Tsunagi, Kumamoto – Outdoor Art Town / 緑と彫刻の町 – 津奈木町 熊本 Best Quality Edit

This is a better quality video of the livestream shared on Feb, 28. The video and sound is much better. Watch this!

Chapters
04:45 Akasaki Elementary School & Benten Island
18:55 Ishidama Garden, Tatsu Butsu – Tsunagi Art Museum, (art in a park)
26:31 Town walk with Hamada-san
1:04:18 Chatting with Yukari Ohira (artist)
1:12:53 Monorail ride up mountain
1:19:10 View from atop the mountain

This will be a very special episode in which we walk around a relatively unknown town in the most southern part of Kumamoto Prefecture. Located along the Shiranui inland sea, it features picturesque mountains and a calm seascape. In this small town with a population of about 4,400, the city has been developing through art since 1984. Sculptures have been placed all over the town, and an art project is being carried out at a former elementary school that appears to be floating on the sea.

熊本県南部に位置し、西は八代海、東南北は山に囲まれる津奈木町。人口4,400人程の小さなこの町では、アートによる町づくりが1984年から続いています。町中には彫刻が置かれ、海の上に浮かぶ小学校跡ではアートプロジェクトが行われるなど、小さな町のやさしい活動が気になります。天草の対岸、水俣の隣にある美しい小さな町のリアルな様子をお届けします！

Tsunagi Official Website (Japanese language): https://tsunagi-minagi.jp/

Thanks to Hamada-san fro guiding us and to artist Yukari Ohira for showing us Tsunagi. We can’t wait to come back!

Yukari Ohira – Artist – Website
https://hirahirahicchi-home.jimdofree.com/

Check Fukuoka’s various media for notification of our upcoming report on Tsunagi in English and Japanese (mid-March 2022)
Fukuoka Now website: https://www.fukuoka-now.com/