Sonic Japan

Now that Japan is open again, we will be uploading new recordings! Meanwhile I enjoyed the exhibition ‘listen to the sound of the earth turning’ at Roppongi Hills.

It’s finally here!! Hope you can access it in libraries, or in the e-book format as the paperback is a little bit farther down the line.

Coming soon!

New sounds, new posts!

Relaunching website at new URL:

Sonic Japan | Sound map and sound blog Public places in the crowded streets of Shinjuku in Tokyo are usually filled with movement, talking and the sounds emanating from shops. Whilst walking through West Shinjuku, I was minding my business walking to my destination. I stopped when I saw a sea of people standing outside Yodabashi camera.....

https://globalvoices.org/2019/01/14/sound-footage-of-kyoto-japan-from-1929/ #

Rare film footage with sound of Kyoto, Japan, from 1929 · Global Voices What makes this film notable is that it features actual sound footage of Japanese city life at that time. Usually, newsreels from that era are silent.

Presenting today at Reed College!

Team Sonic presenting at the anthropology seminar at the Tniversity of Melbourne, 31 August

Sonic Japan features in Monash news

The sounds of Japan: researchers collect and share thousands of sounds from Japanese daily life - Monash Arts News A team of researchers from universities including Harvard, Nichibunken, Melbourne University, and Monash Japanese Studies Professor Carolyn Stevens, are collecting sounds of Japan to develop a ‘sonic repository’ of the country.

This one's for the unlikely voices out there!

Doreen Simmons, Unlikely Voice of Sumo Wrestling, Dies at 85 Born in England and educated at Cambridge, she found her true calling on Japanese television analyzing the quintessential Japanese sport.