Today's episode features someone who I consider up until recently one of the biggest Unsung Heros in the taiko community! It's none other than Chizuko Endo of Taiko Center of the Pacific and the Kenny Endo Taiko Ensemble.
In part 1, we get to hear about Chizuko's first exposure to taiko in the mid 70s through Kinnara Taiko and then becoming a member of San Francisco Taiko Dojo.
In the 1980s Chizuko lived in Japan and we find out that it Taiko was not the art form that drew her to Japan but something else.... listen to find out!
As the 1990s started Chizuko found her way to Hawaii where she still lives today.
Please enjoy part one of my interview with Chizuko Endo.
