Japan is a cultural pavilion representing the country of the same name as part of the World Showcase area of EPCOT at the Walt Disney World Resort near Orlando, Florida.

Many attractions have been proposed for the pavilion and one show building was built, but left unused.

[citation needed] However, management thought that the Japanese film's omission of World War II might upset many Veterans, it was dropped.

Matsuriza are traditional Taiko drummers and a Japanese Storytellers located at the base of the pagoda.

[7] Eventually, in 1993, they left and were replaced by One World Taiko, consisting of Gary Tsujimoto and Nancy Ozaki, who were eventually joined by Matsuriza, and then replaced entirely by Matsuriza, who are the sole performing group at EPCOT to this day.