- Getting here
- First things first, get yourself here!
- Learn about the region
- Discover the distinctive charm of the six areas
- Where to Stay
- Spend the night in artworks and renovated schools
- Recommended itineraries
- Tips for exploration from Echigo-Tsumari expert
- Where to eat
- Homegrown rice, mountain vegetables, local sake, and more
- Find an event
- Explore our events calendar to help plan your visit
- Echigo-Tsumari Forest School
- Experience Satoyama with programs unwrapping Echigo-Tsumari’s magic.
- Kohebi
- Become a supporter of the Echigo-Tsumari!
- Daichi no tetsudai
- Helping the people of Echgo-Tsumari and Tohoku any way we can
- Tsumari Fan Club
- Deepen your relationship with Echigo-Tsumari
- Matsudai Tanada Bank
- Help us save terraced rice field.
- Echigo-Tsumari Art Net Disaster Reconstruction Fund
- For damaged artworks, local assistance, and reaching out to people in Tohoku.
- ROOOOTS
- Redesign Echigo-Tsumari specialities
- Australia House
- A residency and art creation base for artists from Australia
- East Asia Art Village
- Artworks by artists from countries in East Asia are presented.
- Minka owner
- Looking for minka owners
The○△□Tower and the Red Dragonfly
Photographed by ANZAЇ
This sculpture of a red dragonfly sits atop a 14-meter-tall pillar and flutters in the breeze against the background of blue sky. Perhaps the red dragonfly seen through the trees represents the spiritual home for the people who have lived in this snow country satoyama.
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Nearby Artwork
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YEAR OF
PRODUCTION2000
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AREA
Matsudai
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VILLAGE
Jyoyama
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The Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale is one of the world's largest international art festivals, held every three years in the Echigo-Tsumari region, encompassing Tokamachi City and Tsunan Town in Niigata Prefecture.
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