Outanowa Engawa LIVE Project

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Name of the organization or individual

Utanowa

subsidy category

Support for Regional Arts and Culture Activities

Grant Type

single year

FY 2024 (Phase 1) Support for Regional Arts and Culture Activities

Outanowa (2024) Photo by Hashizume Daichi

Outanowa (2024) Photo by Hashizume Daichi

Outanowa (2024) Photo by Hashizume Daichi

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Business Overview

"Outa no Wa Engawa LIVE Project" is a community music project based in the old folk house "Hyakusai" in Higashimurayama. Participatory music concerts and song workshops are held, and participants, mainly local residents, aim to create and enjoy music and art together, create new connections, and become opportunities for regional revitalization. ⚪︎ Host/Performance Utanowa (Arisa Yokote, Kazuya Zenzai, etc.) ⚪︎ Performance OE Yumi, Hiroshi Obiki Suzume no Tears, Chan Otaeri Liao, WS Participants

implementation period

Sunday, April 14, 2024 - Sunday, September 29
"Engawa Live" Sunday, April 20, 2024
"Utanowa WS" April - September 2024 (13 times in total)
"Outanowa" Sunday, September 29, 2024

Place of implementation

Enbiraku Niwa Hyakusai (Enbiraku Garden Hyakusai) (Higashimurayama City, Tokyo)

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Profile

[Uta no Wa]
Uta no Wa started its activities in May 2022 as a place for people to gather through songs.
Based at the old folk house "Hyakusai" in Higashimurayama, artists Arisa Yokote and Kazuya Zenzai, who live in Higashimurayama City, hold participatory music concerts and song workshops, and aim to create a new connection among the participants, mainly local residents, who create and enjoy music and art together.
Inspired by the way people used to sing along with their lives in the past, the wide repertoire includes folk songs from various regions, work songs, children's songs, and original chorus work.
One of the characteristics of Utanowa is that people of all ages can come and go freely.
I want to spread people's hearts by echoing songs, and lead to the rebirth of culture and community.