Epitaphs from the Land

of the Rising Sun Short Exercises in Dying Well

Shizuoka, Japan. April 2014

Teatro de los Sentidos took us on a unique

journey, a celebration for all our senses.

We let them carry us away in a ritual feast

and drank with them to life, and to death.

During the performance we wrote down

our last words, the words we want

to be remembered by.

A series of farewells.

It was an incredibly sunny day.

I wanted to go to the sea.

Goodbye.

Take care

I’ve been happy. More or less.

Many blessings.

Smiles of satisfaction.

Back to the light for the day alter.

The absolute nothingness of being.

Full-stop.

To live the next life. Dying.

The word end is written.

A house, from which one sees the sea.

The pain disappeared.

Me, you,, do we live without regrets?

I just wrote the instructions for living

to the fullest. It has been fun.

There are things that I could not

finish, but everything I've done, I did

it with strength and joy. I hope those

who remain are happy as well.

Much love.

A life with many experiences.

I have also flown in the sky with a

broom, which was actually my

biggest dream.

We are sleeping.

Acknowledgements

MIYAGI Satoshi

YOKOYAMA Yoshiji

SAEKI Kazato

KAWAKAMI Daijiro

HAYASHI Tetsuya

NAKAO Eiji

SATO Kiyoshi

HATA Jennifer Yuki

SHIMOYAMA Asaki

TANIGUCHI Yuko

ARAI Mai

ISHIMORI Narumi

NISHII Hiromi

HASEGAWA Naoki

YAMAGAMI You

YAMADA Souitirou

NAMEGAI Chiye

World Theatre Festival Shizuoka

under Mt. FUJI 2014