Echigo-Tsumari Art Tour Satoyama and Modern Art Experience

Name: Echigo-Tsumari Art Tour Satoyama and Modern Art Experience
Brand: Viator
Price: 255.5 USD
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5.0(1)6 hours - 12 hoursEnglishBook 4 hours aheadNiigata Prefecture, Japan

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This 1-day guided tour offers an immersive experience at the Echigo-Tsumari Art Field, one of the world's largest international art festivals. Explore a unique fusion of art and nature in the picturesque satoyama region.

Highlights include the mesmerizing "Tunnel of Light" at Kiyotsu Gorge and evocative installations like "For Lots of Lost Windows" and "The Last Class." Visit the Matsudai NOHBUTAI Field Museum and MonET, a contemporary art museum featuring works like Leandro Erlich's "Palimpsest: Pond of Sky."

Enjoy a buffet lunch featuring local ingredients. With convenient round-trip options from either Tokyo or Echigo-Yuzawa, this tour is ideal for art enthusiasts, nature lovers, and those seeking unique cultural insights.

Included

National Government Licensed English Guide Interpreter
Lunch
Admission fees and transportation costs included in the tour

Not included

Fees other than those listed in Includes
Drink charges during lunch

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What you'll do

Kiyotsu Gorge
Koide, Tokamachi, Japan
The Kiyotsu Gorge Tunnel, reborn as MAD Architects' "Tunnel of Light," reflects the grand scenery of one of Japan's great gorges. The final observation deck offers a kaleidoscopic view
1 hourAdmission included
Echigo Tsumari Art Field
3743-1 Matsudai, Tokamachi, Japan
"For Losts of Lost Windows": This window frame artwork on an Echigo-Tsumari hill offers seasonal views through swaying curtains. It subtly references windows lost in the 2004 Chuetsu Earthquake, conveying local memories
25 minAdmission included
Echigo Tsumari Art Field
3743-1 Matsudai, Tokamachi, Japan
"The Last Class": Christian Boltanski and Jean Kalman's Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale work in the former Higashikawa Elementary School expresses human absence
35 minAdmission included
Enjoy a buffet-style meal featuring plenty of rice from the rice terraces and fr
esh vegetables
1 hourAdmission included
After lunch, you'll have free time until 3 PM at the MVRDV-designed building, an
artwork in itself, featuring works by world-renowned artists like Ilya & Emilia Kabakov and Yayoi Kusama
40 minAdmission included
Reopened in 2021, this is the main facility for the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale
showcasing art integrated with local nature and culture, including Leandro Erlich's "Palimpsest: Pond of Sky"
1 hourAdmission included

Meeting and pickup

2 locations

Pickup details

Meet your guide holding a JTB Sunrise Tours sign at Tokyo Midtown Yaesu B1F Bus Terminal Tokyo Yaesu B in front of Information. Access: About a 3-minute walk from JR Tokyo Station Yaesu South Exist

Meet your guide holding a JTB Sunrise Tours sign in front of Echigo-Yuzawa Visitor Center in the Echigo Yuzawa Station Concourse (2F).

Good to know

Public transportation options are available nearby
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Depending on vehicle availability, several vehicles may be provided
Cancellation may occur due to traffic obstruction caused by heavy snowfall or inclement weather in the Echigo-Tsumari region
The order of activities and arrival times may differ depending on road conditions and congestion at destinations

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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