November 6, 2012

Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale, Part XVIII/大地の芸術祭、パート18

On November 5, I made another (6th) trip to Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale.  This art festival ended on September 17, but many of the artworks, 165 out of 382, as of November 6, are still on display.
Among others, I wanted to see this particular work:
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Restaurant Gives Orders
西洋料理店 山猫軒
because I liked the idea of converting a famous short story of Miyazawa Kenji into an art form.

11月5日、また大地の芸術祭に行きました(6回目)。この芸術祭は9月17日に終わっていますが、多くの作品(11月6日現在、382のうち165)が、まだ展示されています。
その中でも、私が特に見たかったのはこの作品です:
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Restaurant Gives Orders
西洋料理店 山猫軒
宮沢賢治の有名な短編小説を芸術形式に具現化するというアイディアが気に入ったからです。

If you wonder what is written on all these doors, here are links to the Japanese and English versions of the novel:
The Restaurant That Has Many Orders -WILDCAT HOUSE-
注文の多い料理店~山猫亭~

If you are a learner of Japanese, you may find this site useful:
日本語を学んでいる人には、このサイトが役立つかもしれません:
日本語(Japanese) & 英語(English) 注文の多いレストラン

5 comments:

anon said...

warning! invisible walls detected! :D

Fräulein Trude said...

Invisible cat hidden by invisible walls. Nice story.

Hiroyuki said...

anon and Kiki: Thanks for your comments.

When I was younger, I just thought the story to be strange. Now that I'm older, I find it quite interesting.

Fräulein Trude said...

Hiroyuki do you know this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VjndVKWDo0&feature=relmfu

The artwork is incredible good.

Hiroyuki said...

Kiki: Thanks! I've never thought of searching for videos based on the short story.

The one you linked to is good, but I prefer this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcL7XbwkUGA

And, I didn't know that there is a restaurant named after the title of the story:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k47m6JrMKxU&feature=related

http://tabitano.main.jp/4yamaneko.html