Yamato Drummers

Treated ourselves to some Japanese culture last night. With a tasty BOGOF meal at Wagamamas for dinner we bought tickets to see the Yamato drummers at the Brighton Dome. The warning posters mentioned 100 decibels and staff were handing out earplugs which was a good sign though it never got that painful or ringing. The bass sound-waves did ripple across the theatre with seat fixtures rattling at the beat of the largest drums. Two hours of drumming does sound a bit much but they combined some funny bits of pretend tennis playing, some miniature symbol shinanigins, some rockstar mandolin action and obviously full on drumming action. Prepare to get your hands sore after all the clapping as well as they were big on audience participation.

According to their Yamato website they've already done London for a few nights so you'll just have enjoy the YouTube video or even travel out of town. I also noticed their Jap-lish for the summer months scheduling as 'Undecidedness'.