Studio Ion’s log house studio SAGE Studio has been newly transformed, and within this renewed space the “Shin Naminori-Fune Retreat” was held.

In this retreat, participants engaged in a program designed to create experiences beyond the five senses, within an environment combining light, sound, the fragrance and smoke of sage, and vibration. Meditation sessions were also held in the surrounding forest and open spaces, allowing participants to share an extraordinary time of becoming one with nature.

At the center of the experience was “Naminori-Fune,” a device that allows participants to feel sounds such as Shinto norito prayers throughout the entire body via a bone-vibration bed. By connecting different sound sources, it is also capable of playing sacred texts such as those of the Vedas. With the addition of professional light and sound design, the experience evolved into “Shin Naminori-Fune,” expanding the original concept and creating a space that evokes multidimensional sensory perception.

The retreat at SAGE Studio, where natural surroundings and acoustic space merge, became a unique experience that left a deep impression on participants.

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