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Hotel Otori Skin-Okubo
15 – 16 January 2025
Part of Emergence Festival
Contemporary Music And Performance
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21:33. A crumbling love hotel in Shin-Okubo, Tokyo.
A receptionist begins her first shift at a family-owned hotel, currently managed by her uncle. With only a ragged manual that’s been handwritten by her grandfather and amended by her father during his youth (and with some help from the cleaning staff, Mrs.Rai), she navigates this peculiar world.
Her father’s favorite 80s soft rock plays from an old radio as she encounters Tokyo’s undercurrent of stories. A couple hiding their affair, a sex worker and her client, misguided foreign tourists, a pair trying to get lucky after a night of drinking all cross her path. Each room key she hands over reveals a slice of life, making her question the hotel’s legacy and its place in a transforming society.
This is a record of those unseen in the daylight. They were all here, and she was there as well.
Created by Yui Minari
Cast:
Receptionist Yui Minari
Radio DJ Akihito Minari
CCA: Centre for Contemporary Arts
Runtime: 45 mins
Price: £4 – £5
Mentioning of sex, sex work, prostitution, paedophilia.
Suitable for 15 years or over. Parental guidance is advised for ages below.