iScape Nippon: Ueno on Fire (Audio)

Every week or so a share of original sounds recorded in Japan this past October. Listen, glisten to the quivering of gardens, the shouts of crowds , the palpitation of radio waves, and the yeahas of western worship.

Leaving Kyoto and saying goodbye to the friends at the Bon guesthouse

Back in Tokyo

Track 12: Walking back from the Tokyo National Museum you cross through Ueno Park. Shouts hedge the trees to your ears. Blue men jogging in pendulum and winging their arms reveal a curious spectacle: Ueno's firemen are training!