10:30 [DAY 1] From Echigo-Yuzawa Station

48 min.

Minami Echigo tourist Bus bound for Morimiyanohara

11:17 Echigo-Yuzawa Station (10:30) → Tsunan Town Hall (11:17)

[New]Artworks at Owarino shopping street

Take a walk through the artworks dotted around the Owarino shopping street. Artworks will be placed in former shops and several shops that are still open. Workshops will also be held exclusively during the exhibition period. Please enjoy the main street of Tsunan Town by visiting the artworks.

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[Lunch] Owarino shopping street

After viewing the artworks in the Owarino shopping street, visit a local eatery with a nostalgic feel. Enjoy a meal using seasonal vegetables and Tsunan pork and Tsumari pork, which are specialities of the area.
*Please check the opening hours of each food and beverage establishment in advance. You can also see the list from the details button.

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25 min.

Minami Echigo tourist Bus bound for Midama

14:35 Tsunan (14:10) → Midama (14:35)

25 min.

Morimiya transportation demand taxi bound for Midama *Reservations required by 5pm the day before.

15:00 Midama (14:35) → Oakasawa (15:00)

[New] Akeyama Arts Center

The former Tsunan Primary School Oakasawa Branch, which was closed in 2021, has been turned into a facility for learning life skills through art. Initiatives will be undertaken with a variety of people, including residents, researchers and artists, to learn and practise the skills and beliefs of the common land.
*Please make a reservation by 17:00 the day before for the small bus (Morimiya transportation demand taxi).

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15 min.

Morimiya transportation demand taxi bound for Kirimei *Reservations required by 5pm the day before.

17:05 Oakasawa (16:50) → Ketto (17:05)

[Check in / Dinner] Katakuri House

The "Katakuri House" offers seasonal meals and beautiful scenery. The inn's cuisine uses an abundance of wild vegetables and summer greens, and offers an arrangement of local specialities with a balance of flavour, colour and nutrition.

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Hara Rintaro + Hara Yu "Tsumari Sugoroku"

A sugoroku place was opened at the former primary schools, the Katakuri House. Enjoy Sugoroku, incorporating playground equipment and musical instruments such as a basketball basket, piano, organ and Othello, which remain in the inn's wooden gymnasium, which will serve as the exhibition venue.

sugoroku

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9:50 [DAY 2] Katakuri House

30 min.

Morimiya transportation demand taxi bound for Midama *Reservations required by 5pm the day before.

10:20 Ketto (9:50) → Tsunan Town Hall (10:20)

37 min.

Minami Echigo tourist Bus bound for Tokamachi Station

11:07 Tsunan Town Hall (10:30) → Crossten Tokamachi (11:07)

[New]Museum on Echigo-Tsumari, MonET

This is the base facility for the "Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale" featuring artworks by prominent contemporary artists such as Nawa Kohei, Nakatani Michiko, and [mé]. The corridor and courtyard will be used as a front for special exhibitions and works by up-and-coming Ukrainian artists. At night, the works are illuminated, immersing visitors in a serene worldview that differs from that of the day.

New Museum Cafe/Shop

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[Lunch]TSUMARI BURGER

An open space supervised by MUJI is located on the first floor corridor of the Museum on Echigo-Tsumari, MonET. Enjoy a burger made with "pulled pork," which is a chunk of Echigo-Tsumari pork that has been slow-cooked until it is tender and tender, and then loosened into small pieces, available only during the exhibition period.

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13:30 Crossten Tokamachi

From Bus stop in front of Crossten Tokamachi

Ride on a wrapped bus designed with illustrations from Tashima Seizo's picture book "Hatakeuta" (published by Fukuinkan Shoten) to the "Hachi & Seizo Tashima Museum of Picture Book Art".

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50 min.

Tokamachi City Bus, Yoshida Line "Yoshida District⇔Tokamachi City Center"

14:20 Arrive at Hachi & Seizo Tashima Museum of Picture Book Art

[New] Hachi & Seizo Tashima Museum of Picture Book Art

A story will be spun in the abandoned school, depicting the world of picture books and using many creatures and driftwood as the setting. The story will be developed as an interactive picture book museum with "the last three students," as the main characters.

New Museum Picture book

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45 min.

17:30 Hachi & Seizo Tashima Museum of Picture Book Art (16:45) → Tokamachi Station (17:30)　

36 min.

Hokuetsu Kyuko Hokuhoku Line bound for Echigo-Yuzawa

18:26 Tokamachi Station (17:50) → Echigo Yuzawa Station (18:26)