Nunagawa Elementary School which closed in March 2014 was relaunched as an open campus school for anyone who wished to step in, as a platform providing opportunities to learn wisdom for living through various creative activities, events, and workshops. Artworks by participating artists of the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale are presented both inside and outside the school building. A dining space, the former school canteen, serves meals using local delicacies.

Photo Kanemoto Rintaro

・Saving terraced rice fields by aspiring Nadeshiko Legends: Launch of "FC ECHIGO-TSUMARI"

A project that seeks a solution to the challenges of depopulation and an ageing society that this region currently faces. By inviting female football players from larger cities to move and reside in this region, we invite them to help grow and cultivate rice in terraced rice fields while continuing to build a football team in this area. Members of FC Echigo-Tsumari also provide exchange opportunities with the local community through football and sports.

Photo Tanaka Satomi