During their more than 100 performances, they have visited dozens of countries, including Japan, China, South Korea, Indonesia, Singapore, South America and Europe, where not less than millions of people have seen their shows. The group consists of 10 members, of twentysomething young men and women, who spend their days mostly with practicing. The guardian angel of Yamato is the 1.7-meter-long great taiko drum, which weighs more than 500 kilos, and the body of the drum itself is made from 400-year-old wood. This drum, together with other 40 smaller ones, is to used to imitate the sound of the heartbeat. If the drummers can play so that the rhythm of the taikos meets the heratbeat of the audience, then a spiritual connection is established.