📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Setouchi Triennale is one of the largest international art festivals in the world that is held every 3 years. Kbi Tai is a volunteer group that provides support to Setouchi Triennale. Volunteers from Japan and all around the world come to the Seto Inland Sea and participate in various activities on different islands (Kbi means shrimp and Tai means troops in Japanese). English website of Setouchi Triennale 2019: https://setouchi-artfest.jp/en/
💼 What the programme involves
- Production and maintenance of artwork- Reception at artworks- Attending visitors to guide in the festival
🏠 Accommodation on site
Volunteers stay at a temple in Takamatsu city and share the rooms (male/female separated) as accommodation. Bedding is provided. Facilities: kitchen, toilet, laundry machine, wi-fi.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
Setouchi is an area in the west part of Japan, located between Shikoku Island and the mainland of Japan including the island sea. Setouchi Islands is ranked 7th of 52 places to go in 2019 by The New York Times. Japans ancient Setouchi region, which includes the Seto Inland Seas islands and coastal areas, will host the Setouchi Trienniale 2019, a major art fair held in three seasonal installments; sites in 2019 include the less-frequented islands of Teshima and Honjima, where you can better experience the balance of nature and art. One hour south of the art islands via ferry or the Shinkansen bullet train, the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, one of Japans most visited sites, reopens in spring 2019 after an eight-year, US dollar51 million refurbishment. Setouchi is also looking to draw a fresh crop of cyclists, with new trails winding through local citrus and olive groves and a dedicated Shimanami bike ferry that opened in October 2018 connecting Japans main island of Honshu to the regions lesser-visited island of Shikoku