[Free Monitor Tour Participants Wanted] Kagawa Prefecture Naoshima, Teshima, and Megijima Shinro Ohtake Tour (October 8-9, 2024)
This trip is a test tour for the Setouchi Triennale to be held in 2025. We are looking for monitor participants who are interested in art and fine arts to help us evaluate the museums, facilities, meals, etc. visited on the tour from the participants' perspective and fill in a questionnaire.
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Table of Contents
- 2-Day Art Tour of Shinro Ohtake's Masterpieces
- Tour Schedule
- Participation is Free! What is Included in the Plan?
- How to Join the Tour
2-Day Art Tour of Shinro Ohtake's Masterpieces
This two-day, one-night tour follows the footsteps of one of Japan's leading contemporary artists, Shinro Ohtake, who has a fierce creative drive and has produced a vast number of works, from paintings, prints, drawings, sculptures, videos, picture books, sound, essays, installations, and even gigantic structures. You can enjoy viewing his representative works, such as "I♥Yu" on Naoshima, Kagawa Prefecture, "Needle Factory" on Teshima, and "Mekon" on Megijima.
Date and time
October 8th (Tuesday) - 9th (Wednesday), 2024 1 night 2 days
Meeting place/Disbanding place
Meeting place: Tuesday, October 8th, JR Shin-Osaka Station 8:30 or JR Okayama Station 9:40
Disbanding: Wednesday, October 9th at JR Okayama Station 17:30 or JR Shin-Osaka Station 18:43
Tour Schedule
October 8th (Tuesday) Day 1
JR Shin-Osaka Station 8:53 + + (Shinkansen) + + 9:41 JR Okayama Station 9:50 - Uno Port - (Ferry) - Naoshima Miyanoura Port - Shimashoku Do Miyanda (Lunch) ... I♥Yu, Red Pumpkin, Naoshima Pavilion - House Project - Benesse House Museum ... 18:00 Benesse House Park Building (Dinner "Issen, Japanese Cuisine" - Accommodation)
Wednesday, October 9th, Day 2
Hotel 8:40 - Miyanoura Port - (Passenger ship) - Teshima, Ieura Port - Needle Factory - Teshima Art Museum - Island Kitchen (Lunch) - Ieura Port - (Charter ship) - Megi Port... Megane... Megi Port - (Ferry) - Takamatsu Port - (Seto Ohashi Bridge) - 17:30 Okayama Station 17:58 + + (Shinkansen) + + 18:43 Shin-Osaka Station End
*Regarding the itinerary marks above, "++" indicates travel by Shinkansen, "-" indicates travel by bus, "~" indicates travel by boat, and "..." indicates travel on foot.
Participation is Free! What is Included in the Plan?
This is a free monitor tour that does not require any travel fees from customers. The transportation costs, meals, admission fees, etc. included in the above itinerary from the departure point (October 8th, 8:53 Shin-Osaka Station or 9:50 Okayama Station) to the return point (October 9th, 17:30 Okayama Station or 18:43 Shin-Osaka Station) are included in the trip contents, so you can participate for free.
*Please note that you will be responsible for transportation costs from your home etc. to the departure and return points.
*If there are a large number of applicants, a lottery will be held.
How to Join the Tour
Eligible applicants
・foreign visitors residing in Japan and foreign visitors tourists visiting Japan (Japanese nationals are not eligible)
・Please apply as a group of two people. (Both people must be foreign visitors residing in Japan or foreign visitors tourists visiting Japan.)
Capacity
12 people (6 groups of 2 people)
*If there are a large number of applicants, a lottery will be held.
Notes
・Please make sure to check everything carefully before applying to avoid cancellation after your participation in the monitor tour is confirmed.
・Meals provided during monitor tours may not be able to accommodate food allergies. For details, please contact the following.
・Please note that the monitor tour will be recorded in video and photos and will be used for commercial purposes to promote future products and services.
・Please note that the tour guide will speak English.
Application and Inquiry Contact
Please apply by email.
Please write "Monitor Tour Application No. 486" in the subject line of the email, and fill in the necessary information ① to ⑯ below in the body of the email. Please apply to fp@ryobi-tours.jp .
①Name of representative
② Representative gender
③Representative address
④Representative email address
⑤Representative mobile phone number
⑥Tour meeting and departure point (Shin-Osaka Station or Okayama Station)
⑦The representative's favorite artist and work
⑧Food allergies
⑨Name of accompanying person
⑩ Gender of accompanying person
⑪Representative address
⑫Representative email address
⑬Representative mobile phone number
⑭ Tour meeting and departure point (Shin-Osaka Station or Okayama Station)
⑮The representative's favorite artist and work
⑯Food allergies
Winners will be notified by email by 18:00 on Friday, September 13, 2024.
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Email: fp@ryobi-tours.jp
Since our founding in 1971, we have been handling domestic and international travel for over 50 years, and in recent years have expanded our inbound business to include tourists visiting Japan. In particular, our inbound business not only involves arranging accommodation and transportation throughout Japan, mainly in the Seto Inland Sea area, but also arranging international exchange events such as company inspections, medical checkups, and school visits by partnering with medical institutions and local governments, providing excitement and joy to foreign visitors visitors to Japan. Ryobi Tours Co., Ltd. General Website : https://www.ryobi-tours.jp/ Recruitment type package tour Friends Pack https://friendspack.jp/ Setouchi Triennale Official Tourhttps ://ryobi.gr.jp/setouchi-artfest/
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