Ambient Otaru: Modular Synths and Butoh in a Hokkaido Café

A Sunday night of ambient music and butoh at 冬虫夏草, a shisha café in Otaru's Tomioka neighborhood, October 18, 2026. Live sound only, no narration. Lineup: Hello1103 · Momose Yasunaga × Risa Takeda × 天方向日葵 (Himari): modular synth and butoh · Shohei Takata · Yuichi Yonezawa · Takashi Sasaki · MADZINE In Japan this music has a name: kankyō ongaku, "environmental music." Butoh began in Tokyo in 1959. I wrote about both on Indignified: Butoh: https://indignified.com/butoh-otaru-h... Kankyō ongaku: https://indignified.com/kankyo-ongaku... 0:00 Opening 0:15 Modular synths and keys 1:34 Modular synth and butoh 1:54 Himari's butoh 5:28 On the floor 7:48 Closing set 8:38 Credits More from Otaru: https://xcrol.com/@cd 🏠 More on CD and his cheap houses in Japan: https://xcrol.com/@cd 📖 Buying a Cheap House in Japan (specifically Otaru) (30 articles): https://indignified.com/tag/buying-pr... 📚 CD's books: https://www.amazon.com/author/cddamitio I'm CD Damitio, a writer and developer who spends part of every year in Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan on a tourist visa.