12:56 【Day1】Tokyo Station

80 min.

14:06 Rent a car at Echigo Yuzawa Station

45 min.

15:00 Check-in procedure

Akashinoyu

Once you receive an explanation about your stay at the front desk of the day spa "Akashi no Yu" and receive your check-in bag, the procedure is complete. （Closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays）

check in

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25 min.

15:30 Receive catering for your stay

Matsudai NOHBUTAI Field Museum

The area is dotted with works by world-class artists such as Ilya and Emilia Kabakov and Kusama Yayoi. You can walk around the area in 1 to 2 hours. You can also visit by car.（Closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays）

Agriculture Artworks

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Echigo-Matsudai Satoyama Shokudo

For guests staying at the Echigo-Tsumari artfield accommodations, Echigo Matsudai Satoyama Shokudo provides a catering service for dinner and breakfast by advance reservation. You can pick up your meals at the accommodation here.（Closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays）

Takeout Dinner Breakfast

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20 min.

17:00 A symbol of exchange between Australia and Echigo-Tsumari

Australia House check in

As an artist-in-residence facility, it is a place where creators from Japan and abroad have stayed and produced new artworks in the natural surroundings. It is now open to the public, offering a special stay experience surrounded by art.

Stay Artworks

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15 min.

Until 22:00 Matsunoyama Onsen

Nasteview Yunoyama（Matsunoyama Onsen）

In the open-air bath, which uses spring water that is rich in medicinal properties, you can enjoy a bath while looking out at the mountain scenery that changes with the seasons. There are two types of indoor baths, hot and lukewarm, and there is also a sauna.（Closed on Tuesday）

Matsunoyama Onsen Sauna

9:00 【Day 2】

After breakfast, check out

　

20 min.

9:20 Beautiful beech forest

Bijinbayashi

Located in Matsuguchi, Matsunoyama, Bijinrin is a beech forest that was reborn about 100 years ago. （Open every day）

Outdoors

Echigo-Matsunoyama Museum of Natural Science “Kyororo”

This museum was built in the region of Matsunoyama, an area with heavy snowfall, as a centre for education and training focusing on natural science.（Closed on Tuesday）

Nature Museum

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15 min.

10:45 Artｗorks from closed school

The Last Class

The artists created an installation at the same site they worked in 2003. It was in the middle of the winter of 2006, a winter with a record snowfall, when the artists visited the region to deepen the plan for the coming exhibition.（Closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays）

Closed school

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15 min.

12:00 Lunch at a stylish cafe

norizo cafe

The menu is packed with the owner's specialties, including pork stew made with local brand pork "Tsumari Pork" slowly simmered in demi-glace sauce.（Irregular holidays）

Lunch Café

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5 min.

13:10 Finnish architecture firm transforms illegal dump into park

POTEMKIN

This piece transforms an area where waste such as tires and excavator parts were illegally dumped into a beautiful park using art.

Park Outdoor

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20 min.

13:50 A very popular photo spot

Ma Yansong / MAD Architects "Tunnel of Light"

The space incorporates the five elements of nature - wood, earth, metal, fire, and water - and the spectacular view from the mirror-finished panoramic station is truly breathtaking. In this place where nature and art blend together, you can experience the majestic scenery of Echigo-Tsumari. （Open daily）

Tunnel National park

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Ma Yansong / MAD Architects “Periscope”

The entrance facility has a reception and cafe on the first floor and a foot bath on the second floor. If you look up while soaking your feet in the foot bath, natural light and the scenery will stream in through a round opening (periscope) in the ceiling, and the outside scenery will be reflected inside the room through the effect of a mirror.

Footbath Café

25 min.

15:50 Echigo Yuzawa Station / Return rental car

16:18 Echigo Yuzawa Station

17:40 Tokyo Station