Soil Library / Niigata

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Open all year / Closed on Tue & Wed except holidays *Closed for year-end and New Year's holidays 26 Dec, 2023-3 Jan, 2024
Photo by Nakamura Osamu

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About the artwork

A collections of over 570 different kinds of soil collected in Niigata and put them in small glass jars.

 #1 “Engaging with soils”  / Site-Specific Artists in Echigo-Tsumari / Interviewed by Fram Kitagawa

Video Shooting : Yamaoka Nobutaka (Film Director)

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Artwork no. T280
Production year 2012
Opening hours 10:00-17:00 (Last entry 16:30) 
*Opening hours may be shortened during the winter season.
Admission
[Permanent exhibition] Adult: ¥1000, U15: ¥500
[Special exhibition (including permanent exhibition) ] Adult: ¥1200, U15: ¥600
(*Depending on the period, Passport for viewing artworks and common tickets may be sold.)
Closed Tue & Wed
*If Tuesday and Wednesday are consecutive holidays, the next business day is closed)
*Closed for year-end and New Year's holidays 26 Dec, 2023-3 Jan, 2024
Area Tokamachi
Village MonET
Open dates Open all year / Closed on Tue & Wed except holidays
Venue Museum on Echigo-Tsumari, MonET ( 6 Hon-cho, Tokamachi-shi, Niigata)
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