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When you hear the word "Special Attack Forces," what do you think?

Do you see it as an act of terrorism? Or does it feel like the crystallization of pure, selfless lives?

They were not hot-blooded, reckless men —

They were among the elite of Japan at that time…

When you visit Chiran, you find yourself standing straighter.

It feels as though they are asking — Is Japan today a happy country?

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If you haven't seen it yet, if you haven't experienced it yet — please experience it at least once.

You'll find yourself wanting to go a second time.

～Nagareru Kumoyo ---Osaka RUN 2026～

is coming!

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"Nagareru Kumoyo" — a fantasy fiction stage play based on true events from the final days of World War II (the Greater East Asia War).

Despite not being a major theater company, this acclaimed production has sold out venues across the country and is even a Galaxy Award recipient.

《Synopsis》

Summer of 1945. Japan's war situation worsened by the day, and the final resistance was underway.

Against this backdrop, childhood friends Kotaro Sakamoto and Masato Nakahara reunite at an air corps base in Kagoshima after seven years apart.

Masato has become a skilled mechanic. Kotaro has become a Special Attack Forces member of the Hiryu Kobutai.

The Hiryu Kobutai is made up of ten men: Lieutenant Amano, whose mother is American; Captain Goto, who left behind a pregnant wife; Lieutenant Takeyama, who has returned from missions multiple times due to mechanical failures; Lieutenants Hieda and Osaki, who had dreams of becoming professional baseball players; Petty Officer Mori, whose family runs a photography studio; Lieutenant Akazawa, a literary young man; Petty Officer Kitajima, a young trainee pilot from Hiroshima; and Petty Officer Aoki, who loves soap bubbles.

During breaks from training, Kotaro listens to Masato's radio.

Mixed in among the military news, he hears a broadcast featuring a woman named Mirai Sakamoto.

The content is baffling — references to "biker gang kamikaze attacks" and "an aircraft crashing into the New York World Trade Center" — and Kotaro and Masato suspect it may be an enemy propaganda broadcast.

But as they listen night after night at the same hour, they realize the signal is coming from the future.

The radio broadcasts that Japan will lose the war on August 15, 1945.

If Japan is truly on the verge of defeat, why are they choosing to die? Kotaro struggles with the question.

With no one to turn to, time slips away — and the order for a Special Attack mission comes down for Kotaro's unit.

Masato, brushing aside Kotaro's attempts to stop him, reports the future broadcast to the commanding officers — but then…

《Website》 http://www.nagarerukumoyo-osaka.com

《Dates & Times》 Friday, September 25 — 1:00 PM (Doors open 12:00 PM) Friday, September 25 — 6:00 PM (Doors open 5:00 PM) Saturday, September 26 — 1:00 PM (Doors open 12:00 PM) Saturday, September 26 — 6:00 PM (Doors open 5:00 PM) Sunday, September 27 — 1:00 PM (Doors open 12:00 PM) ※ 5 performances total ※ Running time approximately 2 hours

Saturday, September 27 — 1:00 PM (Doors open 12:30 PM) Saturday, September 27 — 6:00 PM (Doors open 5:30 PM) Sunday, September 28 — 11:00 AM (Doors open 10:30 AM) Sunday, September 28 — 3:00 PM (Doors open 2:30 PM)

《Venue》 Ogimachi Museum Cube 6-26 Minami-Ogimachi, Kita-ku, Osaka ※ 3-minute walk from Ogimachi Station (Exit 5), Osaka Metro 7-minute walk from JR Temma Station 15-minute walk from JR Osaka Station

《Ticket Prices》 Advance: ¥5,000 (Students: ¥3,000) Door: ¥6,000 (Students: ¥4,000) VIP Advance: ¥10,000 / Door: ¥12,000 ※ Children in lower elementary school and below are not admitted.

The hugely popular Yume Kana Fest.

The archive sales for Yume Kana Fest have now launched!

Archive price: ¥3,000

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TOKYOROOMS exhibition 〜40 rooms, 40 ways of living〜

At Toranomon Hills Station Tower, 45th floor "TOKYOROOMS" — a live performance and talk show by Yoichi Ochiai and "Shinshu no Immigrations B."

The talk with Masanori Toyama was fascinating.

So what exactly is Shinshu no Immigrations B?

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And who is Masanori Toyama?!

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It started with a discussion about "digital works."

First, the conversation turned to the digital works Yoichi Ochiai creates.

These works have a mysterious appearance — like:

Cells Living organisms Circuit boards Black balls or CD-ROMs

Something that appears to be rotating

In other words, far from mere paintings —

They blend together a sense of:

The living The mechanical The cosmic The computational

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The conversation turned to "What is Digital Nature?"

Digital Nature, simply put, is:

A new way of seeing the world where nature and computers have merged.

Until now, we thought of them separately:

Nature = forests, oceans, rivers, animals, humans Artificial = computers, smartphones, buildings, cars

But going forward, that distinction will gradually disappear — that's the idea.

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The age where AI studies nature is arriving

Until now, humans were the ones observing nature.

For example:

Studying forests Studying the ocean Studying animals Studying the universe

These were all things humans did.

But going forward:

AI will study forests AI will study the ocean AI will study rivers AI will analyze the calls of animals

And when that happens, nature will no longer be something only humans can understand.

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Everything in the world gets converted into data

A future where trees, walls, and nature itself all become data is also part of the vision.

For example:

Trees becoming 3D data

Entire forests becoming data

Sensors and computers embedded inside walls

The state of nature understood in real time

In that kind of world, computers will come to know nature more intimately than humans do.

In other words:

A shift from the age where humans understand nature, to the age where computers understand nature.

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Humans too may be both "nature" and "computers"

Next, the conversation turned to humans themselves.

Humans are part of nature.

But within this way of thinking, humans are also seen as:

Extraordinarily complex, computer-like beings

For example:

The body's responses

The workings of the brain

DNA

Emotions

Memory

All of these can be understood as the exchange of information.

In other words:

Both the human body and mind are systems driven by information

— that is the idea.

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Vaccines come up as an example

In particular, mRNA vaccines are described as:

Something that inserts a program into the body,

triggering a response from within

This is given as an example of:

"Viewing the human body like a computer"

The image is:

Information is introduced into the body

The body responds to that information

A specific process unfolds within the body

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The idea that "all things are connected through computation"

Could it be that everything in the world runs on computation?

For example:

Subatomic particles colliding — computation

DNA functioning — computation

Living things moving — computation

The brain thinking — computation

AI producing answers — computation

The "computation" referred to here is not simply calculator arithmetic.

It encompasses:

Everything that changes according to rules

— that is what is meant by "computation."

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The boundary between nature and the artificial is dissolving

Until now, we thought of them as:

Nature = greenery, forests, living things

Artificial = buildings, cars, computers

But the total weight of everything humans have created now exceeds the total weight of all living things on Earth.

In other words, the Earth has already become:

Not a planet of nature alone, but a planet largely blanketed by what humans have made

And now AI and computers are penetrating even further into that.

Which leads to the question:

Perhaps we should start thinking of the artificial as part of nature itself

— that is where the conversation goes.

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The era where humans were the protagonists may be ending

Until now, humans were the protagonists.

Humans think Humans create Humans invent Humans harness nature

But going forward, AI is beginning to do all of that.

AI researches AI designs AI invents AI creates AI

And when that happens:

Human-centered civilization may be coming to an end

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The speed of invention is becoming extraordinary

In the past, human progress was very slow.

But over the last 250 years, an enormous wave of invention has occurred.

And over just the last decade or so, that speed has accelerated even further.

And now that AI is writing code:

The world is changing at a speed impossible for humans alone

— that is where the conversation arrives.

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AI is convenient, but money and power concentrate there.

AI is convenient.

But the conversation also touches on its more unsettling side.

Using AI requires significant money

The more powerful the AI, the higher the cost

Companies and countries with money grow stronger

Wealth accumulates in AI and semiconductor firms

In other words:

The gap widens between those who can use AI and those who cannot

— that is the problem.

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If human work diminishes, what remains?

As AI takes on more and more work, humans ask themselves:

What am I supposed to do?

What becomes important then is:

Art

Expression

What you love

What makes you you

Connection with others

The meaning of being alive

If work is no longer the center of life:

What will humans enjoy, express, and hold dear as they live

— that is what matters

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AI also becomes a companion for humans

The conversation also touches on AI encouraging humans and listening to them.

AI becomes something that:

Praises you

Listens to you

Explains things to you

Joins you in music

Keeps the elderly company

This is a positive side for humanity.

It has the potential to reduce loneliness and protect self-worth.

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The deceased may continue to live on digitally

The conversation then moves into somewhat heavier territory.

If there is someone you are only connected with through LINE or messages:

Would you know if that person had truly passed away?

Would you even notice if AI were sending the replies?

What would happen if messages kept arriving after someone's death?

In other words:

An age may come where people appear to live on within the digital world.

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The story of an AI that can talk to dolphins

In the latter half, the question arises of whether we could talk to dolphins.

If AI analyzes dolphin sounds, we may one day understand their language.

The difficulty, however, is:

The types of sounds can be categorized

But what those sounds actually mean is not so easily understood

Humans would need to observe over long periods of time to confirm:

This sound is a warning of danger

This sound is calling to companions

This sound may mean they want to play

AI may be able to accelerate that process.

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A conversation about color preferences

At one point, the topic turns to there being very little yellow in the works.

It's not so much that he dislikes yellow — rather:

Yellow simply doesn't exist much in his consciousness

There is also the observation that while he thought he preferred red and black, looking at his actual works revealed a predominance of blue and green.

This leads to an interesting point:

The self we think we are and the self we actually express can be quite different.

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Finally, the deep question: "What is nature?"

At the close, a rather philosophical question emerges.

Is nature:

Something created by God?

Something humans unravel through science?

Or something that transforms itself on its own?

Here, three ways of understanding nature are laid out.

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Three ways of understanding nature

① The Western view of nature

The idea that nature and the artificial are separate.

Nature = what humans did not make

The artificial = what humans made

Science observes and deciphers nature from the outside.

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② The Middle Eastern view of nature

The idea that God, nature, and humans are distinct.

There is God, there is nature, there is humanity.

The world is understood through its relationship with God.

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③ The Eastern view of nature

Nature is something that encompasses everything.

Humans are nature

The artificial is nature

Even God is contained within nature

— that is the thinking.

This conversation leans toward this Eastern view of nature.

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AI transforms the world like "fermentation"

In fermentation, microorganisms transform food into something else.

Rice becomes sake

Soybeans become miso

Milk becomes yogurt

In the same way, as AI and computation permeate the world:

Nature

Society

Humans

Work

Art

Knowledge

— all transform into something different.

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In summary

As AI evolves, the boundaries between nature, humans, and machines dissolve,

and the world as a whole comes to resemble a vast information network.

Within that, humans enter an age of asking anew:

"What will we create?"

"What will we feel?"

"What will we hold dear as we live?"

「【The Common Thread of Good Fortune】People with this Quality Connect to Higher Dimensions of Healing

This dialogue is a warm conversation between former martial artist Shungo Oyama and veterinarian and consciousness researcher Dr. Keiji Morii, on the topic of:

"The secret to making your heart, body, and destiny shine."

Stage 1: Undertanding the mechanics of consciousness--"The world is a mirror of your own heart"

First and foremost is how we perceive this world.

The Law of the "Reflected World": The vast universe we inhabit is, in truth, like a mirror reflecting our inner world — our heart. [00:05:45]
Which comes first: Rather than waiting for your reflection to smile first, it is precisely because you smile first that the world before you (the mirror) smiles back. [00:06:12]
Begin with gratitude: When you fill yourself with the energy of gratitude the moment you wake — "I'm grateful to have opened my eyes" — that day begins to reflect back nothing but events that make you want to feel grateful. [00:07:09]

Stage 2: How to face illness and suffering — Seeing it as "the soul's homework"

Next comes the inner skill of how we receive difficult circumstances.

The power of perspective: When illness or injury strikes, rather than sinking into "why only me," it is important to step back and observe objectively — "this is the soul's homework." [00:10:17]
Separating heart from body: Even when the body is suffering, there is no need for the heart to suffer too. When the heart remains bright and radiant, that itself can be called a state of "health." [00:11:40]
Even pain is an experience: By seeing even pain as "a precious event only possible because we have a physical body," it becomes a gateway to deep understanding of others who carry the same suffering. [00:09:11]

Stage 3：What people who create miracles have in common--"Becoming fully immersed in something, and flexibility"

Those who truly overcome hardship and achieve miraculous healing share certain qualities.

The power of immersion: The energy of becoming deeply absorbed in something and finding joy in it lifts the very foundation of one's life force. [00:04:31]
Flexibility of heart: Releasing the rigidity of "it must be this way" and settling into an easy, open stance. Both muscles and the heart can hold stronger energy when they are soft. [00:13:00]
The power of 100% belief: A pure, unwavering conviction — "if I do this, I will be alright" — can at times become a force that transcends even the common sense of medicine. [00:17:44]

Stage 4: How to live from here--"Generously and deeply"

Finally, the essence of living a richer life.

The Japanese spirit of "harmony": The capacity to receive what is different or new without rejection, embrace it generously, and arrange it in your own way. This becomes a strength for living in the age ahead. [00:22:51]
The "breadth and depth" of life: Rather than chasing only the length of a lifespan, let us cherish how deeply our hearts were moved, and how broadly and fully we savored life. [00:15:18]
Give yourself room to grow: Without striving for perfection, holding the ease to think "I'll do it differently next time" — 30% reflection, 70% joy — is the secret to continuing to grow. [00:16:43]

A message that stays with you：

"Even in illness, if your soul is shining — you are health itself."

When something happens, rather than deciding it is "something bad," enjoy it as an "event" through which you meet a new version of yourself. That generous, open heart is what brings you the greatest fortune of all.

See video here：https://youtu.be/6IxkYsGC3jk