The whole building was in full volume when Tsuru no kai performed taiko, a Japanese traditional drumming, in front of about 50 people at the University of Nevada, Reno on Dec. 3.

Tursu no kai brought four big taiko drums and three kodaikos, smaller drums and performed five drumming songs.

Tsuru no kai does shows like this in Reno area about six to ten times a year.

One of the audience, Kelly Parker, 40, a graduate student, said the show was energetic.

It's like a heavy metal music with out electricity, there's a raw power." he said.

Another audience member, Charles Egglestton, International affairs major college student, said he liked the roaring drum sound.

They were like firing a machinegun," he described.

After the performance, the leader of the group Rieko Shimbo said that she was amazed by the turn out. She was expecting to see smaller crowd because students are busy prepareing for the final exams.

A special guest, Shumei Kaneko, a professional drummer and a dancer from Kanagawa, Japan, joined the group.

The show started with a drum song and was followed by series of performances by Kaneko. Those are Shamisen, a japanese style three string instrument and Shishimai dance, a traditional dance from Tokyo.