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Standard tour of Matsudai and Matsunoyama area. You'll take a leisurely walk around the artworks along the roads in the Joyama area, from Matsudai Castle to NOHBUTAI. After lunch, you visit the abandoned school artworks, where you can feel the progress of ETAT since 2000 and the local community with all five senses. (*In the Joyama area, you will walk on a paved mountain path (15 minutes uphill, 50 minutes downhill). *Please bring rain gear in case of rain.)

Details

9:30 Meet at and depart from Echigo-Yuzawa Sta.

10:30 Meet at and depart from Matsudai Sta.

10 min

10:50 Matsudai Campsite Parking Lot

20 min

11:50 A castle in a satoyama turned into a unique space of art

Matsudai Castle

“Matsudai Castle" is located at the top of Joyama, a three-story castle where Esther Stocker, Ryo Toyofuku, and Kurakake Junichi + Nihon University College of Art Sculpture Course create their works.

20 min

12:00 Kabakov's work expresses the life of a person.

Ilya & Emilia Kabakov, “The Arch of Life”

Each statue represents different stages of life, starting from human being with an egg-shaped head, “a boy” crawling on the ground, “a man carrying a box of light” emitting light, “a man trying to climb up wall or an eternal exile” and “the end – worn-out man”.

Outdoor

Details

10 min

12:20 The culmination of Kabakov, one of the leading artists of ETAT

Ilya & Emilia Kabakov, “The Monument of Tolerance”

The tower was created to symbolize connections beyond ethnicity, religion, and culture, peace, respect, dialogue, and coexistence. The monument on the tower will change color depending on whether there is a problem or good news.

Illumination

Details

20 min

12:50 Field museum base spreading in satoyama

Matsudai NOHBUTAI

The base facility of the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale, featuring programs on ART, food, and agriculture. The building and rooms themselves are artworks. Outside, there are large-scale artworks and fields, allowing visitors to enjoy art while feeling the great outdoors and local life.

Base Facility

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13:15 Taste the Season in a Work of Art

Lunch : Echigo Matsudai Satoyama Shokudo

The buffet features a menu with a twist on local flavors, using plenty of fresh vegetables grown by local farmers and wild vegetables nurtured by the living nature of Echigo-Tsumari. Enjoy the nourishing flavors of Echigo-Tsumari while gazing at the terraced rice paddies and satoyama stretching out before you.

Lunch Café

Details

10 min

14:25 Step into the empty house and you'll find a gorgeous playground!

Toyofuku Ryo, "Golden Playroom"

A luxurious playground. The golden playground, where all parts of daily necessities and industrial goods are painted gold, is where you can actually play, with qilin and phoenixes watching over you as you play, and werewolves and mermaids also appear. This time, the second floor will also be greatly expanded, with a collection of nostalgic game consoles and all sorts of things from around the world, making the space even more mysterious and exciting.

Folk House Game

Details

20 min

15:05 Installation of black yarn stretched over an empty house

Shiota Chiharu, "House Memory"

The "House Memory" is made of black wool yarn stretched in every direction from the first floor to the ceiling of an empty house. Woven into the yarn are "things that are unwanted but cannot be thrown away" collected from local residents. Please enjoy viewing this work while remembering the silkworm raising that took place on the second floor, and the lifestyle of the young couple and their parents who lived in the house.

Folk House

Details

5 min

15:25 A large scale installation occupying the entire closed school

"The Last Class" by Christian Boltanski and Jean Kalman

The artwork enclosed the memories of the closed primary school which stands in the region covered with a thick blanket of snow for more than half of the year. Visitors will be immersed in the world of the artwork created by contemporary artist and light artist.

Closed School

Details

55 min

18:00 Returns to Echigo-Yuzasa Sta., the tour completes.

Notice

*The guide will be available only in Japanese

*Itineraries are subject to change or cancellation due to natural disasters or road conditions.

*We will assign you a seat on the bus. If you have a companion for another application, please enter it in the remarks column.。

*Since Matsudai Castle is located at an elevation of 384m, visitors walk along a paved mountain path in the Joyama area. (about 15 minutes uphill and 50 minutes downhill). Please bring shoes that are easy to walk in and take off, a hat and drink on hot days, and rain gear in case of rain.

*Tour sales and operation may be canceled due to the spread of the coronavirus. The decision to implement

*We ask for your cooperation in taking local measures against coronavirus infection when participating in the tour.

*Arrival time at the final destination may be changed. Please make sure to reserve your return Shinkansen train with enough time to spare.

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Summary

Dates	April: 30/ May: 5, 14, 21/ Jun: 4, 12, 18, 25/ Jul: 2, 16, 23/ Sep: 3,10/ Oct: 8,15, 22, 29/ Nov: 3, 5
Admission	General (elementary school students and older) ¥12,500→¥7,500/ Toddler (3-5 years old) ¥5,000→¥2,500/ ¥0 for children under 3 years old In case a meal or a seat on the bus is required, the infant fee will be charged. (Including bus fare, lunch, guide fee, and tax) A special ticket is necessary to participate in the tour. If you do not have a ticket, please purchase it when you book the tour.
Deadline	6:00 p.m. on the day before the tour date
Origin / Destination	Echigo Yuzawa Sta. East Exit Bus Terminal
Transportation	Charter bus（Minami-Echigo Kotsu)
Capacity	25 (minimum number of reminders: 1)
Host	Travel planning and execution: Niigata Prefecture Governor's Registered Travel Agency Region-440, NPO Echigo-Tsumari Satoyama Collaborative Organization 3743-1 Matsudai, Tokamachi-shi, Niigata Prefecture, Japan Travel Agents Association regular member 025-761-7749 / tour@tsumari-artfield.com
Note	–The guide will be available only in Japanese. -Please read the terms and conditions of this tour, including the cancellation policy, before participating. NPO Echigo-Tsumari Satoyama Collaborative Organization Travel Conditions NPO Echigo-Tsumari Satoyama Collaborative Organization Standard Conditions of Travel 【Inquiries】Echigo-Tsumari Art Field Information Centre at +81 (0)25-761-7767 (9:00-18:00, closed on Tuesday and Wednesday MAIL：officialtour@tsumari-artfield.com

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