These strange musical instruments are made of everyday materials, including wood and bamboo. They help visitors communicate with each other through sounds made by hitting the instruments with hands and sticks or snapping them with the fingers.

1946 Born in Aomori
2007 Deceased

The natural world is filled with various types of sound and vibration. Most of them are called noise. There are also many types of wonderful sounds and vibrations. You can have great fun by perceiving them in different ways. This is a world of "fun with sound." Recollect your old days while listening to your old favorite tunes or sounds. Feel relaxed at the sounds or vibrations of a river murmuring and birds singing. Among other senses, auditory sensations are directly connected to the imagination and the mind. Sound toys are tools that make the imagination and mind more flexible. The primitive concept is to introduce the sound of new materials, in addition to that of natural materials, such as wood and bamboo, and to help visitors feel sounds as vibrations through tactile sensations by simply hitting and strumming the instruments. All kinds of sounds are vibrations. Creating and resonating vibrations, instead of merely causing vibrations, lead to phonetic expressions and communication using sound. In addition to the five senses, intuition as the sixth sense is also aroused. Let us start having fun with sound, sharing phonetic space, and enjoy sound sessions.