[The Forest Festival of the Arts Okayama] A two-day, one-night tour of all the artworks by rental car
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The international art festival "The Forest Festival of the Arts Okayama" will be held in the northern part of Okayama Prefecture in the fall of 2024. We would like to introduce the "Art Appreciation Course" where you can rent a car to tour and enjoy all the art works!
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Okayama Prefecture is located in the Chuo of Western Japan, and is known as the "Land of Sunshine" due to its warm climate and little rain throughout the year. It is conveniently located halfway between famous tourist spots such as Kyoto, Osaka, and Hiroshima, and is also the gateway to Shikoku via the Great Seto Bridge. Okayama is also known as the "Fruit Kingdom," and the fruits that grow in the warm climate of the Seto Inland Sea and sunshine are of the highest quality in terms of sweetness, aroma, and flavor. You can enjoy seasonal fruits such as white peaches, Muscat grapes, and Pione grapes! Okayama is also home to world-famous tourist spots such as Okayama Castle, Okayama Korakuen Garden, one of Japan's three most famous gardens, and Kurashiki Bikan Historical Quarter, which are renowned for their history, culture, and art!
Required time
2 days/1 night
Transportation
Car
What is The Forest Festival of the Arts Okayama?
[Event Period]
Saturday, September 28, 2024 – Sunday, November 24, 2024
[Event area]
12 municipalities in Okayama Prefecture (Tsuyama City, Takahashi City, Niimi City, Maniwa City, Mimasaka City, Mimasaka City, Kagamino Town, Kagamino Town Town, Nagi Town, Nishiawakura Village, Kumenan Town, Misaki Town)
[Cities and towns where art works are installed]
Tsuyama City, Niimi City, Maniwa City, Kagamino Town, Nagi Town
[Art Director] Yuko Hasegawa
[Tickets]
Advance tickets: June 7th (Fri) - September 27th (Fri), 2024 On the day: September 28th (Sat) - November 24th (Sun), 2024
*Single-venue tickets can be purchased at the exhibition venue during the exhibition period.
You can use it any time during the art festival. You can enter each venue only once.
The viewing passport allows re-entry only on the same day of admission.
Please have the 2D barcode on your viewing passport authenticated at the entrance to each venue before entering.
◎ Viewing Passport
・General: Advance ticket 2,500 yen, same-day ticket 3,000 yen
・University and vocational students: Advance ticket: 1,500 yen, same-day ticket: 2,000 yen
・High school students and younger, people with disabilities, etc.: Free ◎Single-theater ticket
・General public, university students, and vocational students: 700 yen for free facilities, facility admission fee for fee-paying facilities
・High school students and younger, people with disabilities, etc.: Free *Please be sure to check in advance with each facility regarding admission fees for paid facilities.
* Free admission for those who have a physical disability certificate, a rehabilitation certificate, a mental health and welfare certificate, or a document proving that they are a patient with an intractable disease, and one caregiver. (The reduction will also be applied if you show the disability certificate app "Mirairo ID.")
*For artworks installed in public places, it is not necessary to purchase an admission ticket.
* Single-facility tickets for high school students and younger and people with disabilities at some facilities may require an additional fee.
* Tickets will not be refunded or reissued after purchase. Please check the tickets on the official website for ticket sales locations (online, in-store, etc.).
Introducing the "Art Appreciation Course" where you can enjoy viewing all the works!
Day 1
1
Okayama Airport
2
Okayama station
Rent a car near Okayama Station (Okayama Airport)
1 hour 20 minutes by car
3
Ikura Cave
20 minutes by car
4
Manabinomori Niimi Library (Niimi City Chuo Library)
Lunch in Niimi City
25 minutes by car
5
Makido Cave
60 minutes by car
6
GREENable HIRUZEN
30 minutes by car
7
Yubara Hot Spring
Departure from accommodation
Day 2
30 minutes by car
8
Katsuyama Townscape Preservation District
50 minutes by car
9
Okutsukei Valley
40 minutes by car
Lunch in Tsuyama City
10
Tsuyama Castle (Kakuzan Park)
10 minutes by car
11
Green Hills Tsuyama
Okayama Prefecture, known as the "Fruit Kingdom," is also popular as a city of fruit parfaits, and to coincide with the Forest Art Festival, a new special parfait has been created to symbolize the area's culinary abundance.
The recipe was developed by Suzuka Shigetoshi, a local from Misaki Town who won the world's most prestigious Western confectionery competition held in France.
You can enjoy this dish at "THE HILLS HOUSE TSUYAMA" located in Green Hills Tsuyama. Please take this opportunity to try it!
*Advance reservations required (TEL: 0868-27-8022) Closed: Tuesdays and the third Wednesday of every month
30 minutes by car
12
Nagi Town Museum of Contemporary Art
1 hour 30 minutes by car
Return the rental car near Okayama Station (Okayama Airport)
13
Okayama station
14
Okayama Airport
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Okayama Prefecture is located in the Chuo of Western Japan, and is known as the "Land of Sunshine" due to its warm climate and little rain throughout the year. It is conveniently located halfway between famous tourist spots such as Kyoto, Osaka, and Hiroshima, and is also the gateway to Shikoku via the Great Seto Bridge. Okayama is also known as the "Fruit Kingdom," and the fruits that grow in the warm climate of the Seto Inland Sea and sunshine are of the highest quality in terms of sweetness, aroma, and flavor. You can enjoy seasonal fruits such as white peaches, Muscat grapes, and Pione grapes! Okayama is also home to world-famous tourist spots such as Okayama Castle, Okayama Korakuen Garden, one of Japan's three most famous gardens, and Kurashiki Bikan Historical Quarter, which are renowned for their history, culture, and art!
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