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The Conscious Traveller: Stay and play amid art that rejuvenates Japan’s rural countryside
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Kiyotsu Gorge is home to Tunnel of Light, one of more than 200 artworks on display in Niigata prefecture as part of the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale.
PHOTO: JACLYNN SEAH
Jaclynn Seah
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NIIGATA – Thumping heartbeats in an abandoned school. A house engulfed in a black spiderweb. Watching a light show through a hole in the ceiling.
These are not the activities one expects on a typical trip to Japan, but are some of the unusual experiences I had on my road trip around southern Niigata.

