Sources
Information about the work and its activities is based on the official sources below. Please consult each organizer's information for the latest screening times, tickets and admission requirements.
- LIFE official website: Film introduction, creative background and international selections
- LIFE official website: Planetarium initiatives
- LIFE official website: LIFE Orchestra
- LIFE official website: Flat-screen screenings and running time
- Galaxcity: Official dome-screening information for November and December 2026
- Galaxcity: Official performance information for February 6, 2027
- ART TO SATORI: Scheduled talk and screening on November 12, 2026
- Education & Community Co-creation: Case studies, research and school resources (migrated October 29, 2026)
- ART TO SATORI official website
- INOCHI WORLD PROJECT official website
- LIFE official website: Contact information
Sources for Past Activities & Sacred-Site Screenings
- Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan: Performance on September 27, 2025, and launch of INOCHI WORLD PROJECT
- Expo event report: Original article published October 26, 2025; migrated October 29, 2026 (3 performances, approximately 6,000 people)
- Takeda Castle Ruins: Special outdoor screening on April 3, 2021
- Cultural heritage and sacred-site journeys: Screening records from across Japan
- Koyasan: Special screenings in 2023
- Kumano Hongu Taisha: Special dedicatory screening marking the 130th anniversary of the shrine's relocation
Feel&Sense official report: Caux 80th anniversary. Confirms the formal invitation to INOCHI WORLD PROJECT and the special LIFE screening at the opening ceremony in July 2026. Checked October 31, 2026.
The World Heritage designation for Koyasan, Kumano Hayatama Taisha and Kumano Hongu Taisha is based on the Wakayama World Heritage Center's inventory of inscribed properties. Checked October 31, 2026.
Sources & Verification Dates for the Activity Archive
Past event notices, article text and photographs from the former official LIFE website were migrated to the archive pages on this website on October 31, 2026. Links to documents from the former site now open saved PDFs.
We cross-checked the former official LIFE website's planetarium listings, flat-screen screening listings, cultural heritage pages and official blog against official reports from schools, universities, venues and organizers. Sources are provided for each record. Recurring screenings are grouped by verified periods and dates; unverified screening counts have not been estimated. Checked October 29, 2026.
Information on Independently Organized Screenings
Eligible organizers and screening procedures were checked against the official LIFE planetarium screening guidelines (June 23, 2026 edition) (Japanese PDF) and the application form listed in that document. Venue rental information is based on the Bando Kobe Science Museum's official rental information. Checked October 31, 2026.
The Kobe YMCA example and the currently available independent-screening venue are based on information provided by the website owner on October 31, 2026.
Photographs & Visuals
ART TO SATORI exhibition photograph on the Projects page: IMG_0245.jpeg, supplied by the user and received October 31, 2026.
Portrait of Lennart Nilsson: image(5).png, supplied by the user and received October 31, 2026.
Mother-and-baby photograph in “Remember the Miracle of Your Birth” on the home page: image(2).png, supplied by the user and received October 30, 2026.
Planetarium interior image on the home page: image.png, supplied by the user and received October 30, 2026. The venue and photographer cannot be confirmed. It is not presented as a photograph of a past LIFE screening.
Life photograph at the top of the home page: © Lennart Nilsson, from the official LIFE website. The LIFE logo is a high-resolution version created from the pink logo image selected by the user (October 30, 2026). The Earth on the left shows the Earth portion of the user-supplied file “いのち宣言用 映像(1).jpg”.
Gymnasium photograph for flat-screen screenings: IMG_1434.JPG, supplied by the user and received October 29, 2026. Photograph introducing the February 6, 2027 performance: an orchestra and choir performance photograph supplied by the user and received October 29, 2026. Kamakura event image: from the event organizer Feel&Sense's Peatix listing.
Life photography: © Lennart Nilsson, as credited in the official key visual. Screening, performance and INOCHI exhibition photographs are from the official LIFE website. Expo photographs are from the September 27, 2025 event report. Photographs of Takeda Castle Ruins and sacred-site screenings are from the relevant event notices and cultural heritage pages.
The LINE, Instagram and Facebook logos in the social media information section use each company's official brand assets (checked October 30, 2026). LINE / Instagram / Facebook.
Star Field in the Film Introduction
This site retains the cosmic photograph used behind “Our lives were born from the universe” on the former official LIFE home page: ESA/Hubble's “Sidekick or star of the show?” (potw1707a).
Image: ESA/Hubble & NASA
Published February 13, 2017 / Checked October 30, 2026
View the official image and observation details ↗
A Cradle of Stars: The Orion Nebula
“Hubble's Sharpest View of the Orion Nebula,” released by NASA, is an observational image of the Orion Nebula (M42), a region where stars form. It combines observations from the Hubble Space Telescope and ground-based telescopes, with colors assigned to data at different wavelengths.
Published January 11, 2006 / Checked October 28, 2026
Image: NASA, ESA, Hubble Space Telescope Orion Treasury Project Team, Massimo Robberto (STScI, ESA)
View NASA's official image and observation details ↗
Photographs of Masahiko Hashimoto and Sayaka Hashimoto, and of the exhibition at Ninna-ji Temple, are from the ART TO SATORI official website. The story of the work's creation has been adapted from the creators' writing on the official LIFE website.
The Creative Vision & Film Introduction Videos
The Creative Vision: The story behind the creation of LIFE INOCHI. The video on the former home page was cross-checked against the video information on Feel&Sense's official channel. Checked October 30, 2026.
LIFE INOCHI official trailer / Feel&Sense official channel. The TRAILER video on the former website was cross-checked against the video information on the official channel. Checked October 30, 2026.
Music
“LIFE ~Inochi~” by Masahiko Hashimoto. This site uses the audio supplied on October 31, 2026.
Planning & Production
Feel&Sense / Masahiko Hashimoto & Sayaka Hashimoto
Feel&Sense official website