Echigo-Tsumari Art Field 2023"Gourmet Information

2023/6/25

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We will introduce some of the restaurants and cafes that you should definitely stop by when viewing the artworks. TSUMARI BURGER,” which was very popular last year, is back! A new menu has been introduced at “Ubusuna House,” where you can enjoy handmade lunches prepared by local mothers. We will provide you with information on gourmet foods you can enjoy in the Echigo-Tsumari region from this season, when wild vegetables are in season, through the summer.

There are also limited period dining options such as “Restaurant Kamigo Clove Theatre”!

【Limited Period】Restaurant Kamigo Clove Theatre "Hokuetsu Seppu”

EAT & ART TARO produced and started “Restaurant Kamigo Clove Theatre”. It is a performance restaurant where dishes using seasonal ingredients from Tsunan are served by local female chefs in a cheerful and fun theatrical style. The restaurant was inspired by the best-selling book of the Edo period, “Hokuetsu Seppu,” which describes life in the snow country, and was opened for a limited time only.

[Planning and Cooking] EAT & ART TARO
[Script and Direction] Hara Rintaro + Hara

Open: Sat, Sun and holidays from 7/29 (Sat) – 8/27 (Sun), 2023
Opening Hours: 12:00 to 12:45 each day
Fee: Adults ¥2,500 / Children ¥1,250
*A separate  “2023 Common Ticket” or individual tickets are required.
*Please arrive early to allow enough time for each performance. Please allow enough time for each performance to begin.

Photo by Yanagi Ayumi

Photo by Yanagi Ayumi

Museum on Echigo-Tsumari, MonET

【Limited Period】1F Community Space

Original burgers supervised by Chef Fumio Yonezawa are sold. For spring, “TSUMARI BURGER~Special Menchikatsu of Tsumari Pork,” which was introduced last year, will be served. Enjoy the bittersweet, blowtorch juicy menchikatsu made with an abundance of the spring wild edible butterbur, Butterbur. A set with a craft cola is recommended.

Open: 4/29 (Sat) – 5/7 (Sun), 7/29 (Sat) – 8/31 (Thu) except Tuesdays and Wednesdays
Opening Hours: 10:00~15:00 (L.O.14:30)
Burger sales start at 11:00 and end as soon as they are sold out

TSUMARI BURGER  (1,350 yen with fries, tax included)
TSUMARI BURGER in summer is a burger with spicy Kagura Nanban pickles and a sticky Tsumari pork patty. Enjoy this original burger that can only be found here.
Photo Yanagi Ayumi

・Homemade craft cola: 600 yen
・Other soft drinks and iced coffee 300 yen each
Photo Yanagi Ayumi


2F Salon MonET Coffee

Two River” is a cafe and a work of art by Massimo Bartolini feat. Lorenzo Bini. Inside the store, you can enjoy a relaxing and rich time, cakes and other sweets, coffee, and more.

Open: Sat, Sun, and holidays from 4/29 to 11/5
Opening Hours: 11:00-17:00 (L.O. 16:30)

Photo Nakamura Osamu


Ubusuna House

An old thatched-roof house about 100 years old. Enjoy seasonal home-style meals prepared by local mothers in dishes created by a leading Japanese ceramic artist.
Reservations can be made in advance; however, due to the limited number of meals available, advance reservations are recommended.

Open: Sat, Sun, and holidays from April 29 to November 5
Restaurant Hours: 11:00 – L.O.14:00
Opening Hours: 11:00-15:00

Ubusuna Haikara Set Meal
Karari Katsuletsu: 2,000 yen
Fluffy hamburger steak 2,000 yen
Juwatto namaage & kuruma-fu: 1,500 yen

Karari Katsuletsu: 2,000 yen

Fluffy hamburger steak 2,000 yen

Interior view of Ubusuna House
photo Yanagi Ayumi


Echigo Matsudai Satoyama Shokudo

This artwork and restaurant is located inside Matsudai [Nohbutai]. Enjoy the “Satoyama Buffet” featuring local delicacies and home-style dishes of Matsudai while enjoying the art space! Weekends and holidays may be full, so we recommend making a reservation via the web between 11:00-12:00.

Open:  all year round (closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays)
Opening Hours: 10:00~L.O. 16:30 (Lunch 11:00~14:00)
Web reservations available only from 11:00-12:00 (reservations cannot be made by phone or at other times)

Satoyama Buffet (Saturdays, Sundays, holidays (except for regular holidays in May, August, September, and October): 1,700 yen)

Interior
photo by Ayumi Yanagi


Hachi Café

The café is set up in a room of an art museum where the entire building of a former elementary school has been turned into a “spatial picture book. You can enjoy sweets and drinks made with the finest ingredients. Original pot blends, iced coffee with water, and cake plates (drink sets available)

Open: 4/29-11/27 (closed on Tuesdays except holidays)
Opening Hours: 10:00-17:00 (until 16:00 in October and November) / L.O. 30 minutes before cl

Hachi Café store interior

Green tea cheesecake

【Hachi Cafe’s special curry is back for a limited time! 】
Sale dates: 7/1 (Sat), 7/2 (Sun), 8/11 (Fri) – 8/27 (Sun), 9/16 (Sat) – 9/18 (Mon)
, 10/7 (Sat) – 10/9 (Mon), 11/3 (Fri) – 11/5 (Sun)
Available from 11:00 ~ limited quantities available *ends when all are gone

For inquiry

Echigo Tsumari Art Field Information Center
Address Museum on Echigo-Tsumari, MonET 6-1, 71-2, Honcho, Tokamachi-city, Niigata Prefecture, 948-0003
E-mail info@tsumari-artfield.com
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