Taiko drums bang while fireworks blaze overhead, delighting kimono-clad onlookers.

太鼓声伴着烟花在头顶绽放，令身着和服的观众欣喜洋洋。

Along with the shamisen and the flute, geisha also learned to play a ko-tsuzumi, a small, hourglass-shaped shoulder drum, and a large floor taiko (drum).

除了三味弦以及长笛以外，艺妓们也要学会演奏一种小小的，沙漏状的肩鼓， ko-tsuzumi（一种乐器名），和一种大型的地板太鼓（鼓的一种）。

"She must be down here." Since the day after the tsunami destroyed her aunt's house in Rikuzentakata, Taiko Sasaki, 62, has been back every day to pick through the ruins.

她哭喊着道：“我在找我的姨姨……她一定被埋在下面……”泰子佐崎今年六十二岁，地震摧毁了她姨姨在岩手县的房屋，震后每一日泰子都会来到废墟，将碎砾一件件拣开。