The Ambient Sound Map

Oto Fūkei - The Interactive Ambient Sound Map Oto fūkei (音風景) is a Japanese term meaning “soundscape” or “sound landscape”. It is the idea that places are not only defined by what they look like, but also by the sounds that shape our emotional perception of them. A narrow Tokyo alley has a very different sonic identity from a riverside park. A dense commercial district feels different from