“Yomigatari”, storytelling stages with scenario based on “Kojiki” ("Record of Ancient Matters"), the oldest extant chronicle in Japan, at shrines all around Japan since 2003. Starting at the shrines Ise Grand Shrine and Izumo-taisha, by 2010 she performed her storytelling stage before over 80,000 people on 64 stages. The project is ongoing. In many interviews she commented, “There are more than 80,000 shrines in Japan. I would like to visit all of them, but to do that living to the age of 200 won’t be long enough!” Her efforts in performing Kojiki-related stages earned her an appointment to the position of visiting professor at Kokugakuin University since 2008. Footnotes External links Asano Atsuko official homepage Asano Atsuko Fan Page International Asano Atsuko Yomigatari (Atsuko Asano's Storytelling Stage) AsanoAtsuko Fan Blog 1961 births Living people Actresses from Tokyo People from Adachi, Tokyo Japanese film actresses Japanese television actresses 20th-century Japanese actresses 21st-century Japanese actresses