Revitalizing Rural Japan: the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale
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9 years ago
Revitalizing Rural Japan: the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale Multinational Crowds Throng to Art Festival in Niigata Prefecture The Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale is a spectacularly successful example of energizing regional revitalization with art. Depopulation has enervated vast swaths of the Japanese countryside, and Japan's national and local governments are undertaking diverse initiatives targeted at revitalizing cities, towns, and villages in nonurban regions of the nation.
I have close friends in this region and one of my kids was born there. Some of the artwork are bizarre, but others are great. And they do a great job in maintaining them too. Some of the outdoor installations have to be covered or even removed before the winter, since about 4 m of snow accumulates. ..
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