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Massive Sound Sculpture Brings Ancient Japanese Music to Life in Nara

NARA, Jun 23 (News On Japan) –
In Totsukawa Village, Nara Prefecture, an enormous sound sculpture designed to let guests expertise sound resonance was accomplished, and a gap occasion was held on June twenty first.

Named “ONKAI,” the sculpture displays the musical scale of conventional Japanese gagaku. It was created over roughly 9 years by German artist Lukas Kühne, with the assist of native and worldwide engineers and craftsmen.

The set up consists of ten concrete columns of various sizes organized in a row. When guests step inside, they’ll take pleasure in the way in which voices and sounds reverberate all through the construction.

One customer who tried it mentioned, “When you strike it, the sound spreads around you.” Another described it as “a gently enveloping resonance.”

Source: YOMIURI

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