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Northern Alps Art Festival 2024 – Please check before visiting

Important Notice

We would like to inform you about the checkpoints for visiting the Northern Alps Art Festival 2024. Please read this before coming to the exhibition and enjoy viewing the works on the day.


■ Period:
September 13 (Fri) – November 4 (Mon), 2024
 *Closed on Wednesdays


■ Viewing Time:
9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.


■ Information Center
When you arrive in Omachi City, please stop by information center first. You can get the passport for viewing works, tickets for various events, guide maps, traffic information, etc. There are also official goods and local souvenirs.

【Shinano Omachi Station Information Center】
・Address: 3168-9 Omachi, Omachi City
・Operating day: August 3 (Sat) – November 4 (Mon, holiday) * Open only on weekdays before the exhibition, open every day during the exhibition period
・Opening hours: 8:30-18:00
・Parking: Omachi Municipal Parking Lot (free) * Parking lot in front of the station is free for up to 60 minutes

【East Information Center】
・Address: 16784 Mima, Omachi City (Roadside Station Poka Poka Land Mima premises)
・Operating day: September 13 (Friday) to November 4 (Monday / holiday) * Closed on Wednesdays
・Opening hours: 9:00-17:00
・Parking: Roadside Station Poka Poka Land Miasa Parking Lot (free)

【South Information Center】
・Address: 6367-26 Tokiwa, Omachi City (JA Daihoku Agricultural Produce Market Ekko no Sato Premises)
・Operating day: September 13 (Fri) to November 4 (Mon / holiday) *Closed on Wednesdays
・Opening hours: 9:00-17:00
・Parking: JA Daihoku Agricultural Produce Market Ekko no Sato parking lot (free)


■ The Works that Require a Separate Admission Fee with Viewing Passport
 Staying in Time  Motoi Yamamoto (Japan)
* “Salt Road Chojiya” admission fee (200 yen required)


■ Works at a Distance from the Parking Lot
A Whisper in the Eye of the Storm Caitlind R.C. Brown & Wayne Garrett (Canada)
*12 minutes on foot (with height difference)

Forestry Art North Alps Foresters Group (Japan)
*13 minutes on foot (with height difference)

Memories of Water Aleksandra Kovaleva & Kei Sato / KASA (Russia,Japan)
*10 minutes on foot

Dormant Recollections  Rui Sasaki (Japan)
*10 minutes on foot

Tangible Landscape Mé (Japan)
*10 minutes on foot (with height difference)

Soami Project, Monochrome —Omachi Ian Kea (UK)
*10 minutes on foot (with height difference)


■ Other Precautions
Shinano Omachi is a “mountain weather” where the weather is changeable. Please bring a hat, folding umbrella, jacket, etc. It is recommended to prepare a plastic bag and walk in comfortable shoes.


■ Contact
Northern Alps International Art Festival Executive Office
E-mail: info@shinano-omachi.jp