A small Japanese drum with a short but wide body and with animal skin drumheads on both its upper and bottom sides. The hide is first stretched on metal hoops, then stretched over the body. Similar to the tsuzumi and to African talking drums, both drum heads are bound together with cords so that the drum heads are bound by each other. Like the larger taiko drums, the shime-daiko is played with sticks called bachi, while it is suspended on a stand. Being very taut, the shime-daiko has a higher pitch than that of other taiko.