[Free Monitor Tour Participants Wanted] 2-night, 3-day tour to visit 4 art museums in Kagawa and Naoshima (October 29-31, 2024)

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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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Ryobi Tours Co., Ltd.

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/

Table of Contents
3 Special Days Immersed in Art
Tour Schedule
Participation is Free! What is Included in the Plan?
How to Join the Tour

3 Special Days Immersed in Art

This is a luxurious 3-day, 2-night tour where you can fully enjoy art at 4 museums: 3 representative art museums in Takamatsu and Marugame, Kagawa Prefecture, and the Chichu Art Museum in Naoshima. The Takamatsu Art Museum is an art spot with a modern style and a relaxed atmosphere adjacent to the central shopping arcade, the Kagawa Prefectural Museum is a comprehensive museum that combines the functions of a history museum and an art museum, the Marugame Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art, which is beautifully designed by architect Yoshio Taniguchi and houses about 20,000 works donated by Inokuma, and the Chichu Art Museum, which was established as a place to consider the relationship between nature and humans and is known as the masterpiece of architect Tadao Ando and is highly acclaimed worldwide. You can spend 3 special days immersed in art, just like on this tour.

Date and time

October 29th (Tuesday) - 31st (Thursday), 2024 2 nights and 3 days

Meeting place/Disbanding place

Meeting place: Tuesday, October 29th, JR Shin-Osaka Station 8:30 or JR Okayama Station 9:40

Disbanding: Thursday, October 31st at JR Okayama Station 16:30 or JR Shin-Osaka Station 17:55

Tour Schedule

October 29th (Tuesday) Day 1

JR Shin-Osaka Station 8:53 + + (Shinkansen) + + 9:41 JR Okayama Station 9:50 - Around Uno Port... UNO HOTEL (Lunch) ... Uno Port - (Ferry) - Naoshima Miyanoura Port - Benesse House Museum - Valley Gallery ... Lee Ufan Museum - Chichu Art Museum - 17:30 Naoshima Ryokan Rokasumi (Dinner and Accommodation)

Naoshima Ryokan ROKA

1234 Naoshima-cho, Naoshima-cho, Kagawa-gun, Kagawa Prefecture 761-311...

“Naoshima Ryokan Rokasumi” is located in a good location, just a 2-minute walk from Honmura, the center of Naoshima. This is the island's fi...

Wednesday, October 30th, Day 2

Hotel 9:30... Art House Project - Shimashoku Do Miyanda (Lunch)... I♥Public Bath, Red Pumpkin, Naoshima Pavilion... Miyanoura Port - (Ferry) - Takamatsu Port - Kagawa Prefectural Museum - Yashima Mountain Exchange Center "Yashima-ru" - 18:30 JR Hotel Clement Takamatsu (Dinner & Accommodation)

October 31 (Thursday) Day 3

Hotel 9:15 - Takamatsu Art Museum - Takamatsu Port - (Charter boat) - Marugame Port - Okura Hotel Marugame (Lunch) - Marugame City Genichiro Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art - (Seto Ohashi Bridge) - 16:30 Okayama Station 17:05 + + (Shinkansen) + + 17:55 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 29th 8:53 Shin-Osaka Station or 9:50 Okayama Station) to the return point (October 31st 16:30 Okayama Station or 17:55 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 in groups of three people. (All three people must be foreign visitors residing in Japan or foreign visitors tourists visiting Japan.)

Capacity

9 people (3 people x 3 groups)

*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. 481" in the subject line of the email, and fill in the necessary information from ① to ㉔ (for 3 people) 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 Accompanying person 1 Gender

⑪ Representative 1 Address

⑫Representative 1 email address

⑬Representative 1 mobile phone number

⑭ Tour meeting and departure point (Shin-Osaka Station or Okayama Station)

⑮ Representative 1's favorite artist and work

⑯Food allergies

⑰Names of 2 accompanying persons

⑱Companion 2 Gender

⑲Representative 2 Address

⑳Representative 2 Email Address

㉑Representative 2 mobile phone number

㉒Tour meeting and departure point (Shin-Osaka Station or Okayama Station)

㉓Representative 2's favorite artists and works

㉔Food allergies

Application deadline: Tuesday, September 10, 2024, 18:00

Winners will be notified by email by 18:00 on Friday, September 13, 2024.

Ryobi Tours Co., Ltd. Friends Pack

Ryobi Building 7F, 6-1 Nishikicho, Kita-ku, Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture

Email: fp@ryobi-tours.jp

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Ryobi Tours Co., Ltd.

Okayama

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