A biography for Gil Asakawahasn’t been written yet.
“My Japanese isn’t much better today, but at least now I appreciate my duality more than when I was a punk kid.”
“The physical impact of taiko music, along with the sheer visual poetry of a choreographed ensemble presenting its music in perfect synchrony, is so powerful and inviting that taiko is beginning to catch on as Japan's most influential and lasting gift to world music.”