World's First! Noh × Drone Opens the Gateway to Culture — Launch of the 'INORI – Prayer –' Project Inspired by Japan's Traditional Noh Theater

Mirus LLC (Headquarters: Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture; Representative: Yuko Goto) and Dynamic Heritage (Headquarters: Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture; Director: Kasumi Tamura) are launching the 'INORI – Prayer –' experiential learning program, rooted in Japan’s traditional performing art of Noh, as the first project of the 'Kuru Network'—a collective of professionals in sensibility, culture, education, and expression—launched in 2025 as a co-creation initiative by Higashi-Hiroshima SDGs Partner Companies.

Under the supervision of Noh performer Umewaka Motonori (Shite-kata Kanze School Noh Artist; Director of Nishinomiya Noh Theater), this program offers experiential learning of Noh’s philosophy and physicality. Through visual storytelling by filmmaker Naoto Suzuki (Representative, SKY AROUND), the spatial and bodily dimensions of the Noh theater are reimagined, creating a new cultural frontier where tradition and technology intersect, to be passed on to future generations.

The program begins with Noh, which we regard not only as Japan’s oldest traditional performing art, with over 600 years of history, but also as a cultural embodiment of 'the ultimate aesthetics of subtraction.' In today’s information-saturated society, the erosion of human physicality and sensitivity has become a pressing issue.

We believe that Noh—composed of elements such as negative space, ma (pause), silence, and physical expression—offers a fundamental gateway to re-examining human perception in the modern age.

Through the cultural practices of this project, we aim to reconnect with a uniquely human form of learning: one that enables awareness of the invisible, formulation of questions, and movement toward solutions through bodily and emotional sensitivity. By drawing on the sensibilities cherished and preserved by the Japanese people, we seek to create experiences where the ability to question and persevere becomes second nature.

{Noh and Drone Video Presentation & Member Talk Session}

To commemorate the launch, we are presenting a world premiere screening of a Noh and drone video collaboration, followed by a talk session with four core members. When the spirit of prayer inherited through Noh meets contemporary visual expression, what new landscape will emerge? We invite you to witness the moment a new culture is born.

➢ World’s First! Noh × Drone Video and Co-Creation Members’ Talk Session: Thoughts on 'INORI – Prayer –'

'INORI – Prayer –': A New Cultural Experience Born from the World’s First 'Noh × Drone' Collaboration - YouTube

{Profiles of Co-Creation Members and Their Thoughts on INORI}

(※1) Kuru Network

The Kuru Network is a co-creation ecosystem where professionals from various fields pool their expertise to reassemble knowledge embedded in culture, science, and technology, generating multiplied forms of learning and creativity. Starting in 2025, the Kuru Network School (Kuru-Suku) will serve as a practical platform, placing 'feeling,' 'questioning,' and 'dialogue' at the heart of learning—beyond mere knowledge acquisition—by building a sensory exploration-based learning model through experience and physicality. In the future, the network will launch cross-regional projects in architecture, agriculture, space, and more, accelerating experiential learning. This initiative is partially supported by the Higashi-Hiroshima SDGs Activity Subsidy for FY2026 (Reiwa 8).