Abstract
This report discribes the " Tsudureko Odaiko matsuri" (the great drum festival), an annual event of the Tsudureko Shrine in Takanosu City, Akita Prefecture. There are three of the huge barrel type drums, "Tsudureho Odaiho", that appear in the event. One of the drums registered in Guinness Book of Records. This drum has a diameter of 3.71 meters. The tub-shaped bodies of these drums are made of cedar (Akita Sugi). The wood for these is twisted and bound with bamboo bands. Cowhide is used for the membranes (drum-heads) of the drums. The people in Tsudureko join the whole event, and many of them play the Hayashi music on the "Tsudureko Odaiko". Power of the sound was leading up to these huge drums as we see today.
