazing night!!! Thank you to Kano-san, Lazybones, Matt, Stan and people who came in the rain!!! 18/09/2019 |  FLORIADE We had an amazing day at the Floriade in Canberra. It was great fun to collaborate with Yasukazu Kano. Thank you for people who came and watched us and thank you to the festival for having us! 15/09/2019 |
 WORKSHOP Thank you to team Stone Wave Taiko for having Kano-san and Graham! 14/09/2019 |  PARKLIGHT FESTIVAL Yasukazu Kano's Australia Tour with YuNiOn. The first stop is BEGA, at the PARKLIGHT FESTIVAL. What a beautiful music and settings! Thank you for having us! 13/09/2019 |  MIYAKE CAMP Graham and Sydney Miyake Renshu Kai members attended the Miyake camp in Melbourne and they had an amazing time! 6-8/09/2019 |
 FESTIVAL Cherry Blossom Festival at the World Square. Thank you for people who watched us in the rain and thank you for having us again. 29/8/2019 |  LAUNCH Satsuki and Masae performed at the launch of Flight Path Theatre. What a fun night with amazing acts. Thank you for having us! 24/8/2019 |  FESTIVAL YuNiON had great time at Cherry Blossom Festival in Auburn. Thank you for having us and joining us! 22,23/8/2019 |
 CORPORATE YuNiOn performed for Fox Sports Rugby Launch for Rugby World Cup Japan 2019! 20/8/2019 |  FESTIVAL The Cherry Blossom Festival at world square. Thank you for having us and people who watched us in the strong wind. 19/8/19 |  CITY2SURF Graham started off each groups with drum beat + audiences participation! The total 85,000 participants!!! It was HUGE!!! 11/08/2019 |
 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH YuNiOn was in the Daily Telegraph. 9/9/2019 |  AUSTRALIAN TAIKO DRUMMERS Australian Taiko Drummers performed at Optus event, 1 year to go to the Tokyo Olympic. It was great to be a part of such a big event. Thank you for having us and thank you to Koji Hiraki, Samantha Newton, Akiko Yura, Arisa Yura and Ned Wu for joining us. That was fun performing with you all! 24/07/2019 |  WINTER TAIKO INTENSIVE WITH STONE WAVE TAIKO We had a great weekend with beautiful people, preparing for the big performance. Thank you for having us. We are looking forward to the Bega Big Groove in October! 20-21/07/2019 |
 TUTTI MUSIC FESTIVAL YuNiOn and YuNiOn Kids performed at the Tutti Festival in Beijing. It was an amazing 10 days in Beijing, we had so much fun, sightseeing, eating lots of food, meeting many people and listing to the great music !!! Thank you for having us, organising everything and looking after us !!! 11/07/2019 |  JAPANESE WINTER NIGHT 2019 It was a fantastic night to collaborate with the Satsuki Odamura Koto Ensemble at the Lazybones Lounge in Marrickville. Also, YuNiOn Tribe and Sydney Miyake Renshu Kai performed as our special guests. Thank you everyone. 30/06/2019 |  WORKSHOP Masae attended a Minyo workshop with Okada-sensei. It was great fun singing with beautiful people. Thank you! 02/06/2019 |
 ASAKUSA Visiting Miyamoto Unosuke Shoten in Asakusa. 29/05/2019 |  Festival Sakaide Salt Festival. Masae performed on the amazing stage in 1988. It was opening event of the Bridge. 12/05/2019 |  FESTIVAL Setouchi International Art Festival in Megi-jima. 11/05/2019 |
 FESTIVAL Marugame Castle Festival in Masae's home town. It was great to see the local taiko groups performing in the amazing location. 3-4/05/2019 |  KAGURA We saw an amazing Iwami Kagura. There were 8 BIG snakes on the stage! 29/04/2019 |  ZENTSUJI We always enjoy visiting Zentsuji - temple. 27/04/2019 |
 KANAMARUZA It is the oldest Kabuki theatre. 16/04/2019 |  88 TEMPLES Visiting number 82 Negoroji - temple. 16/04/2019 |  MARUGAME CASTLE Masae's home town. 06/04/2019 |
 RECORDING YuNiOn had a recording and filming with The Satsuki Odamura Koto Ensemble. We are looking forward to the future events. 27/03/2019 |  EVENT KALEIDOSCOPE of Lane Cove. It was a family friendly event and we had so much fun with the lovely audience. Thank you to the people who came and joined us. Special thanks to the Lane Cove Council for having us. 22/03/2019 |  FESTIVAL YuNiOn had 3 sets of performing/roving at the Carnival of Culture. Thank you to the Inner West Council for having us and people who came and joined us. 24/02/2019 |
 TV PROGRAM Thank you to Channel 7 "Sunrise" and the Inner West Council for having YuNiOn for the morning. It was a promotion for The Carnival of Culture at Ashfield Park. Amazing music, dance and food. 22/02/2019 |  FESTIVAL Lunar New Year Celebration in Blacktown. An amazing festival and a beautiful location. And what an incredible thunder storm!! Thank you for having us. 08/02/2019 |  COMMUNITY TAIKO SESSION YuNiOn started community Taiko sessions in Inner West. Looking forward to meeting new people!!! 05/02/2019 |
 SYENEY MIYAKE RENSHU KAI Miyake workshop with Tsumura Family. Thank you to Kazu-sensei and Haru-sensei for sharing the amazing knowlage, we all had a great time. Thank you to Ayako-san from Australia Miyake Kai, Sydney Miyake Renshu Kai members and all the participants for supporting this event. 04/02/2019 |  MIYAKE CAMP IN NZ Masae attended the Miyake camp with Tsumura Family in Auckland. Thank you so much to Jane and Jean-Francois for an amazing weekend and looking after all of us. We are looking forward to visiting New Zealand again! 2,3/02/2019 |  HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! YuNiOn and YuNiOn Kids had a first performance of the year. We didn't plan to perform while we are in Bega for holiday. Thank you to Sam for inviting us, thank you to team Stone Wave Taiko for lending us the taiko and thank you to the people who came and watched us. "YuNiOn Crocers" as we had to wear crocs... enjoyed performing at the beautiful Tathra Hotel. 08/01/2019 |
 CORPORATE YuNiOn performed at the official opening for Hokkaido Baked Cheese Tart in Chatswood. So nice to have us and great to perform for the Willoughby Council Mayor. Thank you for having us and the nice tarts. 19/12/2018 |  TWILIGHT MARKET YuNiOn and YuNiOn Kids were at the twilight market. Thank you for having us and joining us. 09/12/2018 |  MATSURI 2018 Thank you to YuNiOn Tribe for your hard work towards the Sydney Matsuri performance. It was fun performing with you all. 08/12/2018 |
 TAIKO SESSION Thank you so much to everyone who came to the YuNiOn Taiko sessions in the Inner West. We had so much fun playing with you all an looking forward to 2019. 07/12/2018 |  PHS It was fun workshop and thank you for having us!! 07/12/18 |  FESTIVAL Thank you to Inland Sea of Sound for having us. It was great fun preforming. Thank you to the people who came and joined us. 01/12/2018 |
 PERFORMANCE YuNiOn had a performance / workshop at the long day care centre. It was fun working with little children. Thank you for having us. 30/11/2018 |  JAPAN FESTIVAL WELLINGTON It was such an amazing festival and fun collaboration with Narukami Taiko and Noriko Tadano. Thank you for having us. Photo credit : Hiroaki Ito 24/11/2018 |  PLAY SCHOOL Stop Look Listen “Japanese Drums” Ep 1 Monday, November 26 @ 0900 on ABC KIDS. 26/11/2018 |
 NARUKAMI TAIKO Rehearsals and Workshops with Narukami Taiko for the big performance at the Wellington Japan Festival. Thank you to the team Narukami for your hard work and the lovely gift. Special thanks to Jessie for organising and everything. 22-25/11/2018 |  COLLABORATION It was a fun night, collaboration with the Satsuki Odamua Koto Ensemble. Thank you everyone. 18/11/2018 |  SYDNEY MIYAKE RENSHU KAI Thank you for everyone who came to the Renshu Kai. Special thanks to Ayako-san and Shin-san for coming to Sydney, leading the session and giving us lots of advice to improve. 17/11/2018 |
 CORPORATE PERFORMANCE Thank you for having us. 16/11/2018 |  SANTA SABINA COLLEGE Santa Sabina Taiko Ensemble and Del Monte Taiko Ensemble performed for their Celebration of Music. Well done!!! 13/11/2018 |  TAIKO SNIVES Taiko Snives, team Riku, Kaze, Sora and Honoh performed beautifully at the Anuual concert. Well done!!! 8,15/11/2018 |
 CANDLE FESTIVAL YuNiOn and YuNiOn Kids had a great day at the Canberra Nara Candle Festival. Thank you for having us!!! 27/10/18 |  NZ TOUR 2018 Performance in Auckland. Thank you to Jane for organising the concert, all Kumo members, people who came to the concert and the donation, Seido Karate for the venue, Jean-Francois for the taiko. We had a great time. 29/09/2018 |  YuNiOn and YuNiOn Kids at Bega Big Groove. 25/08/2018 |
 BEGA BIG GROOVE YuNiOn + YuNiOn Tribe at Bega Big Groove. Thank you to David Hewitt, Stonewave Taiko, all musicians and dancers and people who came to the concert and danced with us!!! 25/08/2018 |  AUSTRALIAN TAIKO DRUMMERS Corporate event at Sydney Town Hall. Thank you to Ayako-san for your hard work!!! 24,25/08/2018 |  CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL YuNiOn and YuNiOn Tribe were at the Auburn Cherry Blossom Festival Kids Day. It was great fun with the lots of children!!! Thank you for joining us. 22/08/2018 |
 YuNiOn TRIBE YuNiOn Tribe performed at Sydney Cherry Blossom Festival 🌸 18,19,25,26/08/2018 |  YuNiOn TRIBE YuNiOn Tribe T-shirts have arrived. It is time to have their own T-shirt and they are performing at Auburn Cherry Blossom Festival. 18/08/2018 |  TAIKO CLUB Del Monte Taiko Ensemble performed at the Sydney Town Hall. 15/08/2018 |
 CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL YuNiOn and YuNiOn Tribe performed at the World Square cherry blossom festival. 13,20/08/2018 |  CORPORATE WORKSHOP It was so much fun with the great energy of people. Thank you so much for coming and having a go. Special thanks to Imalia who organised the mystery team building workshop for her company. 08/08/2018 |  CORPORATE PERFORMANCE Australian Taiko Drummers performed at a corporate event in Canberra. Thank you for having us. 04/08/2018 |
 WAY OUT WEST FESTIVAL FOR CHILDREN YuNiOn and YuNiOn Kids had a great day at the WOW festival. Thank you to Liverpool Council and people who came to join us!!! 19/07/2018 |  ALL AUSTRALIAN WADAIKO FESTIVAL 2018 Masae attended the AAWF as an Australia Miyake Kai member. Thank you to all for the amazing event. Special thanks to everyone who helped make it happen. I really enjoyed meeting old friends and new friends. Looking forward to seeing you again! 07/07/2018 |  ASANO TAIKO Asano taiko has arrived!!! 07/06/2018 |
 MIYAKE CAMP IN TOKYO Masae attended Miyake Camp with Tsumura Family in Tokyo. Thank you to Daihyo, Hide-sensei, Haru-sensei, Setsuko-san and all Miyake friends for sharing amazing skill and fun time. 12-13/05/2018 |  CONCERT IN OSAKA Graham had a great concert at Classica in Osaka with Yasukazu Kano, Shibata Ryotaro, Sanshi Didgeridoo, Hinata Ishii. An absolutely beautiful venue, many tunes, wonderful music, amazing musicians, great improvisations and many new friends. Thank you all. 06/04/2018 |  PHOTO SHOOT YuNiOn and YuNiOn Kids. 28/03/2018 |
 CARNIVAL OF CULTURES YuNiOn and YuNiOn Kids performed at the Carnival of Cultures with the 4 students from Santa Sabina Taiko Ensemble. Thanks to Inner west council, people who came and joined us, Santa Sabina college and the Taiko girls. We had a great day. 18/03/2018 |  FESTIVAL YuNiOn and YuNiOn Kids performed at the Petersham Festival. Thank you to Inner West Council for having us and people who joined with us. 04/03/2018 |  MIYAKE PERFORMANCE It was an amazing opportunity to perform with Tsumura Family and the Australia Miyake Kai members at Natsu Matsuri in Melbourne. Thank you so much to Daihyo, Kazu sensei, Hide sensei, Haru sensei, Ayako san, Shin san, Melanie and the Miyake friends. It was so much fun. 25/02/2018 |
 MIYAKE CAMP Melbourne Miyake camp with Tsumura Family. 23-24/02/2018 |  MIYAKE WORKSHOP It was an amazing workshop with Tsumura Daihyo and Kazu-sensei. Thank you for coming to Sydney. Thank you to Ayako from Australia Miyake Kai for the opportunity and people who came to the workshop. 21/02/2018 |  LUNAR NEW YEAR YuNiOn and YuNiOn Kids performed at Lunar New Year Celebrations in Blacktown Town. We had a great evening. Thanks to Blacktown council for having us. Special thanks to Kano san for joining us. It was very special. 16/02/2018 |
 FOUR WINDS SUMMER SOUNDS IN BERMAGUI World Premiere Collaboration with Yasukazu Kano, James Crabb, Sam Martin, Kade Brown, David Hewitt and YuNiOn. It was an amazing location with amazing musicians. Thanks to Four Winds for having us and thanks to all musicians, staffs and people who came to see us. 27/01/2018 |  JAPANESE JAZZ JAM 2018 It was a such a fantastic night! Thanks to Kano-san, Matt and Steve for the amazing music. Thanks to people who came and LazyBones Lounge Marrickville. 21/01/2018 |  TORIBUE WORKSHOP Toribue workshop with Mr. Yasukazu Kano. Thank you to Kano-san for the fun workshop. Everyone enjoyed making Toribue and feeling the nature. 20/01/2018 |
 SHINOBUE WORKSHOP Shinobue workshop with Mr. Yasukazu Kano. Thank you so much to Kano-san for shearing your deep knowledge with shinobue lovers in Australia. 17-18/01/2018 |  HAPPY NEW YEAR Happy New Year to everyone. YuNiOn has had an amazing year. Huge performances and workshops in Sydney, Perth, Canberra, Bega and New Zealand. Collaborations with fantastic taiko groups, amazing musicians as well as hosting overseas artists and of course performances with the wonderful YuNiOn Kids and YuNiOn Tribe. We really appreciate your support and hope to see you soon in 2018. 31/12/2017 |  NYE 2017 Happy New Year 🎊 It was a great way of celebrating the new year at YUKIS At the Quay. Amazing view, food, drinks and people. Thank you so much for having us. 31/12/2017 |
 MATSURI 2017 YuNiOn had a great day at the Matsuri. Thank you for people who organised the event, people who came to the Matsuri in Sydney and YuNiOn Kids and YuNiOn Tribe for performing with us. We feel so happy, thank you for having us. 09/12/2017 |  PERTH TOUR BIG 3 days in Perth. 2 days workshops, rehersuls and 2 concerts with Taiko On. It was great fun meeting you all and making music together. Special thanks to Simon Vanyai for inviting us and organising it. Thanks to all team Taiko On, volunteers, supporters and people who came to the concerts. Looking forward to seeing you all again. 26-28/10/2017 |  PERTH TOUR Great poster for"Tohzai" Taiko On and YuNiOn concert. 28/10/2017 |
 PERTH TOUR Rehearsals with Taiko On for the collaboration piece, Daichi. 22/10/2017 |  MASAE'S ARTICLET Thanks to JamsTV. https://www.jams.tv 13/10/2017 |  NZ TOUR Concert with Kumo Taiko, Tamashii Taiko, Neo and Nobue. We had great fun performing with you all. Special thanks to Jane Chen , Jean-Francois Vognin and Yvonne for looking after us all week. Thank you so much. 01/10/2017 |
 NZ TOUR All day Hachijo style workshops with Kumo Taiko. Thank you for having us. 01/10/2017 |  NZ TOUR Lots of different workshops with Tamashii Taiko. Thank you for having us. 29-30/09/2017 |  NZ TOUR YuNiOn school performance with Kumo Taiko. That was great fun to perform with Kumo Taiko. Thank you! 29/09/2017 |
 NZ TOUR Workshops with Kumo Taiko and Tamashii Taiko. Thank you for having us. 26/09/2017 |  NZ TOUR Thanks to Mukume Taiko for having us. Special thanks to Erola for organizing the workshop. They have amazing energy! 24/09/2017 |  NZ TOUR Workshops with Narukami Taiko. Thank you for having us and special thanks to Jessie for organize this event. We had a wonderful time. 22-23/09/2017 |
 SYDNEY MIYAKE RENSHU KAI The first Sydne Miyake Renshu Kai. Thanks to Tsumura Family and Ayako from Australia MIyake Kai to support us. 16/09/2017 |  FESTIVAL YuNiOn and YuNiOn Kids performed at Dulwich Hill Village Fair. Thanks to Inner West Council for having us and thanks to people who came and joined us. It was so much fun. 10/09/2017 |  EISTEDDFOD We are very proud. Taiko Snives got 1st prize and highly commended prize at Australian Percussion Eisteddfod. Well done boys. 06/08/2017 |
 JAPANESE WINTER NIGHT "Japanese Winter Night" in Blue Mountains and Sydney. Thanks to The Satsuki Odamura Koto Ensemble for having us and we are looking forward to next performances! 29-30/07/2017 |  CHARITY PERFORMANCE YuNiOn and YuNiOn Kids performed for Oxfam charity event at LazyBones Lounge Marrickville. It was nice to be part of the event! 21/07/2107 |  CORPORATE PERFORMANCE We performed for opening of Japan Endless Discovery event. Thank you for having us. 12/07/2017 |
 TAIKO TAIKEN The Japan Foundation Sydney presents "Taiko Taiken". It was great workshops for the school holiday. Thank you so much to the Japan Foundation, Sydney for having us and thank you to all the people who came and had a fun time with us. 08/07/2017 |  PERFORMANCE Performance for Consulate General of Japan, Sydney. Thank you so much for having us. 30/06/2017 |  MIYAKE WORKSHOP It was an amazing workshop with Daihyo and Hide sensei from Miyake Daiko Geno Doshikai. The NSW Miyake players had a great time and looking forward to next time. Thank you so much to Daihyo and Hide sensei for visiting Sydney and sharing their amazing skill and knowledge. Thank you to Ayako from Australia Miyake Kai for the opportunity and thank you to everyone who attended and supported this event from YuNiOn. 27/06/2017 |
 SYMPHONIA JUBILATE It was a such a great Symphonia Jubilate concert and great to be part of it. Thank you for having YuNiOn and YuNiOn Kids and performing our arrangement of a music. Looking forward to working together again. 24/06/2017 |  PARTY Great to play for a very funky, young L'Oreal party. 22/06/2017 |  TAIKO CAMP Thank you to Stonewave Taiko for a wonderful weekend. Looking forward to the end of year concert. 10-12/06/2017 |
 MARUGAME OSHIRO MATSURI We enjoyed the Festival in Masae's home town. 3-4-/05/2017 |  YuNiOn and YuNiOn Kids visited Sanuki Manno Daiko. We performed, they performed and we all had a play on the Odaiko. Thank you for having us! It was great fun! 02/05/2017 |  SADO TRIP YuNiOn and YuNiOn Kids travelled to Sado Island to see Kano-san. We had a great time seeing the island, a Noh theatre, Kodo friends, local matsuri, jamming on the beach and hanging out with our great friend Kano-san. Thank you for a wonderful time!!! 25-30/04/2017 |
 NATIONAL FOLK FESTIVAL YuNiOn and YuNiOn Kids were at Canberra National Folk Festival with Stonewave Taiko from Bega. It is an amazing Festival and we all had great fun! Thank you to all who were involved to the festival! 13-17/04/2017 |  ART, NOT APART YuNiOn Trio (YuNiOn and David Hewitt from Stonewave Taiko) performed at Art, Not Apart. It was an amazing Art Festival in Canberra. We enjoyed performing at 3 different venues and had a great time. Thank you for having us and special thanks to David Hewitt. 18/03/2017 |  HARMONY DAY YuNiOn had school performances for Harmony Day. It was so much fun with very relaxed children. Thank you for having us! 13/03/2017 |
 FESTIVAL YuNiOn, YuNiOn Tribe and YuNiOn Kids had a great day today at Petersham Festival. We had a performance and a workshop. Thank you to Inner West Council for having us and people who came and joined us!!! 12/03/2017 |  PERFROMANCE YuNiOn & YuNiOn Kids had a performance at Inara. Thank you for having us. It was a very nice day with beautiful people. 11/03/2017 |  TAIKO WEEKEND It was a great intensive taiko weekend in Bega. Thanks to Stonewave Taiko! 03-05/03/2017 |
 COMMUNITY PERFORMANCE Performance at Manmaru opening event. They make amazing food, sweets and coffee! 18/02/2017 |  KIDS PARTY Performance / Workshop at 1st birthday party. Thank you for having us for the special occasion. 05/02/2017 |  FESTIVAL YuNiOn and YuNiOn Kids had a great evening at Lunar New Year Celebration in Blacktown. Thanks to Blacktown council and people who came to celebrate the Lunar New Year!!! 03/02/2017 |
 YuNiOn TAIKO WEEKEND Special thanks to Satoshi and Kota for sharing their amazing knowledge. A great approach to music making. Thanks to all participants, we hope everyone had a good time. A great start to 2017!!! 14-15/01/2017 |  NYE PARTY Happy New Year!!! YuNiOn had a great NYE performance at Yukis restaurant. 2016 was very busy with new adventures!!! We hope you had a great 2016 and let's all have an amazing 2017. All the best from YuNiOn. 31/12/2016 |  END of YEAR PARTY The last YuNiOn sessions and end of the year party!!! Our New Zealand taiko friend, Jane Chen from Kumo Taiko joined us. Thank you for coming from NZ to study with us. Thanks to all YuNiOn supporters for the great year and looking forward to 2017!!! 20/12/2016 |
 X'MAS PARTY YuNiOn and YuNiOn Kids performed at Christmas party & Market this evening. Thank you for joining us!!! It was a fun party! 09/12/2016 |  PERFORMANCE YuNiOn and YuNiOn Kids performed at Kokoa's preschool Graduation. All kids went to this amazing preschool. We are very lucky and feel sad to leave..... 07/12/2016 |  SCHOOL WORKSHOPS 4 workshop at Penrith High School. The students were so easy to work with and we achieved a lot! Masae's Koto friend, Naomi-san is Japanese teacher at the school. Thank you for organising the workshops and looking after us all day. We enjoyed a lot with over 200 Japanese/Music students. 05/12/2016 |
 KIDS PARTY Yuzuka's 9th birthday party. We had a performance/workshop/taiko jam, also we joined a violin piece "Arabian overture". Her father is a famous Japanese Cuisine Goodwill Ambassador. Thank you for having us and lovely presents. That was a fun party!!! 04/12/2016 |  SCHOOLS SPECTACULAR 2016 Graham is a director of the percussion ensemble and tap dancers. It was a HUGE production!!! Amazing to watch!!! 25/11/2016 |  TAIKO PARTY 2016 Thank you to A.YA, Wadaiko Rindo Sydney, YuNiOn Tribe and YuNiOn kids for performing with us and creating a great party!!! Thanks to people who came and joined us and a great venue LazyBones Lounge Marrickville. It was so much fun!!! 20/11/2016 |
 BEGA TOUR 2016 YuNiOn had 8 school performances/workshops and finished tour with the concert with Stone Wave Taiko. Special thanks to David Hewitt for organising the tour. It was a BIG success. 30/10/2016-06/11/2016 |  MARRICKVILLE FESTIVAL YuNiOn had a workshop and performed with YuNiOn Tribe and YuNiOn Kids at Marrickville Festival. Thanks to Inner West Council and the people who came and joined us. It was a GREAT day!!! 23/10/2016 |  BIRDCALL WORKSHOP We called lots of birds at the beautiful Wilkins Green. It was a very special experience for all of us. Thanks to Kano-san. 29/09/2016 |
 JAPANESE JAZZ JAM It was a very fun night playing with Kano-san, Matt and Steve. Thank you to the amazing musicians, Lazybones and the people who came to support us!!! 28/09/2016 |  SHINOBUE WORKSHOPS Thank you to Kano-san to share your amazing skill to Sydney Shinobue players!! 26-27/09/2016 |  YuNiOn and YuNiOn Kids performed at Wilkins Public School Fair Day. Thank you for coming and joining us in the rain!!! 18/09/2016 |
 YuNiOn, YuNiOn Tribe and YuNiOn Kids had a great day at Dulwich Hill Fair!!! 11/09/2016 |  SAMURAI FESTIVAL SYDNEY YuNiOn and YuNiOn Tribe were at Samurai Festival in Martin Place. It was an amazing location to perform in the middle of Sydney!!! Thank you to JCS Rainbow Project for having us. 09/08/2016 |  SCHOOL PERFORMANCE Masae's solo school performance. The staff and students loved it! Performance/presentation and audience participation. Lots of fun!! 04/08/2016 |
 JAPANESE WINTER NIGHT YuNiOn had a great "Japanese Winter Night" with The Satsuki Odamura Koto Ensemble at Lazybones in Marrickville. Thank you to all who supported this event. It was a full house and a great fun night!!! 31/07/2016 |  PERFORMANCE YuNiOn performed at a charity event, "The 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake". It was great to see lots of people there to support the event. Thank you for having us!!! 17/07/2016 |  MIYAKE TAIKO Amazing weekend Miyake Taiko camp in Melbourne. Big thank you to Tsumura-daihyo and Kazu-sensei!!! 10/07/2016 |
 CORPORATE PERFORMANCE YuNiOn performed for Deja Vu Sake Co Dinner. Great sounding room and great audience!!! Thank you for having us. 05/07/2016 |  PRESCHOOL PERFORMANCE YuNiOn performed at the preschool in Japan. 25/04/2016 |  PERFORMANCE YuNiOn had 4 x school performances, 1 x workshop and we opened performing arts recognition ceremony at Taipei American school. Thanks to Stephen Abernethy and TAS for having us. 19/04/2016 |
 ARTS FESTIVAL 2016 Very lucky to be part of Arts Festival 2016 at Taipei American School. 18/04/2016 |  PERFORMANCE Big gig at Chung Yo Department Store in Taichung. 17/04/2016 |  WORKSHOP All day workshop in Taichung. 17/04/2016 |
 PERFORMANCE YuNiOn performed at Hsiuping University in Taichung with Q&A afterwards. Thanks to Hsiuping University, Cherry-sensei and Shin-chan! 15/04/2016 |  FLYER Flyer for YuNiOn Taiwan Tour. 13/04/2016-20/04/2016 |  TAIWAN TOUR 13/04/2016-20/04/2016 |
 HARMONY DAY Workshops for Harmony Day at Lewisham Public School. 01/04/2016 |  HARMONY DAY YuNiOn was invited by Waverley Council for Harmony Day! We presented a performance/workshop for 80 preschool children. There was great energy in the room. Special thanks to Hitomi who I went to the primary school with!!! and Waverley Council for asking us to have fun with the children. 22/03/2016 |  SCHOOL PERFORMANCE Performance for Harmony Day at Matraville High School. The students and teachers are very enthusiastic and it was great fun! 21/03/2016 |
 SCHOOL WORKSHOP Graham teaches the Taiko Snives boys every week at Sydney Grammar Prep School St Ives. It was a special weekend activity, the attendance was amazing with 48 boys. 19/03/2016 |  SCHOOL WORKSHOP Workshop for 150 students at PLC Croydon. We were lucky enough to be joined by Leigh Giles. An amazing 90 mins of Taiko, percussion, dance and voice!!! 18/03/2016 |  SCHOOL MUSIC CAMP YuNiOn was a part of school music camp at Naamaroo. We had great percussion students teaching on Taiko and Percussion It was such a successful 3 days!!! 14-16/03//2016 |
 FESTIVAL WORKSHOP YuNiOn did a workshop at Petersham Food & Wine Fair. Thanks to people who played, danced and joined us. 13/03/2016 |  FESTIVAL PERFORMANCE YuNiOn performed at Petersham Food & Wine Fair. Thanks to Marrickville council. 13/03/2016 |  PERFORMANCE YuNiOn and YuNiOn Tribe performed for the 5th Anniversary Memorial Event for the 2011 Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. An honour to perform and YuNiOn Tribe played with high energy!!! 11/03/2016 |
 PERFORMANCE Official poster for the 5th Anniversary Memorial Event for the 2011 Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. 11/03/2016 |  CORPORATE PERFORMANCE YuNiOn performed for All Nippon Airways (ANA)'s launch of a new route between Sydney to Haneda. Special thanks to Mr. Sadayuki from ANA. It was YuNiOn's first official corporate performance in Sydney! 04/03/2016 |  CORPORATE WORKSHOP It was nice to start a day with fun people and an amazing view.Thank you for having us!!! 25/02/2016 |
 CHINESE LION DANCE YuNiOn meets Chinese Lion dance. Thanks to May from Chinese Dance School of Sydney. 13/2/2016 |  WORKSHOPS Hachijo Taiko Workshops with Mr. Hiroo Asanuma. 13/2/16-14/2/2016 |  LUNAR NEW YEAR FESTIVAL Mr. Hiroo Asanuma and YuNiOn performed at the Blacktown City Lunar New Year Festival. It was an amazing experience. Thank you to Asanuma-sensei for performing with us! 12/2/2016 |
 HAPPY NEW YEAR 2016 Happy New Year from YuNiOn and YuNiOn Kids!!! 1/1/2016 |  CHRISTMAS PARTY YuNiOn performed for Raijin Daiko's Christmas party in Nelson NZ. Taiko jam at the end of the party with Raijin Daiko members. That was great fun!!! Thanks to Sayuri and Fumio for looking after all our family. 20/12/2015 |  WORKSHOPS 2 days workshop for Narukami Taiko in Wellington NZ. Thank you for having us!!! 18/12/2015 |
 WORKSHOPS All day workshop for Tamashii Taiko. Thank you for having us. We hope to see you all in the near future!!! Special thanks to Jane and Jean-Francois for looking after us!!! 6/12/2015 |  PERFORMANCE with WAI TAIKO YuNiOn and YuNiOn kids performed in Hamilton. Thanks to Wai Taiko for having us. It was a very fun performance with you all!!! 4/12/2015 |  WORKSHOP and REHEARSAL Workshop + Rehearsal at Wai Taiko Dojo in Hamilton. Thank you for having us. 2/12/2015 |
 TAIKO FEST 2015 YuNiOn presented 3 workshops. We had 60 participants for the each workshops. That was BIG and FUN!!! 28/11/2015 |  TAIKO FEST 2015 IN AUCKLAND YuNiOn performed at the Taiko Fest. Thanks to Tamashii Daiko for inviting us! 28/11/2015 |  NEW ZEALAND TOUR YuNiOn's debut New Zealand Tour. North and South Island. 26/11/15-21/12/15 |
 PERFORMANCE YuNiOn performed at the Student Art Exhibition. Thank you for having us. 20/11/2015 |  KOTO PERFROMANCE Masae's very first Koto performance at Glebe town hall. Special thanks to Kazue Sawai Sensei and Satsuki Odamura sensei. 7/11/2015 |  PERFORMANCE / WORKSHOP Educational Play Session at Leichhardt Council Family Day Care. YuNiOn had great time with the wonderful children! Thanks to Leichhardt Council Family Day Care. 22/10/2015 |
 WORKSHOP Public workshop for Seniors at Enmore Park. It was very nice outdoor event. Thanks to Marrickville council and the people who played! 19/10/2015 |  EXPHOROZON 15/10/2015 |  LIVE IN CONCERT Thank you to Kano-san for such a wonderful night at Lazybones. Thank you to everyone who came to the performance. 24/09/2015 |
 FLUTE WORKSHOPS WITH KANO-SAN Truly amazing, inspiring and so much knowledge shared with all. Thanks to Ayako-san in Melbourne for organising his visit to Oz. Thank you to all who attended and a special thanks to Kano-san. Incredible! 22/09/2015 |  DULWICH HILL FAIR YuNiOn performed a 30min interactive set for kids and adults at Dulwich Hill Fair. 13/09/2015 |  BANKSTOWN CHILDREN'S FESTIVAL It was a perfect day for the parade and workshops at the Bankstown Children's Festival. So many children enjoyed playing the Taiko with YuNiOn! 12/09/2015 |
 MIYAKE DAIKO WORKSHOP Thanks to Hide-sensei, Haru-sensei, Ayako-san, Shin-san and all Australia Miyake Kai members. 26/07/2015 |  PHOTO SHOOT with Amanda James Masae sings with GOYA. 16/07/2015 |  PHOTO SHOOT Thanks to Amanda James for all the beautiful photos! 16/07/15 |
 PHOTO SHOOT Konpira Fune Fune. Minyo from Kotohira town. Song, Dance and Drum. 16/07/2015 |  PHOTO SHOOT 16/07/2015 |  TAIKO MAKING yep.....sounds great as a katsugi okedo. 27/06/2015 |
 TAIKO MAKING Dad....I think we found a great taiko shell. 24/06/2015 |  WILKINS PS PERFORMANCE I better warm up the cajon!! 16/06/2015 |  WILKINS PS PERFORMANCE The taiko (buckets) are set, ready to go for 2 x schools performance - workshops at Wilkins Public School. 16/06/2015 |
 KIMONO / TAIKO WORKSHOP Hachijo-style workshop with participants in traditional Yukata. Dressed by Tae Greener. 17/05/2015 |  KIMONO / TAIKO WORKSHOP RYOKAN GOJUAN, Balmain. A beautiful setting for a Hachijo-style workshop. 17/05/2015 |  BACHI MAKING The joys of making your own bachi.....they always feel and sound better. 14/05/2015 |
 GLOBE-WILKINS PRE SCHOOL Always a joy playing for pre-schoolers. This time joined by the wonderful Matt Keegan. 12/05/2015 |  STRAP MAKING 4 sets of Strap and Domaki. 27/04/15 |  GLOBE-WILKINS PARTY NIGHT A great community of people getting, together and having fun....Thanks Globe! 24/04/2015 |
 KIMONO & HAIR ARRANGEMENT WORKSHOP Thanks to Tae Gessner (Kimono), Yasuko Omuro (Hair Arrangement), Linda Evans (Ryokan Gojuan). 22/03/2015 |  WORKSHOP Masae attended a Kanju Daiko and Hachijo Daiko workshop in Melbourne with Kota Arai and Satoshi Arai. 15/02/2015 |  DAWN TAIKO Masae's taiko group in Japan, Manno Daiko perform a dawn concert every January - Winter! 11/01/2015 |
 LAZYBONE - JAPAN YuNiOn with the Lazybone's master. Thanks to Lazybone Live-House and Tomiyama-san for a great night of music and fun. 09/01/2015 |  LAZYBONE - JAPAN Thanks to Tomiyama-san for organising the Djembe.....a beautiful instrument. 09/01/2015 |  LAZYBONE - JAPAN A great venue. 09/01/2015 |
 LAZYBONE REHEARSAL Warming up in our little practise studio. 07/01/2015 |  TAIWAN TOUR Our improvisation and movement workshop made the local newspaper! 27/12/2014 |  TAIWAN TOUR Performance for 2000 school students.... The photo went on the school building!!! 27/12/2014 |
 TAIWAN TOUR Visiting a local taiko making who makes very good quality taiko for many groups in Taiwan. 29/12/2014 |  TAIWAN TOUR Thanks to Chen-san,Maria and Shin-chan. 28/12/2014 |  TAIWAN TOUR Taiko workshop. 28/12/2014 |
 TAIWAN TOUR Improvisation and movement workshop. 27/12/2014 |  TAIWAN TOUR Performance for 2000 school students....they loved Graham's piece CHI. We thought we are rock stars for a moment. 27/12/2014 |  TAIWAN TOUR Shopping!!! We bought a lots of fish shaped bells,so cute! 26/12/2014 |
 PRE-SCHOOL - JAPAN Playing at the Aito's pre-school Christmas Party. 21/12/2014 |  PRE-SCHOOL - JAPAN Playing in a local pre-school in Japan - fun! 21/12/2014 |  PARTY - JAPAN Tomiyama-san's party. Tomiyama-san and Graham are friends like "Old Shoes" 19/12/1014 |
 JAPAN CORPORATE PERFORMANCE A corporate performance for the Asahi Beer Club in Kagawa, Japan. The freshest beer we have every tasted...(after the performance of course!!) 15/12/2014 |  BACHI FACTORY - JAPAN Our Bachi maker Mr. Nishitani. 13/12/2014 |  SANUKI WINERY - JAPAN Of course, it is a Barrel Taiko! 15/11/2014 |
 WALK TO KONPIRA Masae's home town. 07/11/2014 |  MARUGAME CASTLE Masae's home town. 16/11/2014 |  JAPANESE MATSURI Japanese matsuri where Masae's piece "PARTY" was performed energetically by Karin Daiko. 14/08/2014 14/08/2014 |
 THE BEGINNING- JAPAN YuNiOn with Marugame castle and Sakura. 09/04/2005 |  THE BEGINNING Beautiful Sakura!!! 09/04/2005 |  THE BEGINNING In 2005 YuNiOn was formed while we were living in Japan. Our rehearsal space was the local garden/park underneath the Marugame Castle (Oshiro). When we were offered a gig, away we went on our bike!! 09/04/2005 |
 HISTORY Masae was practicing on the Hirado at age 7. The Hirado was a gift from her grandmother. Now it has become a part of Graham's Chin Don Set. 20/06/1981 |  HISTORY Masae's performance photo at age 9. 18/12/1983 |