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Art and Culture
You can’t talk about
art without having seen what Hokuto City has to offer.
Musee Kiyoharu Shirakaba
Dance Hakushu
K*MoPA
(Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts)
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It is said that Hokuto City’s pride
? its magnificent natural environment ? is a constant and strong stimulus to
the creative motivation of artists. For that reason Hokuto City is also known
as the “Forest of the Arts,” and is a gathering place for artists from around
Japan and other countries. For example, the artists’ colony La Roche where Chagall
and Modigliani were living when they were unknowns was relocated to Musee Kiyoharu
Shirakaba, which is still made widely available for use as a creative studio.
Every summer the Hakushu Town “Dance Hakushu” festival, under the leadership
of the world-renowned dancer Min Tanaka, offers a wide array of workshops and
performances including dance, drama, music, performing arts, fine arts, visual
arts, and crafts, which attract many visitors from abroad as well.
The Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts in Takane Town holds a photography contest
called “Young Portfolio” under world-famous master photographer Eikoh Hosoe,
who is the museum’s director. In Nagasaka Town the art museum of the dean of
art, Ikuo Hirayama, has a popular following, while in Kobuchizawa Town there
is now an art museum with a collection of masterpieces from the American artist
Keith Haring. This museum is also gaining prominence abroad. Kobuchizawa also
has an art museum that draws children into other worlds with its large collection
of works by picture book authors. Hokuto City has so many other centers of art
that they cannot all be described here.
In the near future the city plans to issue a “Hokuto City Museum Guide” (provisional
title) to provide information on our many art museums and other museums, so be
watching for it! |
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