Performance Information:
Dates: June 18 – 24, 2026 (9 performances in total)
Venue: The Suzunari (1-45-15 Kitazawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo)
Running Time: Approx. 1 hour 35 minutes (No intermission)

Schedule:
June 18 (Thu) – 19:00
June 19 (Fri) – 19:00
June 20 (Sat) – 13:30 / 18:00 ★
June 21 (Sun) – 13:30
June 22 (Mon) – 19:00
June 23 (Tue) – 13:30 ★ / 19:00
June 24 (Wed) – 13:30
★ Indicates an After-Talk session following the performance.

Box Office: Opens 30 minutes before the performance.
Doors Open: 20 minutes before the performance.
Note: Children under 3 years old are not permitted entrance.

TICKETS
General: ¥6,000 (¥1,000 discount)
Under25: ¥3,500 (¥500 discount)

Early Bird Tickets (Available until May 8):
General: ¥5,000 (¥1,000 discount)
Under25: ¥3,000 (¥500 discount)
*Limited quantities available.

At-Door Tickets: General: ¥6,500, Under25: ¥4,000

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Ticket Inquiries: hkbpyoyaku@gmail.com

 “Our memories are nothing but someone else’s lies.”
──This is the rampant saga of “babies” burdened with the destiny to die at 25.

With the intellect of adults and the hearts of newborns, they have no parents. Their only solace? Fabricated, comforting memories. Conceived as expendable pawns of the state, the moment they discover love, awaken to the reality of death, and cry out for a life of their own—the world begins to glitch.

【STORY】
Set in the near future, or perhaps a parallel universe.
Artificial humans, cryptically known as “25-Year-Old Babies,” are implanted with counterfeit memories and consumed merely for labor and endless war—engineered with a built-in obsolescence to inevitably die by the age of 27.
Under the subjugation of the military and the watchful eye of a “God” (the Musician), they exist in a brutal yet innocent state. Amidst the chaos of a dancing Snow Woman and the mocking laughter of the dead echoing from beneath the earth, they live out their harsh realities. But soon, a system “glitch” occurs. Through this anomaly, they discover forbidden love, and genuine emotions ignite within them.
This is a journey of manufactured lives yearning to become “human”—an epic of crime, punishment, and a profound nostalgia for a world they have never truly known.

“The farther you travel, the less you recognize the place you call home.
A body that has wandered the globe, much like a 25-year-old baby, reaches out to touch the world once more. Memories and landscapes from a time before words quietly rise to the surface.
‘Journey to World Nostalgia’ is an expedition to rediscover lost sensations.”— Hiroshi Koike (Director)

Cast & Staff

Written, Directed, Composed & Choreographed by: Hiroshi Koike
Cast:
Lee Swee Keong (Butoh Dancer / Malaysia)
Moon Moon Singh (Actor & Dancer / India)
Hiroya Imai (Noh Actor & Kotsuzumi Player / Life Art Union)
Takuya Ikeno (Dancer & Actor)
Ichiya (Nihon Buyo Dancer)
Maika Tsuyama (Dancer & Actor)
Justice Edwards (Parkour Artist)
Kenedi Kawai (Dancer & Actor)
Shoichi Ayata (Actor)

Music & Composition:
Shitamachi Kyodai (Rap, Voice, Percussion)
Yutaka Ota (Transverse Flute, Saxophone, Guitar, Voice)

Art: Wataru Yamakami
Costume Design: Koji Hamai
Video Projection: Moe Nakatani, Tomoya Kishimoto
Props: Kaiki Oshiro
Lighting Design: Takayuki Toyama
Sound Design: Shuichi Fukazawa
Assistant Directors: Moe Nakatani, Ayano Matsudo
Stage Manager: Takashi Kawachi
Director of Photography & Editor: Kazuhiro Shirao
Publicity Art: Shoji Umemura
Publicity Photography: Hiroshi Koike
Production Team: Yumi Hosaka, Marie Kuroda, Noriko Ito, Yasuhiro Kawanoue
Production Assistance: Polina Bezmaternykh, Tetsuro Igi, Seriko Onuki, Mayuko Shibagaki, Kenko Ito

Organized by: SAI Inc., Non-Profit Organization Bridge for Arts and Education
Supported by / Grant from: Creator Support Fund
Under the Auspices of: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Embassy of Malaysia in Tokyo, Setagaya City
Endorsed by: Embassy of India in Japan
Sponsored by: Shusaku Minoda (Representative Director, One Million People’s Classic Live Foundation), GM_Creation Inc.
In Cooperation with: HANALOLO, The Saison Foundation