The Sower -Hyakunengo Art Festival

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sower

Takeshi Yasura

2024.3.23-5.26 *Closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays (excluding 4.30 and 5.1) | Kimitsu City

``During my inspection, I saw an abandoned JA facility.At the empty entrance, there was a replica of Millet's ``The Sower''.An empty, artificial space, JA While Millet's ``The Sower'' was praised for its powerful image of a farmer, conservatives criticized the painting and saw the sower as a figure challenging the system. That’s right.” (Hara)

Kimitsu City/Yoshikawa Kogyo Minowa Company Housing
• Public hours: 10:00-17:00 (Closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays)
• Area viewing ticket: 500 yen (individual viewing ticket 300 yen)
• Location: 71-2 Minowa, Kimitsu City
• Access: 7 minutes walk from the bus stop “Friendship Hall” or 13 minutes walk from “Yaehara Station”
• Parking: adjacent to the venue
• Free tour bus: [Weekdays] West course [Saturdays and holidays] West course A and C, east-west cross course

In the 1960s, the town's landscape changed completely with the expansion of a steel mill, and the population rapidly increased due to immigration from all over the country. The area around Yaehara is one of the areas that has been strongly affected by the increase in immigration, and many housing complexes have been built there, but these are now being replaced by residential areas. In contrast to the heavily developed urban area, the vast natural beauty of the Boso Hills spreads out inland, and the abundant spring water supports numerous sake breweries and the production of one of the nation's leading "aquatic colors." Also famous are the high-quality native soybeans called ``Koito Native®'' and the wild yam grown in the Seiwa area.