Echigo-Tsumari Art Field canvas 4, Nakate Village, featuring Kuri Mayumi

Echigo-Tsumari Art Field
Nakate Village, Tokamachi, Niigata, canvas 4

The Land Becomes a Canvas and the Festival Begins
Echigo-Tsumari Art Field Artist: Kuri Mayumi
Community Ambassador: Yamaguchi Hiroki
Narrator: Yamaguchi Hikari (Yoshida Junior High School student)

The Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale began in 2000 in the Echigo-Tsumari region in Niigata, which consists of the city of Tokamachi and the town of Tsunan.

This documentary uses the locale as its canvas, showing the charms of the local people, nature, and culture, and how they inspire the artists whose works are featured in the festival.

Director: Wakebe Yasuhito
Creative Director: Hikichi Teruyuki
Project Manager / Producer: Sakai Takamitsu

Echigo-Tsumari Art Field
https://www.echigo-tsumari.jp/en/

Niigata Prefecture, Tokamachi City
https://www.tokamachishikankou.jp/en/

▼Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale
The Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale is one of the largest international art festivals in the world, as well as the pioneer of regional art festivals in Japan. It has provided an alternative way of exploring satoyama by using artwork as the guide. The Echigo-Tsumari Art Field has received fame as an innovator in building community through art, both within Japan and internationally.

The Echigo-Tsumari region has been cultivating rice under the harsh conditions imposed by heavy snowfall since the Jomon era (10,000–300 B.C.). Local people have been exploring the inseparable relationship between human beings and nature while managing their tight-knitted communities. This is the origin of the concept that “human beings are part of nature,” which has become the overarching concept for every installation. Regional development in the Echigo Tsumari region is advanced with the aim of presenting a model for how people can coexist with nature.

▼Kuri Mayumi “builds crowd”＊Parmanently Closed
An installation of small light boxes resembling buildings in the Echigo-Tsumari region. An installation of small light boxes resembling buildings in the Echigo-Tsumari region. Each house was photographed while Kuri toured the Yoshida area of Tokamachi City, and was then reproduced as a small three-dimensional box. The small light boxes are lit up by internal lanterns. Through the warm light radiating from the work, the breath and memories of a life that certainly exists in the Yoshida area emerge in the darkness.
https://www.echigo-tsumari.jp/en/art/...

▼Tokamachi
Tokamachi is full of attractions such as art, nature, and gourmet food. Spend time contemplating the works of art you encounter or be healed by the beauty of the natural landscape. Experience gourmet foods and unique hot springs only found in Tokamachi.

Take a tour by following a recommended route, or design your own trip by choosing places tailored to your interest.

Come enjoy “My Trip Tokamachi:”
https://www.tokamachishikankou.jp/en/

▼Japan Heritage “The Ultimate Snow Country: Tokamachi - Fairytale Land of Snowfall”
The Agency for Cultural Affairs recognizes “Japan Heritage” sites as places that tell the story of Japanese culture and traditions through their historic charm and unique characteristics. The purpose of the Japan Heritage Program is to revitalize the region by promoting locations that display tangible and intangible cultural properties, and strategically publicizing the information both domestically and internationally.

In 2020, Tokamachi's story, “The Ultimate Snow Country: Tokamachi - Fairytale Land of Snowfall” was designated a Japan Heritage.

Learn more at:
http://www.city.tokamachi.lg.jp/yukig...

▼I’m Home! Tokamachi
Tokamachi Relocation Concierge provides online consultation services for those who are considering relocating to Tokamachi or have lived in Tokamachi for around one year. Consultation support is provided for work, housing, child care, and more.

Learn more at:
https://www.city.tokamachi.lg.jp/iju/...

Learn more about Tokamachi at:
https://www.city.tokamachi.lg.jp/engl...