Next is Nakasato Village. There are some noted place like the Kiyotsu Strait, known as the third biggest ravine in Japan. In this regoin, you can experience each different space of Nature.

To the Dead, to the Living’, Yoshio Kitayama

The most praiseworthy work is ‘To the Dead, to the Living’ by Yoshio Kitayama. This work appeared at a former Tsuchikura branch school of Nakasato Kiyotsukyo elementary school. The artist built a huge installation using bamboo and paper, and hung a number of small chairs with angel’s wings down from the ceiling inside of gymnasium. Some words are still written on the blackboard of schoolrooms and bookshelves are filled with schoolbooks. It’s a nostalgic space that reminds us of our school days. On the other hand, newspaper clippings and pictures about death are put up on the wall of schoolrooms and it’s a kind of an assimilation of living and death. And you suddenly realize that this school has lost its scholarly function.

‘Fossil’, Nagato Iwasaki

‘Fossil’ by Nagato Iwasaki built twenty figures made from driftwood and placed them in a Kiyotsukyo tunnel. Driftwood created by light, air, salt, sand and layers of natural phenomenon are enveloped in elegance and deep silence in a tunnel. It’s as if it is standing with dignity to tell us something. It actually makes you feel a relationship between human and nature, and the mysterious energy of nature.

‘Set North for Japan’, Richard Wison

‘Set North for Japan’ by Richard Wison who is known for his dynamic contemporary art. He relocated the frame of his house in London to Tsumari, while keeping its original angle to the earth. It links two different environments and cultures in space-time.