3-4-5 Kamisakurada, Yamagata City

◆ Eve of the festival: “Singing for Life – Singing with Zao”
Date : August 31 (Sat.) 15:30~17:15
*A reception will be held after the event.
Venue : Zao Onsen (indoor facility)
Fee : Free (application required)

Part 1: Talk
Hours : 15:30~16:30 (scheduled)
Guests : Kon Ito, Toshiro Inaba, Keijiro Suga
Moderator : Satoshi Koganezawa

Part 2: Live
Hours: 16:45~17:15 (scheduled)
Guest: Kenta Maeno
Moderator : Satoshi Koganezawa

Traveling exhibition + performance
Song of a Single Flower

● Dawn – Between here and there
Mokichi Saito, Keijiro Suga, Naoto Sunohara, Keisuke Yamamoto
Date : September 1 (Sun.) to 16 (Mon.)
Hours : 10:00~17:00
Venue : Tohoku University of Arts and Science THE WALL map A
Fee : Free

Morning – Born and waking up
Keiichi Ikegami, Ayano Harada, Keisuke Yamamoto
Date : September 1 (Sun.) to 16 (Mon.)
Hours : 10:00~17:00
Venue : Maruden map B
Fee : Free

Morning – Good morning
Shibuya Nana
Date : September 1 (Sun.) to 16 (Mon.) (not on September 3 and 10)
Hours : 11:00~19:00
Venue : ZAO stand MY map C
Fee : Free

● Daytime – Time flows by
Yuriko Asano, Keijiro Kan, Naoto Sunohara, Yuka Yamato
Date : September 1 (Sun.) to 16 (Mon.)
Hours : 10:00~17:00
Venue : Yamagata City Zao Gymnasium Small Athletic Meet Map F
Fee : Free

● Night – Sleep, rebirth
Daisuke Nagaoka + Sadafumi Hama
Date : September 1 (Sun.) to 16 (Mon.)
Venue : World Cafe PALETTE map H
Fee : Free

● Night – Good night
Shibuya Nana
Date : September 1 (Sun.) to 16 (Mon.)
Hours : 11:00~16:00
Venue : Zao Four Seasons Hotel Lounge map I
Fee : Free

● Zao Song Path
Kon Ito, Kenta Maeno
Date : September 1 (Sun.) to 16 (Mon.)
Hours : 10:00~17:00
Venue : Zao Onsen locations map 1-22
Price : Free

● Poet Mokichi Saito Zao Literary Path
Mokichi Saito
Period : Permanent exhibition
Venue : Zao Onsen locations map★
Fee : Free

● Presentation of results of the human resources development program “Materials for Curation: Walking, Words, and Images”
Course participants
Date : September 1 (Sun.) to 16 (Mon.)
Hours : 10:00~17:00
Venue : Tohoku University of Arts and Science THE WINDOW, Maruden map A and B
Fee : Free

● Human resource development course “Curation Materials: Walking, Words, and Video” Public event “Walking through Zao Onsen”
Kenichi Okayasu, Keijiro Suga, Atsushi Hirano, Yuka Yamato, Satoshi Koganezawa
Date : September 1 (Sun.)
Hours : 13:00~17:00
Venue : Yamagata City Zao Gymnasium Meeting room map F
Fee : Free

● Dance performance “Hitohi no Parade – Mokichi, the Sky and the Landlady’s Song”
Osamu Sunareo, Masaaki Kikuchi, Yuka Sato, Yugo Yokota, Yumi Kato, Kyoko Kaneko, Hiroshi Nakamura, Shingo Kawaguchi, Keiichi Ikegami, Keijiro Suga, and other participants in the dance workshop
Date : September 7 (Sat.) 15:00 & September 8 (Sun.) 13:00
Location : Takayu-dori street, Sukawa Onsen Shrine, Uwanodai slopes, etc. map B, C, D, E
Fee : Free

● Curator tour “Walking around Zao Uta no Michi”
Satoshi Koganezawa
Date : September 14 (Sat.)
Hours : 13:00~16:00
Venue : Various locations at Zao Onsen
Fee : Free
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Art Events
Mountains, Earth, and Tea

To all those who rise from the darkness
Tomiyuki Kaneko
Date : September 1 (Sun.) to 16 (Mon.)
Hours : 10:00~17:00
Venue : Sukawa Onsen Shrine map E
Fee : Free

Talk event
Date : September 1 (Sun.)
Hours : 16:00~17:00

● Sleeping space | Awai no Iori
Watanabe Kichita
Date : September 1 (Sun.) to 16 (Mon.)
Hours : 10:00~17:00
Venue : Omiya Ryokan Parking Lot G
Fee : Free

● Sleeping space | A bench that blends into the scenery
Watanabe Kichita
Period : September 1 (Sun.) to 16 (Mon.)
Hours : 10:00~17:00
Venue : Kamo no Yachi Swamp map J-1
Fee : Free

● Sleeping Space｜Study 04/Iron
Akimoto Misuzu
Period : September 1 (Sun.) to 16 (Mon.)
Hours : 10:00~17:00
Venue : Kamo no Yachi Swamp map J-2
Fee : Free

● Sleeping Space｜Study 06/Resin
Akimoto Misuzu
Date : September 1 (Sun.) to 16 (Mon.)
Hours : 10:00~17:00
Venue : Kamo no Yachi Swamp map J-3
Fee : Free

● Collect natural materials from fieldwork to create the scent of the land
air.i
Date : September 1 (Sun.) 10:00~13:00
September 14 (Sat.) 13:00~15:00
September 15 (Sun.) 17:00~19:00
Venue : Tohoku University of Arts and Science
Kamonoyachi Swamp Tennis Court Small Map A, J
Fee : 6,000 yen (3-day workshop + incense/application required)

● Kanto Tomokichi
SCREWDRIVER (Takashi Ishizaki, Asako Koyama, Masahiro Tomii, Soichiro Fukai, Ayato Fujiwara, Tomoki Yasui)
Dates : September 7 (Sat.) and 8 (Sun.)
Hours : 10:00~16:00
Venue : Kamo no Yachi Swamp Garden Space map J
Fee : Free (there is a fee for merchandise such as Mokichi drones)

● Contemporary Tea Sutra Chapter 2: Yamaizumi Sencha Yukai
Daisuke Nagaoka and Soichiro Fukai
Dates : September 7 (Sat.) and 8 (Sun.)
Hours : 10:00~16:00
Venue : Kamo no Yachi Swamp Garden Space map J
Fee : Free

● SUNSHINE JUICE in ZAO
Dates : September 7 (Sat.) and 8 (Sun.)
Hours : 10:00~17:00
Venue : Kamo no Yachi Swamp Tennis Court Small map J

Talk event
“Being aware of wholeness: the circulation of soil, food, body and mind”
Date : September 7 (Sat.)
Hours : 16:00~17:00
Venue : Kamo no Yachi Swamp Tennis Court Small map J
Cast : Konori (CEO of Sunshine Juice), Toshiro Inaba (Artistic Director of Yamagata Biennale/Doctor)
*No advance reservations required.

Workshop
“Cosmic Compost – Experience the cycle by making compost from juice residue”
Date : September 8 (Sun.)
Hours : 15:00~16:00
Venue : Kamo no Yachi Swamp Tennis Court Small map J
Instructor : Konori *No prior reservations required

● Nagai Brewery Craftsman’s BAR
Shigeru Murakami
Dates : September 7 (Sat.) and 8 (Sun.)
Hours : 10:00~16:00

● Ceramics Market on the Mountain
Dates : September 7 (Sat.) and 8 (Sun.)
Hours : 10:00~16:00
Venue : Kamonoyachi Numa Tennis Court Small map J
Fee : Free (free admission and some items are for sale)

Mountains and People
Dates : September 7 (Sat.) and 8 (Sun.)
Hours : 10:00~16:00
Venue : Kamo no Yachi Swamp Tennis Court Small map J

● Wild Blooming Stone
Koji Furumon
Date : September 7 (Sat.)
Part 1 : 10:30~12:30
Part 2 : 13:30~15:30
Venue : Kamo no Yachi Swamp Tennis Court Small map J
Fee : 3,000 yen (for both parts 1 and 2/application required)

● Seasonal Changes: Eating from the Fields
Saki Watanabe
Date : September 8 (Sun.)
Part 1 : 12:00~13:30
Part 2 : 14:00~15:30
Venue : Kamo no Yachi Swamp Garden Space map J
Fee : 3,000 yen (for both parts 1 and 2/application required)
※Part 1 is fully booked.

● Enjoy a hot spring treatment with Yutori You Treat
Toshiro Inaba, Yutaka Matsuura/Noriko Misumi
Dates : September 14 (Sat.) and 15 (Sun.)
Hours : 9:00~15:00
Venue : Kamo no Yachi Swamp Garden Space Zao Onsen, Shimauma
map J and others
Fee : 6,000 yen (application required)
※Both days are fully booked.

The path along which the soul flows becomes a dragon vein that emits light without any barriers.
Emiko Umui
Date : September 14 (Sat.)
Part 1 : 10:00~12:30
Part 2 : 13:00~15:30
Venue : Kamo no Yachi Swamp Garden Space map J
Fee : 4,500 yen (for both parts 1 and 2/application required)

● Yuen
Hiromichi Takahashi (ceramist), Tohoku University of Arts and Science student volunteer
Dates : September 14 (Sat.) and 15 (Sun.)
Hours : 10:00~16:00
Venue : Kamo no Yachi Swamp Garden Space map J
Fee : Free

● Runaway Chill
Yuji Ueno
Dates : September 14 (Sat.) and 15 (Sun.)
Hours : 10:00~17:00
Venue : Kamo no Yachi Swamp Tennis Court Small map J
Fee : Free

Mountain of the Earth’s Veins
Yuji Ueno
Date : September 14 (Sat.)
Hours : 15:30~16:15
Venue : Kamo no Yachi Swamp Tennis Court Large map J
Price : Free

Soil and People
Dates : September 14 (Sat.) and 15 (Sun.)
Hours : 10:00~18:00
Venue : Kamo no Yachi Swamp Tennis Court Small map J
Fee : Free
*Live performances and shadow puppet shows will be suspended on both days.

Participating exhibitors
・Uneune Small Farm
・Umayado Shoten
・Garden Damai
・Genpachi
・cookie girl
・gira e gira
・Ewa Madame.K
・Sumiya no Kurashi
・SLOW JAM
・Shonai Cooperative Farm
・Hanazen
・mountain△grocery
・Mameya Haron
・Yanome Kojiya

● Impro Taichi Tai Chi Workshop & Session ~ Beautiful and Lively Tai Chi ~
Keita Seto / Tama Seto
Date : September 14 (Sat.) 14:30~16:00 and 15 (Sun.) 14:00~15:00
Venue : Kamo no Yachi Swamp Tennis Court Small map J
Fee : Free (paid programs available)
Application required

● Kazunori Kumagai Tap Live
Kazunori Kumagai
Date : September 14 (Sat.)
Hours : 17:00~18:00 (doors open at 16:30)
Venue : Kamo no Yachi Swamp Tennis Court Small map J
<Advance ticket prices>
Adults (high school students and above) : 3,000 yen *Advance tickets are free for junior high school students and below

● Nature and people, food and wine
Yoichiro Sato & Yu Takeda (POURPIER)
Date : September 15 (Sun.)
Hours : 12:00~15:00
(15:00~17:00 wine stand)
Venue : Kamonoyachi Swamp Garden Space map J
Fee : 3,000 yen (70 plate lunches only, cash only)

● Sunset live performance of “Shadow Art and Music” by Kawamura Koheisai x Tonchi x Kakudo Mami duo
Kohei Kawamura, Tonchi, Tsunoda Makoto, Iwao Yumiko
Date : September 15 (Sun.)
Hours : 16:00~19:00
Venue : Kamo no Yachi Swamp Tennis Court Small map J
<Advance ticket prices>
Adults (high school students and above) : 4,000 yen *Advance tickets are free for junior high school students and below
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Exhibition
Contemporary Yamagata
The Mountain Sings

● Modern Yamagata Thoughts Prologue
Eizo Tsutaya
Date : September 1 (Sun.) to 16 (Mon.)
Hours : 10:00~17:00
Venue : Tohoku University of Arts and Science THE TOP map A
Fee : Free

Mountains and Faith
Hiroko Okazaki, Tomiyuki Kaneko, Hiroaki Kano, Takuro Goto, Mokichi Saito, and Ayuka
Date : September 1 (Sun.) to 16 (Mon.)
Hours : 10:00~17:00
Venue: Tohoku University of Arts and Science THE TOP map A
Fee : Free

● Changes in Zao (Memories of the Mine)
Ninashi Kakuhari, Modern Fujin Raijinko, Fujinari Suzuki, Eizo Tsutaya
Date : September 1 (Sun.) to 16 (Mon.)
Hours : 10:00~17:00
Venue : Tohoku University of Arts and Science THE TOP map A
Fee : Free

● Changing Zao (Memories of War)
Kozo Naganuma
Date : September 1 (Sun.) to 16 (Mon.)
Hours : 10:00~17:00
Venue : Tohoku University of Arts and Science THE TOP map A
Fee : Free

● Birth of a sacred place
Taro Okamoto, Yuki Shino, Toru Nakazaki
Date : September 1 (Sun.) to 16 (Mon.)
Hours : 10:00~17:00
Venue : Tohoku University of Arts and Science THE TOP map A
Fee : Free

The Crisis of the Holy Land
A Study on the Modern Wind and Thunder Gods (Hiroaki Ido)
Date : September 1 (Sun.) to 16 (Mon.)
Hours : 10:00~17:00
Venue : Tohoku University of Arts and Science THE TOP map A
Fee : Free

Carrying a mountain
Daisuke Nagaoka + Sadafumi Hama
Date : September 1 (Sun.) to 16 (Mon.)
Hours : 10:00~17:00
Venue : Tohoku University of Arts and Science THE TOP map A
Fee : Free

● Epilogue of Contemporary Yamagata
Mamoru Shikano, Takuro Goto, and Ito Taga
Date : September 1 (Sun.) to 16 (Mon.)
Hours : 10:00~17:00
Venue : Tohoku University of Arts and Science THE TOP map A
Fee : Free

Talk event: “Unearthing forgotten memories of history”
Hiroko Okazaki and Toru Nakazaki
Date : September 1 (Sun.)
Hours : 10:00~12:00
Venue : Tohoku University of Arts and Science THE TOP map A
Fee : Free

● Gallery tour with the director
Hiroko Okazaki, Toru Nakazaki, Natsunosuke Mise, Akio Miyamoto
Dates : September 1 (Sun.), 8 (Sun.), 15 (Sun.)
Hours : 14:00~15:00
Venue : Tohoku University of Arts and Science THE TOP map A
Fee : Free *Participation only on September 1 (Sun.)

Inquiry
Tohoku University of Arts and Science
Yamagata Biennale Office
☎ 023-627-2218