Echigo-Tsumari Art Field

Christian Boltanski + Jean Kalman,

Christian Boltanski + Jean Kalman, "The Last Class" (open weekends & holidays through the end of March)

Photo T.Kuratani

Echigo Matsudai Satoyama Shokudo

Cheese fondue, a popular winter menu item, is available until the end of March.

Take advantage of the winter model course.

Artist merchandise on sale!

Important Notice

[Updated on 10 March] Measures to prevent the spread of new coronavirus infection

2023/3/12 EAT＆STAY

2023 Reseravation open! - book stay at artworks

Echigo-Tsumari Art Field 2023 Winter SNOWART　Common tickets on sale from 1/14

2022/12/24 Other

[Opening on 1/14! ]Echigo-Tsumari Art Field 2023 Winter SNOWART How to visit

2022/12/22 Open call

[Updated on 12/22] 9th Open Call for Entries, FAQ & Information on Candidate Sites Released (Applications Open 12/9-)

2022/12/3 EAT＆STAY

Echigo Matsudai Satoyama Shokudo starts selling Stollen and buffet with cheese fondue

About Echigo-Tsumari

Learn about Echigo-Tsumari Art Field

Artworks / Artists

Throughout the year / Closed on Tue ＆ Wed except holidays

Wellenwanne LFO

Carsten Nicolai

Throughout the year / Closed on Tue ＆ Wed except holidays

Milutown Bus Stop

Josep Maria Martin

Throughout the year / Closed on Tue ＆ Wed except holidays

Kaihatsu Yoshiaki

Year round / Closed on Tue ＆ Wed except holidays

How to Make Yourself Better

Former Soviet Union／USA

Ilya & Emilia Kabakov

Throughout the year / Closed on Tue ＆ Wed except holidays

HIKARIORI －Weaving the Lights

Takahashi Kyota

Throughout the year / Closed on Tue ＆ Wed except holidays

Former Soviet Union／USA

Ilya & Emilia Kabakov

Throughout the year / Closed on Tue ＆ Wed except holidays

Massimo Bartolini feat. Lorenzo Bini

Throughout the year / Closed on Tue ＆ Wed except holidays

Voice from afar

Nakatani Michiko

Explore Echigo-Tsumari

"Tunnel of Light", a collaboration between natural beauty and art that changes the scenery in the four seasons

As part of the 2018 program, MAD Architects was invited to revitalize the Kiyotsu Gorge Tunnel – a historic, 750-meter passageway that cuts through distinctive rock formations, offering panoramic views over one of Japan’s three great chasms. Drawing on the ‘five elements’ of nature (wood, earth, metal, fire, water), MAD’s scheme transforms points along the historic tunnel through the realization of several architectural spaces and artistic atmospheres.

The House of Light is a work of art created by James Turrell, renowned globally as "an artist of light". At this experimental piece you can experience the artist's world of art, is an architectural structure unparalleled elsewhere in the world. It was conceived as a guest house for meditation, as Turrell found this concept in Junichiro Tanizaki's essay "In Praise of Shadows". He came up with the idea of incorporating his work on light into the intimate light of a traditional Japanese-style house.

A 10-minutes drive from Matsudai Station, Kyororo is a natural science museum that provides deep insights into the ecology of the local area and its characteristic natural landscape of terraced rice fields, beech forests, and thatched roof houses.

At the Echigo-Matsudai Satoyama Shokudo, we invite you to enjoy fresh vegetables, "sansai" (wild mountain plants), and locally-cultivated rice while overlooking terraced rice field landscapes. The restaurant serves a unique menu inspired by local traditional recipes passed down over generations - but with a modern twist.

Designed by architect Hiroshi Hara, the building was unveiled in 2003 as a place for an exchange between people, products, and information. In conjunction with the ETAT2012, the building was renewed as the current Echigo-Tsumari Satoyama Museum of Contemporary Art, KINARE. The museum serves as a gateway to the Echigo-Tsumari region with artworks inspired by this area and representing its topography, history, villages, fields, closed schools and abandoned houses, and cuisine.

The Matsudai NOHBUTAI is a base facility designed by Dutch architect group MVRDV. Approximately 40 works of art are scattered in a 2-km area of satoyama from Matsudai NOHBUTAI to Matsudai Castle at the top of the mountain, and the entire area is called the "Matsudai NOHBUTAI Field Museum.

Visit

Art and Satoyama-Luxury Tour

This tour proposes a new guided Satoyama trip with art at the forefront.The biggest highlight is an art tour led by a private guide who knows everything about “Echigo-Tsumari Art Field”. You will encounter popular contemporary and local art in the stunning Satoyama landscape. In addition, you will taste the bounty of the Satoyama area, experience the luxury of being at one with nature, and interact with the local people through various activities to complete your one-of-a-kind trip.

*Closed due to full enrollment.【Arrival and Departure at Echigo Yuzawa Station】Taste with all your senses! Yukimi Gozen & SNOWART Tour

Enjoy the Echigo-Tsumari 2023 winter project "SNOWART" and Yukimi Gozen (lunch) on this special bus tour while riding slowly on the bus. For lunch, you will stop at a village and enjoy the hospitality of the local people as well as the wisdom and culture of the snow country in Echigo-Tsumari. "SNOWART" is a winter art program of the Echigo-Tsumari Art Field, which takes place in this region that has lived with snow. Please spend a special day in Echigo-Tsumari, one of Japan's heaviest snowfall areas, and enjoy the severe and beautiful winter scenery of the satoyama.

*This is an example of the tour itinerary. The order of stops will vary according to the villages visited during the Yukimi Gozen tour.

You can see it in winter, too! Good points [Driving Route]

Although the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale 2022 has come to a close, we would like to introduce a tour of facilities and artworks that can still be viewed today.

Half-day tour of the area [Select Bus Tours] Autumn Course A, B, C

This unguided half-day tour operates from three locations: Tokamachi Station West Exit Information Center (Tokamachi City General Tourist Information Center), Matsudai Station Information Center (Matsudai and Matsunoyama Onsen Tourist Information Center), and Tsunan Information Center (Naeba Sake Brewery premises). The tour will visit popular old works, focusing on those that are difficult to reach on foot or by public transportation. Please choose from a maximum of 7 courses (depending on the season).

Gliding Momonga Course(9/5-11/13 Weekends & Holidays)

The day tour starting from and completing at Echigo-Yuzawa station takes participants to new and popular works. Lunch stop will be at "TSUMARI KITCHEN" where tour participants can enjoy an exclusive course menu featuring local culinary culture with a modern twist. This guided bus tour offers a perfect experience for the first-time visitor as well as a solo participant.

Oniyanma Flying Course (9/5-11/13 Weekends & Holidays)

Departing from and arriving at Echigo Yuzawa Station, this one-day tour focuses on new & famous empty house works. Lunch will be at Ubusuna House. Please enjoy a flavorful meal prepared with local ingredients and served in a pottery artist's dish. This course is recommended for first-time visitors as well as repeaters.

Support

Matsudai Tanada Bank

Open invitation to those who wish to help maintain terraced rice field in the ageing community. Let’s make Echigo-Tsumari rice in this Koshihikari-rice-growing district.

FC Echigo-Tsumari

Activities by a female football team consisting of members who have moved to the region and taken over rice production in the terraced rice field.

Engaging supporters with management and maintenance of artworks, and rice planting and harvesting. Approximately 3000 people from around the world participate in those activeties.

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