NUNAGAWA Campus
This is the "Children's Five Senses Experience Art Museum"!
The former Nunagawa Elementary School, which closed in 2014, reopened the following year as a facility for the Echigo-Tsumari Art Field—a place where students can practically learn about the value of the local community through subjects such as physical education, music, home economics, and art, in addition to the five core academic subjects. Amid the ongoing advancement of digital and information technology, in 2024, with the goal of providing children—who will shape the future—with opportunities to interact with real materials such as soil and trees through their own bodies, we significantly renovated the artworks on display, rebranding the space as the “Children’s Five Senses Experience Art Museum.”We continue to collaborate with artists to develop art works that can be enjoyed not only through “seeing” but also through all five senses, including hearing and touch. Additionally, visitors can experience the artists’ work—which can be described as requiring extraordinary skill—and their handling of materials through workshops.
Furthermore, the NUNAGAWA Campus serves as the home base for “FC Echigo-Tsumari,” a women’s corporate soccer team formed through the art festival’s network.The players involved in this project—which addresses the challenges of the agricultural sector, where the workforce is shrinking, combined with the challenges of the women’s soccer industry, where it is difficult to establish second careers—are also involved in the operation of the art festival. Through initiatives such as hosting Exercise Classes for the local community, they are fostering new connections with the region through the lens of sports.
During the Triennale Period, you can also enjoy lunch at the adjacent TSUMARI KITCHEN.
Admission Fees for Visitors with a Disability ID Card
▼Past Special Exhibitions
Ayako Fudamoto, “Sponge to Salmon (Nunagawa)”
Photo by Nakamura Osamu
Yukino Omura, “Fragmentary Anecdotes”
Photo by Nakamura Osamu
Yuki Okawa, “Closing and Opening”
Photo by Nakamura Osamu
▼Workshops You Can Take Anytime
Round Sticker Art
You can actually enjoy creating round sticker art inspired by “Tori-oi,” a traditional festival in Echigo-Tsumari, during this workshop.
[Date] Anytime during museum hours *The artist will not be present during the workshop.
[Fee] 800 yen *A separate admission fee for the NUNAGAWA Campus is required.
Rinko Matsumoto's "Hoppe" Coloring Book
Let’s try coloring these designs—featuring “Hoppe,” the cat who also appears in the artwork “The Planet TOLARIS in Nunagawa Campus” displayed on the NUNAGAWA Campus—on canvas pouches, eco-bags, and lunch bags. You can carry your own original artwork with you in your daily life.
[Date] Anytime during museum hours *The artist will not be present during the workshop.
[Fee] 800 yen and up (depending on the type of bag) *A separate admission fee for the NUNAGAWA Campus is required
Photo by Nakamura Osamu
-A Rice Field Conservation Project Led by Women's Soccer Players-
"FC Echigo-Tsumari"
“FC Echigo-Tsumari” is an agricultural corporate team made up of female soccer players from the city who have relocated to the region to become stewards of the Rice Fields and continue playing soccer. It proposes a lifestyle where women can live in the satoyama while devoting themselves to the soccer they love, and serves as a problem-solving project aimed at maintaining the Rice Fields—which face a shortage of workers due to depopulation and an aging population—and preserving the satoyama landscape. Furthermore, FC Echigo-Tsumari will utilize its coaches, trainers, and players to function as a community sports club for local residents, providing opportunities for sports as a means of social interaction and recreation, as well as for maintaining and improving health.
Photo: Satomi Tanaka
Related Products
“Offerings from the earth” T-shirt by Kurakake Junichi
¥3,500
Offerings from the earth Hoodie by Kurakake Junichi
¥6,800
Facility Info and Map
| Open hours | [April 25–November 8, 2026] 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays, except on national holidays. *Closes at 4:00 p.m. starting in October. *The museum will be temporarily closed on September 20, 2026, due to the Echigo-Tsumari Art Field Day. |
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| Admission | Adults: 800 yen; elementary and middle school students: 400 yen *Fee may be included in the ETAT Passport or Common Ticket, depending on the period. |
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