An event so big that it’s in the phone book? Believe it. The Japanese Food and Cultural Bazaar has been up and running for 64 years. Those three score and four years have provided plenty of time for great recipes to be shared through the generations and are now made available for your tasting pleasure this weekend from noon - 9 p.m. at the Sacramento Buddhist Church, at 2401 Riverside Blvd. Steve Kawano has been involved in the event for the last 13 years and now acts as chairman. Since his youth he has had the opportunity to sample the great variety of food available at the bazaar and confessed that the “teriyaki beef sandwich is to die for.” What began as Japanese-Americans gathering

Just a few steps into Taiko Dan's dojo stands a Goliath-like wooden drum looming overhead. The drum is 780 pounds and rests on a 860-pound stand, standing nine feet tall altogether, according to the dojo's owner and founder, Tiffany Tamaribuchi. Despite its intimidating proportions, the drum is beautiful, with a glossy finish and a large black and white skin stretched over it. Dojo is another word for a school of training in Japanese; in this case, the Sacramento Taiko Dan performing ensemble uses its dojo to teach the ancient art of Japanese Taiko drumming. Behind the large drum inside the dojo are smaller drums stacked on wooden shelves, and the dojo's walls are lined with even more dru