Soundscapes
Close your eyes. What do you hear? Listen to the soundscape that surrounds you. Are any of the sounds you hear unique to where you are? Japan’s Ministry of the Environment has created an official list of 100 Soundscapes of Japan. They include, for example, the sound of bamboo rustling, creaking, scraping and tapping in the Sagano Bamboo Forest on the outskirts of Kyoto. In Estonia’s Võru county forest, giant wooden megaphones have been installed to amplify the natural sounds of the trees, the bird and the wind. Give your overstimulated eyes a break. You have ears to hear.
— Wayne Visser
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