A musical reading drama centering around the “kaidan” ghost story “Botan Doro,” which is associated with the Yanaka area of Taito City. The venue is SANSAKIZAKA CAFE, an art space in the Yanesen district which serves as a community exchange hub. By organizing a performance in an area replete with history and culture, the aim is to contribute to local revitalization by rediscovering and communicating its appeal to first-time visitors.
Under the theme “if you died now, could you attain nirvana?” the obsessions and grudges of the female ghosts who roam Yanaka in late summer is depicted through music and narrative. Part 1 consists of Song Box, featuring poems and music by Terayama Syuji. Part 2 is based on “Botan Doro” (original work by Sanyutei Encho), and examines feelings that provoke terror in an attempt to give attendees a new perspective.
Summer Concert Organizing Committee
Formed in summer 2023. By bringing together the power of the sense-based perception of artists who have studied in Japan, the USA, Hungary and other parts of the world, the committee aims to promote and popularize the performance arts, principally music, in Tokyo and other regions of Japan, as well as to engage in a variety of activities that transcend genres and connect performing artists with each other and with society, and to contribute to the promotion of the arts and the building of a culturally-rich society through new artistic creation. The group’s main objective is to give performances featuring unique techniques and forms of expression.
SANSAKIZAKA CAFE, Taito City,Tokyo
