📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Following its inaugural running in 2017, the Japan Alps Art Festival takes place in Omachi City once every 3 years. Produced by Fram Kitagawa (creator of the famed Echigo-Tsumari Triennale), Omachis festival attracts world-class artists for some absolutely stunning art installations taking advantage of Omachis picturesque mountain scenery.What makes Omachis art festival so unique is the way the artists incorporate locally- available material and as well as the regions cultural heritage into the make-up and thematic design of the art. While enjoying the visual and emotional beauty of the art installations, volunteers get new perspectives and appreciation of Omachis Alpine beauty as well as its rich culture.Japanese website of Japan Alps Art Festival (Northern Alps Art Festival): https://shinano-omachi.jp/
💼 What the programme involves
-Reception at artworks-Attending visitors to guide in the festival
🏠 Accommodation on site
Volunteers stay at dormitory in Omachi city and share the rooms (male/female separated) as accommodation. Bedding (futon mattress) is provided. Facilities: kitchen, laundry machine.For taking a bath, volunteers go to a spa house.Volunteers manage the provided money for food and buy or prepare meals by themselves.
📍 About the location
Omachi City itself is centered on a 700-meter elevation river valley at the base of the 3000-meter tall Northern Japanese Alps. To the south is Matsumoto City, and to the north are the Nishina Three Lakes and the Hakuba Valley. The Omachi Onsen (hot springs) District is the entrance to the Nagano-side of the Tateyama-Kurobe Dam Alpine Route. Mt. Takagari to the east of the city offers panoramic views of the valley below and the majestic Alps in the distance. Mt. Takagari (meaning the Falconers Mountain) is one of the main sites for the Art Festival installations. https://www.go-nagano.net/en/theme/id=12258https://www.go-nagano.net/en/
ℹ️ Additional information
-Should bring: a hat or a cap, water bottle, sunscreen as working outside under the summer sunshine, long sleeve shirts and long pants to cover your arms and legs, bath towels, facial towels, toothbrush, toothpaste, shampoo, soap, detergent for your laundry, anti-mosquito bites spray, medicine you need.- If you have tattoos on your body, you might need to cover tattoos with a sticker or a cloth when taking a spa.