I'm Riku Sato, a sound designer.
In my life, I have recorded 365 consecutive days of Kyoto — dust on temple stone, vending machine hum, rain on a bicycle seat. I do audio for games that nobody has heard of. I do audio branding for small companies that prefer one bell to a logo. Grew up in Sapporo, studied at Kyoto University of Art and Design, stayed because the city sounds different at 4am than anywhere else. I am trying to make silence mean something. More.
M o n t h l y
f i e l d r e c o r d i n g
— k y o t o s t r e e t s
t e m p l e i n t e r i o r
r a i n o n s t o n e
Tsuki / lunar · 2025
sound design for a one-person game.
no music. silence is the score.
Kyoto Bicycle Co.
On designing silence
Kyoto as sound