In October of each year, Rikuzentakata hosts a taiko festival which draws both performers and spectators from all over Japan.
It was the largest such audition in the history of the television program, and drew performers from as far away as Chad.
The shed, called Gordon Hall, seats 335 and draws top performers because of its outstanding acoustics.
This involved drawing the first and last countries and performers, and then drawing countries into various 'pots' to decide when they would perform.
More than 400 shows later, it has grown to a homespun attraction that draws performers and audiences from miles around.
Modeled loosely on the success of Branson, Missouri, the complex was intended to draw performers and tourists to the area.
An annual eisteddfod is held in the town each September, drawing performers from all parts of Wales and beyond.
It wasn't hard to draw top performers to Aspen.
Air Studios draws such performers as the Rolling Stones, Elton John and Stevie Wonder.
Yet every Sunday starting at 5 p.m., the bar draws performers with laptops in tow to share their musical and visual creations, composed or improvised.
