Tsumari (Japan)

Fram Kitagawa, general director of the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale, has been involved in various activities for a long time. His work on picture books and his ...

　　　→ 日本語版 Since this art festival has continued in the same region for 24 years, the presence of time emerges. Various time axes appear in the artworks. Hiroshi...

The English word “landscape” includes scenery, landscape, townscape, topography, etc. One of the attractions of art festivals set in local communities is the la...

The Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial made me think about the real and fake issues in art....

面積760m2、人口７万人の妻有地域を舞台に行われる大地の芸術祭。2000年に始まり、2022年で８回を数え、１回目は16万人だった来訪者も、8回目には60万人近くに成長しました。 Echigo Tsumari Art Triennial is taken place in Tsumari with an area o...

The 9th Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale is held this 2024. 24 years have passed since the first one....

British photographer Johnny Hymas' photo book "Tambo (Rice field)" is a collection of photographs of rice fields taken during his travels in Japan. He took abou...

“Baitu” is a ceremony held in Ohshirakura Village during the Little New Year. Its name goes back to the language of Shugendo (Japanese mountain asceticism), and...

Tsumari is sometimes called a treasure trove of folklore, and the traditional scenery, life, and customs remain....

Tsumari is one of the snowiest areas in Japan, that is, one of the snowiest areas in the world. The snow determines the shape and details of the house....

Tokamachi, the central city of Tsumari, has a population of 50,000 to 100,000, and it snows the most in the world. The maximum snow depth is 391 cm in downtown ...