Announcement: Gero Art Discovery 2026 Now Open
Gero Art Discovery 2026 — Now Announced
Make our Hotel your base and enjoy art × Onsen × local cuisine.
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An international art festival in one of Japan’s most remote regions, where forests and Onsen, historic highways and a former school come together.
Artists from 14 countries and regions—more than 58 groups in total—will gather here.
Works will be presented across lush forests, the atmospheric Gero Onsen townscape, the historic streets of Hida-Hagiwara post town,
and a former school built entirely of hinoki cypress.
Art created through deep engagement with the area’s nature, history, and daily life
reflects the relationship between people and nature—and where we have come from, and where we are headed.
Surrender yourself to art and Onsen to free your body, mind, and senses,
and set out on a journey of discovery—rediscovering both the region and yourself.
A new art festival begins here.
September 11 (Fri) – November 8 (Sun), 2026
Closed Tuesdays (open on national holidays)
Artwork Viewing Passport
Adults: JPY 2,500 same-day (JPY 2,000 advance)
Free for high school students and younger
Hagiwara Shopping Street [Viewing Hours] 9:30–18:00
A charming shopping street that once flourished as a post town on the Hida Highway.
Sake breweries, butcher shops, and cafés line the street. The “Tenryo Morning Market” is also held on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays.
Minami-Hida Health Promotion Center [Viewing Hours] 9:30–16:30
A prefectural Facility surrounded by rich forests and rural settlements.
Enjoy ongoing works as well as artworks scattered across a wider area while exploring “Shibi no Mori” forest trails.
On weekends, the marche “Rakuichi Rakaza” is also held.
Former Yuya Elementary School [Viewing Hours] 9:30–17:00
An all-hinoki wooden school building that serves as the stage for “Everyone’s School.”
Built in 1954, it remains a symbol of forestry in Osaka Town, with beautiful original architectural details and wide-plank ceilings still intact.
Around Gero Onsen Area [Viewing Hours] 9:30–17:00
A renowned hot-spring area known for its “beautifying waters.”
Works will be displayed in vacant shops around town as well as beside “Gero Onsen Gassho Village,” in a gassho-style setting.






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