From January to March, the Field Museum is covered with pure white snow. Enjoy seasonal art, community experiences, and snow activities at the Field Museum, which is hard to imagine from spring to fall when even the roads are gone.
1、Artworks with Snow
Lee Byungchan
Lee Byungchan (b. 1987) has focused on the ecosystem of capital. His works, composed of disposable plastic, depict undulating forms that reflect an obsession with breathing and objects. He has also explored the mass of the city through waves and distorted sounds.
Photo:Lee Byungchan《creature》
Seki Mirai
Born in Saitama, Japan Artist, Dyeing artist
The desire to know the true nature of the signs that are there. The true nature may be the providence of nature or the truth of the world.
Dyeing something and twisting something are the means to seek and express this desire.
In recent years, he has been presenting outdoor installations.
Goto Takuro
Born in Yamagata City in 1982. Studied painting at Tohoku University of Art & Design. Works at the base in Yamagata Prefecture. Focusing on the relationship between humans and nature, the West and the East, and rural and urban areas, he examines their conflict, domination, and reconciliation from his own unique perspective, and expresses them multilaterally, mainly through oil paintings.
Courtesy of Koganecho International Artist’s Network 2023, Photo: Kasagi Yasuyuki
２、Events region experience
Dondoyaki（Burning of New Year's gate decorations）
In the Echigo-Tsumari region, each village holds a koshogatsu event during the Chinese New Year (around January 15). A tower made of straw is burned to predict the year’s rice crop.
Date: 2/23 (Sun), 3/2 (Sun)
Time: 10:30-13:00 approx.
Fee: Adult ticket +￥1,000 ,Children under 14 years old ticket ＋￥500
Contents:
10:30₋10:45 Explanation of the Dondoyaki and introduction of staff
10:45₋11:45 Let’s make a A tower made of straw for the Dondoyaki
11:45₋12:30 Mochi pounding and lunch
12:30-13:00 DondoYaki
Snowshoeing (walking)
Put on your “kanjiki,” a snow walking folk tool, and head out to the Field Museum, which is closed to the snow. Enjoy a different view of Matsudai Castle from spring to fall.
Date: 3/9(Sun)
Time: 13:00-15:00
Fee: Adult ticket +￥1,000 , Children 6-15 years old ticket +￥500
Contents:
13:00-13:15 Gathering, explanation of the route, introduction of staff
13:30-14:00 Visiting Matsudai Castle
14:00-14:30 Visiting Matsudai Castle and rest
14:30-15:00 Wearing Kanjiki (traditional Japanese tools for walking on snow)
Irori (hearth) experience at an old private house museum
Date: Sat & Sun during the exhibition period
Time: 10:00-17:00 (last order 16:30)
Activities：You can bake and enjoy rice cakes around the sunken hearth at Matsudai History Museum.
Application: Please apply on-site.
３、Snow Activities
A snow amusement park will appear where visitors can experience snow tubing and banana boats on a natural incline, and hand-pushed sleds for the little ones. When you get tired, you can make coffee by a bonfire, roast rice cakes on a seven-wheeled stove, or enjoy other activities on the snow.
Date: 2/22 (Sat)-3/9 (Sun) Saturdays, Sundays and holidays only
Time: 10:00-16:00
Snow Tubing
Let’s slide down the huge slope at once with snow tubes! You can also play with hand-pushed sleds and snow boards.
Banana boat
Ride on a banana boat for an exhilarating ride through the snow. One free ride with a common ticket or a special exhibition ticket. ※￥100 from the second time.
Hand-pushed sledges and snow boards
You can enjoy riding and pushing a cute sled.
Mochi & coffee on the snow
￥100 per piece of rice cake 、￥100 per cup of coffee
2/22（sat) Harvest festival in the snow
A snowboard class will also be held for small children and adults to learn how to ride a handmade board without bindings.
▼Facility Information
Matsudai NOHBUTAI
Time: 10:00-17:00
Fee: Matsudai “Nohbutai” Adults ￥600 / Children under 6-15years old ￥300 (admission is also possible with a “Echigo-Tsumari Art Field Winter 2025” common tiket or the special exhibition tiket)
Summary
| Date and time |
1/25(Sat)-3/9(Sun), 2025 Closed on Tue & Wed Excluding national holidays |
|---|---|
| Venue |
Around Matsudai NOHBUTAI（3743-1, Matsudai, Tokamachi-city, Niigata, Japan） |
| Admission | Art Field “Echigo-Tsumari Winter 2025” or the exhibition ticket: ¥1,000 for adults, ¥500 for Children under 12years old |
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