On the 12th of November 2021, the first anniversary of the Japanese release of Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin, a live concert was announced for February 2022[1], featuring music by live musicians performing the game's soundtrack, including Saya Asakura. The official site's description states:
The Japanese-style action RPG "Amaho no Sakunahime" celebrated its first anniversary on November 12, 2021 (Friday). It has been decided to hold a paid online live "Amaho no Sakunahime Online Live Concert-Kanade Festival-" to play the song.
This performance is limited to online performances, including the artists who participated in "Amaho's Sakunahime Demonstration Music Collection -Kanade-" and Saya Asakura, who sang the theme song "Yanato Taueuta-Kaminagi-". It will be a live performance of. You can enjoy a variety of live performances centered on Japanese musical instruments such as koto and shamisen while staying at home.
Information on performing artists, performance songs, goods, etc. will be posted on this online live special site at any time.
Organised by Aetas Inc., It will be a paid online event available for streaming, and tickets are available from the 1st of December[2]. The official website can be found here.
The concert will begin on the 19th of February 2022 (Saturday) live at 8PM JST; afterwards, the archive will be viewable until 11:59PM JST on the 28th of February 2022 (Monday). It will be streamed live on Streaming+, where tickets are also purchased. One ticket costs 3,970 yen (tax included), and 4,550 yen with service charge (around $40), and can be purchased here.
Take note that Streaming+ is only available in the following countries:
- Australia
- Brazil
- Canada
- France
- Germany
- Hong Kong
- Indonesia
- Italy
- South Korea
- Macao
- Malaysia
- New Zealand
- Philippines
- Poland
- Singapore
- Taiwan
- Thailand
- United Kingdom
- United States of America
And note the following considerations as listed on the Streaming+ site[3]:
- Streaming service may not be available depending on your country, region, time zone, etc.
- Make sure you can watch the test video with no problem BEFORE purchase. Changes or cancellation cannot be made after your purchase.
- The event will start at the scheduled time. If you start watching in the middle of the event, it will be live at that point and cannot be rewound.
- An email with the streaming URL will be sent to you after your payment is confirmed. Please visit the URL and enjoy the livestream show.
- You cannot watch the live stream on multiple devices at the same time, but you can switch devices in the middle of streaming.
- This content is protected by copyright law, other related laws, and regulations. Any unauthorized use of the content on the internet may result in legal liability. Please follow the rules and enjoy the content.
- Please note that due to system maintenance, the archive will not be available on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of every month from 2: 00 A.M. to 8:00 A.M. JST.
- Handling charge included in ticket(s) price.
- Please make sure you have read the event details on the official website in advance.
This is not the first time live musicians have performed music from Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin in concert; on the 15th of August 2021, FAMIKOTO performed arranges of the game's soundtrack live, and streamed it on YouTube.