Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale Official Tour "Owl Flap Course" (runs from 30 July to 4 September)

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Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale Official Tour "Owl Flap Course" (runs from 30 July to 4 September)

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Departing from and arriving at Echigo Yuzawa Station, this one-day tour focuses on new and popular works. Lunch will be served at TSUMARI KITCHEN. The excellent lunch, served course style, is an exclusive menu for tour guests, arranged according to the local culinary culture. This guided bus tour is suitable for first-time visitors and solo travelers.

Details

10:00 Meet at and depart from Echigo-Yuzawa station

45 min

10:45 Spatial picture book museum set in an abandoned school

Hachi & Seizo Tashima Museum of Picture Book Art

Picture book author Seizo Tajima's spatial picture book museum utilizes an abandoned school. Ghosts that once existed as students, teachers, and memories of the school are transformed into works of art to welcome visitors. There is also a goat and its kids in the schoolyard.

Book Art Museum

Details

20min

12:30 Viewing over abandoned classrooms + lunch of local food

Nunagawa Campus

The former Nakunagawa Elementary School is a space like a local school for a wide variety of people. The school will feature new works by artists from Japan and abroad, and will also serve as a base for the women's soccer team "FC Echigo-Tsumari," which was born out of the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale.
For lunch, visit TSUMARI KITCHEN. Chef Fumio Yonezawa's menu, using local ingredients, is a special tour-only lunch.

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Elementary School

Details

20min

12:10 Compilation of Ilya & Emilia Kabakov, Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale's Leading Artists "The Monument of Tolerance"

Ilya & Emilia Kabakov「The Monument of Tolerance」

Ilya & Emilia Kabakov, who have been presenting their work continuously since 2000, express their wishes for the world. Once inside, you will be able to feel his thoughts and feelings. At night, the colors of the lights change according to the joys and sorrows of the world and local people.

Tolerance Monument

Details

30min

13:10 Meet the animals on the lawn

Satoyama Art Zoo: Social Distancing of Animals

IAbout 25 artists will present works with animal motifs expressed in a variety of techniques. The large outdoor space allows visitors to view the works at a good distance (social distance).

15min

15:00 Citizens' recreation area becomes a different world.　

Mapped to the Closest 「We like to watch clumsy-seeming Mountains」/Ihashi Arisa「Exploring consciousness and nature」

We like to watch clumsy-seeming Mountains," which uses speakers to express a mysterious gateball venue at Miyoshi-no-yu, a hot spring bathhouse in Shimojo that closed in 2017, and a textile print work inspired by the rich nature of Tokamachi City. Exploring consciousness and nature" will make its debut. The space has been transformed into a space with impact.

10min

15:30 The Story of Niiza and the New Seat

Nakazaki Tohru「Note to myself: For days when I will take a seat on a new tatami chair (tbc)」

Set in an empty house in the Niiza district, the work began when the artist left an old chair that had been used for many years and was in bad shape in the tatami room.

16:00 Renovated last summer, the region's leading contemporary art museum

Museum on Echigo-Tsumari

This is the base facility of the Art Triennale, which was renovated last summer and opened to the public with many new works.
A series of memorial exhibitions will be held in memory of the departed artists and their works.

Echigo-Tsumari Museum

Details

45min

18:00 Arrive at Echigo Yuzawa Station and disband

Notice

*The guide will be available only in Japanese. If you wish, we can provide English-language materials about the artworks; please indicate this in the notes section when you make your reservation.

*Itineraries are subject to change or cancellation due to natural disasters or road conditions.

*Tour sales and operation may be cancelled due to the spread of the coronavirus. The decision to implement the tour will be made in accordance with the guidelines of the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale.

*We ask for your cooperation in taking local measures against coronavirus infection when participating in the tour.

*We will assign you a seat on the bus. If you have a companion for another application, please enter it in the remarks column.

*Participants who wish to do so may make a stopover at the last stopover artwork. If you wish to make a stopover, please enter it in the remarks column when applying for the tour.

*Arrival time at the final destination may be changed. Please make sure to reserve your return Shinkansen train with enough time to spare.

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Summary

Dates	Except Tuesdays and Wednesdays from July 30 (Sat.) to September 4 (Sun.)
Admission	13,000 yen (bus fare, lunch, guide fee, consumption tax) A passport to view the artworks is required to participate in the exhibition. If you do not have a passport, please purchase one at the time of tour purchase.
Deadline	00:00 (0:00 pm) on the day of the reminder
Origin / Destination	Echigo Yuzawa Station East Exit Bus Terminal
Transportation	Bus
Capacity	40 (minimum number of reminders: 1)
Host	Travel planning and execution: Niigata Prefecture Governor's Registered Travel Agency Region-440, NPO Echigo-Tsumari Satoyama Collaborative Organization 3743-1 Matsudai, Tokamachi-shi, Niigata Prefecture, Japan Travel Agents Association regular member 025-761-7749 / tour@tsumari-artfield.com
Note	No tour guide will accompany the tour. Please read the terms and conditions of this tour before participating. NPO Echigo-Tsumari Satoyama Collaborative Organization Travel Conditions NPO Echigo-Tsumari Satoyama Collaborative Organization Standard Conditions of Travel For inquiries, please contact the Echigo-Tsumari Art Field Information Center at 025-761-7767 (9:00-18:00, closed on Wednesdays).

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