Artist Workshop

Ayako Fudamoto Workshop: “Make It with Clay! Realistic Salmon Skin (with Takuan Pickles)”

Join author Ayako Fudamoto as we use clay to create a lifelike “salmon skin” as part of an artwork. While learning the secrets behind the artwork, you’ll also get to make a bonus “takuan” pickle to take home.

[Date & Time] Saturday, August 1, 2026, starting at 1:00 PM (approx. 2 hours)
[Fee] 800 yen per set (Please pay in cash on-site on the day of the event)
[Reservation] Reservations required

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Sekiguchi Kotaro Workshop: “Let’s Make and Play with Newspaper and Duct Tape”

Join Sekiguchi Kotaro—who creates artworks using newspaper and packing tape—to build a large-scale sculpture of the “bear,” a symbol of the NUNAGAWA Campus. You’ll also have the opportunity to create and take home your own newspaper artwork inspired by creatures found in the satoyama.

[Date and Time] Saturday, August 8, 2026, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM
[Fee] 500 yen per person (Please pay in cash on-site on the day of the event)

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Ayumi Tsuchiya's "Spinning Xylophone Craft" Workshop

We’ll cut round wooden rods to create musical notes and make a xylophone. Paint it, assemble it with string, roll it up for storage—unroll it to play, or hang it on the wall as a tapestry. Create your very own design and take it home with you.

[Date and Time] Saturday, August 22, 2026, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM; Sunday, August 23, 10:30 AM–12:00 PM
[Fee] 1,000 yen per set *Museum admission fee not included

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Kinukawa Yasunori’s “Kitchen Lithography with Chocolate and Coke” Workshop

Join author Kinukawa Yasunori and “Kitchen Lithograph,” a workshop featuring chocolate, aluminum foil, and cola. Experience a magical printing technique using items found in your kitchen that takes advantage of the repulsion between water and oil! You’ll be able to print 2 to 3 prints using the same plate within the allotted time.

[Date & Time] Saturday, October 31, 2026: Session 1: 10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m., Session 2: 2:00 p.m.–3:30 p.m.
[Fee] 1,200 yen per set *Museum admission fee not included

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Kurakake Junichi + Nihon University College of Art Workshop

Sculpture Workshop

In addition to keychains and building blocks from “Offerings from the earth,” we’ll be holding workshops where you can have fun while learning about the properties of materials, such as making pot holders and stamps out of cardboard.

[Date and Time] August 15 (Sat) and 16 (Sun), 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m. each day
[Fees] “Offerings from the earth” keychains and building blocks: 1,000 yen each; cardboard stamps: 100 yen, etc. *Museum admission fee not included

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Let's Dance Together! A Mind-and-Body Dance Workshop Created with Dancers

Come experience creative dance—a group activity that lets you feel the connection between mind and body.

[Date and Time] Saturday, August 15, 2:00–3:30 p.m.
[Participants] Elementary and middle school students
[Fee] Free

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Performance: “Weaving Time”

A group of students from the Department of Theater in the College of Arts at Nihon University will present a performance that explores the nature of “individuality”—a concept shaped by the chance encounters and relationships woven by human beings. Focusing on the relationship between self-formation and dance expression, the performance illustrates how people change through their experiences and how those emotions and sensations are transformed into physical expression.Using the fluctuations of human emotion and the perception of the passage of time as clues, the performance traces the memories and sensibilities etched into each performer’s body, depicting through dance the process by which an individual’s existence is woven together through interactions with others.

[Date and Time] August 15 (Sat) 4:00–4:20 p.m., August 16 (Sun) 3:00–3:20 p.m.
[Admission] Free

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Let's Make an Anime with Chalk Art

You can use the classroom blackboard to create stop-motion animations using chalk art.

[Date and Time] Monday, August 17, 10:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
[Fee] Free

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Workshops You Can Take Anytime

Rinko Matsumoto's "Hoppe" Coloring Book Eco-Bags, Pouches, and Lunch Bags

Why not try painting pouches, eco-bags, and lunch bags featuring “Hoppe,” the cat who also appears in the artwork *The Planet TOLARIS in Nunagawa Campus* displayed inside the Nunagawa Campus building, in your own original colors? Use everyday items as your canvas and enjoy creating your very own work of art. Everyone from children to adults can participate, and the finished products will become one-of-a-kind “portable works of art.”
*The artist will not be present during the workshop.

[Dates] Available anytime during NUNAGAWA Campus opening hours
[Fee] Starting at 800 yen per item (varies by bag type) *Admission fee not included

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Yukino Omura's "Round Sticker Art" Workshop

You can enjoy creating round sticker art inspired by “Tori-oi,” a traditional event in Echigo-Tsumari, through this hands-on workshop.
*The artist will not be present during the workshop.

[Dates] Available anytime during NUNAGAWA Campus opening hours
[Fee] Starting at 800 yen per sheet *Admission fee not included

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