Those little parts that spring of the urban landscape that we see every day. What do they sound like? What would they say if we were to take a sonic stencil of their character?

With this in mind, we set out on a little journey around the southern Saitama city of Urawa [a place rightly famous for it's delicious eel], with a map covering 9 locations: walls, ornamental statues, a functional huge pole, and that kind of thing.

At the sites, armed with the usual diverse array of microphones, we performed the chosen objects - scraping, banging, rubbing, and enjoying the ambience around them through their eyes.

Toshiki Hirano then 3D printed all 9 objects and they stood alongside the recordings at Urawa Citizen's Day 2023, providing an interactive way for the town's denizens to see their environment in a new way.