{"id":14350,"date":"2025-04-22T08:11:23","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T23:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/?p=14350"},"modified":"2025-08-26T09:25:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T00:25:06","slug":"august-kittleson-fujinomori-taiko-preservation-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/2025\/04\/22\/august-kittleson-fujinomori-taiko-preservation-society","title":{"rendered":"August Kittleson: Fujinomori Taiko Preservation Society"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14353 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7411-590x583.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"577\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7411-590x583.jpg 590w, https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7411-193x191.jpg 193w, https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7411-768x760.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7411-303x300.jpg 303w, https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7411.jpg 1179w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For my CIP, I learned how to perform Taiko drumming with Fujinomori Taiko Preservation Society! This large, multigenerational group met at Fujinomori Shrine twice a week to practice compositions they would practice in many festivals around Kyoto. I loved meeting all sorts of different people while connecting to my passion of drumming. For any incoming students stressed about the prospect of a CIP, it will feel very stressful the first couple weeks. But, after that, things will mellow out and you\u2019ll meet some incredibly friendly, non-judgmental, and playful people ever\u2013that\u2019s when you\u2019ll make so many wonderful memories. But don\u2019t give up!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; For my CIP, I learned how to perform Taiko drumming with Fujinomori Taiko Preservation Society! This la &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/2025\/04\/22\/august-kittleson-fujinomori-taiko-preservation-society\">\u7d9a\u304d\u3092\u8aad\u3080 <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":716,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_locale":"ja","_original_post":"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/?p=14350"},"categories":[4,183,40],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14350"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/716"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14350"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14350\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14366,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14350\/revisions\/14366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}