Places of interest near Sori Station
For the detailed info to get to those places, please go see the page, "Map" above.
＜Watarase Art Project 2012 Artworks＞
●Takenoko House *Takenoko means "bamboo shoot" in Japanese.
Artist: Katuya Ando
at a mountainside which is across from Sori Station.
The artist KatuyaAndo creates intereactive installation
inspired by the rituals of purification.
Artist's website:
http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/handhand1319yurehand/23855250.html
Hours：10:00〜17:00（except for rough weather days ）
Free admission
Aceess: approximately 7min. walk from Sori Station
● Kotajima Stoneworks
Artist: Ryo Yamagichi
Ryo Yamaguchi creates large scale installation in a
former stone factory which was used to be one of
Sori's major industries.
Work Title： "Creating Nature（Mountain）"
—We take rocks from a mountin, from the rocks we
make stones. My work attempts to reassemble those
stones into a mountain. —
Artist's website :
http://yamaguchi-ryo.blogspot.com/
Hours：10:00〜17:00, Saturdays and Sundays
Free admission
Aceess: approximately15min. walk from Sori Station
＜Other ＞
●The Museum of Ceramics and Ryokan's Writings
A small museum run by Midori City exhibits a private collection of
Mr. Matsushima which consists of approximately 1,000 Japanese and
East Asian ceramics and several pieces of Monk Ryokan's writings.
Hours：9:00〜17:00 Closed on Mondays
Admission：Adults: 300yen Students under 15: 200yen
Aceess: approximately 1min. walk from Sori Station
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