Abstract

     Since the project of <100 Soundscapes of Japan>, which was carried out by Japanese EPA, was completed in 1997, I have been conducting my follow-up field researches, visiting the specific localities which were recommended by the local people for their soundscapes. This paper reports some of my findings on the three specific fields of soundscape. Based on the result of these field works, this paper discusses the significance and problems of the project.

Biography

     Keiko Torigoe is a musicologist and soundscape researcher and a professor at the University of the Sacred Heart, in Tokyo. She has also participated various projects in the fields of environmental design and environmental education, including the Garden of Rentaroh Taki Memorial House and Preserving 100 Soundscapes of Japan. She co-translated R. Murray Schafer's The Tuning of the World in 1987, and his Sound Education in 1992 and wrote her own book in Japanese, Soundscape: the thought and practices.