Tokyo movie theater welcomes visually impaired, all others

Listening without watching -- that is what Chihoko Hiratsuka describes is essential for understanding the concept of the tiny movie house she has established in Tokyo.The theater, Cinema Chupki Tabata, opened last September near JR Tabata station as a "universally accessible theater," allowing the visually impaired and all others the opportunity to enjoy cinema by providing audio descriptions of scenes with the help of volunteers.Customers can listen to the recorded descriptions of the characters on screen using headsets placed at each of the roughly 20 seats inside the forest-themed venue.…READ FULL ARTICLE