About "NAAF"

Dates：
Friday,September 13rd,2024 - Monday,November 4th,2024
Venue：
Omachi City, Nagano Prefecture
Organizer：
Northern Alps Art Festival Executive Committee
Executive Chairman：
Ushikoshi Toru(Mayor of Omachi City)
Honorary Chairman：
Abe Shuichi(Governor of Nagano Prefecture)
General Director：
Kitagawa Fram
Visual Director：
Minagawa Akira

Concept

Water, Trees, Earth, Sky

～The land as atmosphere, transparency, and mass～

Water－Headstream

An overwhelming stream of water surges forth from the mountains of the Northern Alps, shaking each and every sense in our bodies.

Trees－Forest and Plant Life

A rich forest is located on the western rim of the Fossa Magna that divides the Japanese archipelago into east and west. It is home to the “Salt Road” which connects the Shinshu region to the sea, and is a place where the geological features and vegetation of east and west meet.

Earth－The Terrain

Evaporated warm and cold currents are carried by seasonal winds and collide against the Northern Alps. The resulting water falls upon the ground, and together with the forest, nurtures rich soil.

Sky－Azure

The high, blue skies that the people of Shinano gaze up at throughout their lives. Beyond this cherished land, over the mountains, it connects to the vast world.

The Water, Trees, Earth, Sky of the Northern Alps
Overwhelming torrents of water come flowing from the mountains of the Northern Alps.
Omachi City in the Nagano Prefecture lies on the Fossa Magna, which runs through the center of the Japanese archipelago. Surrounded by a series of alluvial fans, it prides rich forests as well as a culture and lifestyle that has been fostered through affluent water sources, and is a region in which the atmosphere of the mountains and daily countryside life come together and overlap. In addition, it is a place that gave birth to prodigious civil engineering works such as the Kurobe Dam and Takase Dam. The Northern Alps Art Festival is an attempt to look out over the mountains from the passages connecting the alluvial fans, while gazing up towards the blue sky from the water and the villages. Vivid and refreshing art works, the water, trees, earth and high skies coalesce to create a cool and clear ambience that encompasses us.

Kitagawa Fram
General Director,Northern Alps Art Festival

Past holding

The first iteration of Northern Alps Art Festival was held in 2017. This was part of a range of activities to build a distinctive community in cooperation with citizens, combining local assets with artistic and cultural creativity to bring out the untapped charms of the place.

Click here for more information