Dear Momaround, Thank you for taking our class. Regarding the person in your group who had surgery, we are fine if he/she will join the class for free sitting and watching you playing. However, if you had reserved the activity via travel agency, let them know, that he will not be playing, as they may charge you cancelation fee. As per your father who is 77, there is no problem to join the class. We had customer in his 90, he played well and enjoyed a lot. Regarding taiko performance, our instructors will be more than happy, to perform for you short performance. Just ask them if you are interested. However, full performance costs \50,000JPY and must be performed at lease by 2-3 players. If you are interested in such private performance please let us know in advanced. Thank you!

Hello! Thank you for your question. We keep on putting the price on the information here, but it never gets posted/updated by Tripadvisor! So the price to participate in our group class is 5000yen per person. Private class's price depends on the hour/request/number of people. There is more information on our website. I hope this helps!

Hello! Thank you very much for your question. As other kind people have suggested, if you would like to make a class booking, please send us an email or submit an online reservation form through our website. (The email address and link for our website is all up on the top right corner. I am not allowed to put any links here - sorry!) I hope this helps!

Dear Mipougne, Thank you for your question. Tripadvisor does not allow me to post any website link or email address here, so please refer to our website by clicking "website" on the top right corner. There you can find detailed information about the classes we offer, contact information, price, direction and more. Thank you!

Dear Judy L, Thank you for your question. Phone number for Kyoto studio is 075-813-8633. However, we do not always have English speakers in office, so please send your inquiry through email or submit an online reservation form on our website. (I am not allowed to post a link or email address here - please click on "website" at the top right corner. Further details (map, direction, contact information) can be found there as well. Our studio is reserved for foreign tourist class on Wednesdays and Fridays at 2-3pm, but if those times do not work for you, we may be able to make other arrangements. In such cases, it can take some time until we can finalize the class schedule, so please contact us well ahead of your preferred date. We usually do not give lessons on weekends or holidays. Thank you!

Dear Tanya, Thank you very much for posting questions! (And thank YOU very much Baraness for giving out a very helpful advice!!!) What Braness said is very accurate. Our group lesson is 5000yen per person for an hour. If you would prefer a tailor-made private lesson, it would cost a little bit more but the price all depends on the specific requests. Group lesson means you could be in a class with other tourists who signed up for the same time slot. If there is no one else, it could be just you but we will not know that until right before. In terms of the level of our lessons, there is nothing for you to worry about. Our instructor will determine the level of each participant while doing simple exercises and rhythm games in the beginning, and proceed with lesson content that suits the group's skill. We have had a participant as young as 3, so your children will have no problem! (Actually, they might even do better than you as we have seen it happen with many families before!! ^^) Please visit our website and submit the online reservation form if you are interested in doing our class!