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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.

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.

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.