Tsuru no kai is a Japanese taiko drumming group in Reno started seven years ago. Rieko Shimbo of Reno started the group.

Shimbo came from Japan in 1994 as teacher. In Tokyo, she attended taiko workshop offerred by a professional taiko group and learned to play taiko.

Several years after she came to Reno she started to miss taiko. Then she decided to make a taiko, not to perform as agroup, but just to play.

In the summer of 1997, she was asked to play taiko for the local chapter of the Japanese American Citizen League's bon-dance. Her perfromance cought attention of several people and the group of people later became Tsuru no kai, the only taiko group in Northern Nevada.

Now Tsuru no kai has over ten members and preforms at various locations in Reno/Sparks area. Every year Tsuru no kai plays at the Summer Festival hosted by the Japanese Student Action Network on the University of Nevada, Reno campus.

Tsuru no kai, means the gathering of the crames in Japanese. The group meets every Monday to practice.