Practical one-time experience
November 5, 19, December 3, 16, 2024, January 7, 21, 2025 at Asakusa Okadaya Fuse 2F Tamokuteki Hall, Taito City, Tokyo
Practical experience course
February 4, 18, March 4, 18, 2025 at Asakusa Okadaya Fuse 2F Tamokuteki Hall, Taito City, Tokyo
Performance
April 15, 2025 at Asakusa Okadaya Fuse 2F Tamokuteki Hall, Taito City, Tokyo

Hands-on experience event
Kotsudumi

Number of practical skill sessions per participant (including presentation/rehearsals for presentation)
5 sessions

Principal instructor
Hideyuki Mochiduki, Satatoshiro Mochiduki (Japanese traditional percussionists)

Event features
In this course, participants will do a total of five hands-on sessions from February 2025, culminating in a simple performance presented during the last session. During November 2024 and January 2025 we will hold a total of twelve one-day Kotsudumi experience sessions for those who are unsure whether they will be able to go on to the main course. These sessions will enable would-be participants to have actual contact with the instruments, experience the enjoyment they bring and familiarize themselves with their depth and complexity, encouraging them to then apply for the course starting in February 2025. Participants of one-day experience sessions will be prioritized when applying for the course.

Publicity methods for the recruitment of participants (collaboration, cooperation, networking, etc.)
A promotional video of a class will be played on the in-store monitor at Okadaya Fuse (along Asakusa Kokusai Street), the venue for this project.
Advertisements will be placed in Tokyo newspapers (and possibly regional newspapers).

Ways to enable participants to continue with practical skills experience (other than programs covered by this grant) after the end of the event
If participants want to continue learning Kotsudumi as a hobby after completing the five hands-on sessions, we will introduce them to the bimonthly Kotsudumi classes held by the TATASUPOPON in Tokyo.
In addition, we can for example introduce those wanting individual lessons rather than group lessons to private lessons run by members of the OHAYASHI PROJECT, and to instructors in easy-to-get-to locations.