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This web resource was made possible in part by support from the Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris Foundation and the Hearst Foundation.

STRIKE A BEAT: BE A TAIKO DRUMMER game
Music Credits:

Level 1:	Yuiyo Bon Odori ("Just Dance" Bon Odori) 1984 Music and Lyrics by Nobuko Miyamoto of Great Leap, Masao Kodani
Level 2:	Tsunami 1986 Composed by Seiichi Tanaka Performed by San Francisco Taiko Dojo Zellerbach Auditorium, Berkeley, California Produced by Bridge Media, Inc., courtesy of The Spirit of Taiko from BIG DRUM: Taiko in the United States DVD
Level 3:	Gardener's Song (Gadena Bushi) 1998 Lyrics by Nobuko Miyamoto of Great Leap, Masao Kodani Music by Nobuko Miyamoto

 

Photo Credits:

Level 1:	Kitsune Taiko Group 2002-2004 Photos by Adam Momii, Danny Yamauchi, and Bryan Yamami
Level 2:	San Jose Taiko Group Zellerbach Auditorium, Berkeley California, November 2003 Kinnara Taiko Group Canyon de Chelly, Navajo Nation, Arizona, August 28, 2001 from BIG DRUM: Taiko in the United States DVD
Level 3:	Photos from BIG DRUM: Taiko in the United States museum exhibition by John Marchena

 

KAMISHIBAI THEATRE: A PROMISE KEPT story
Illustrations by Kenji Kobayashi
Based on a story by Kelly Yamamoto

The kamishibai A Promise Kept was originally developed as a part of the Life Interrupted: The Japanese American Experience in World War II Arkansas project, a partnership between the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and the Japanese American National Museum with major funding provided by the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation.

 

MIDDLE SCHOOL HAIKU

"Is it lunch time yet?" haiku by Jim Nelson. Special thanks to Ken Watanabe and Brian De Guzman for composing haiku lines.

Middle School Haiku © 2008 Japanese American National Museum

 

Web Site Credits
Japanese American National Museum Project Team:
James M. Bower
Lisa Itagaki
Geoff Jost
Sojin Kim
Vicky K.Murakami-Tsuda
Lisa Sasaki
Janis Tanji Wong

Web site design and development:
Ann Zumwinkle, John Marchena, Douglas Bland for zumwinkle.com

JANM Kids Bento Box © 2005-2006 Japanese American National Museum

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