In association with Orbit Auckland, Te Uru is delighted to open bookings for our 2025 Japan Art Tour.
Join esteemed writer and art historian Linda Tyler, Te Uru Curator James Gatt, and Te Uru Director AD Schierning on an engaging, intimate art tour of Japan that is sure to leave you inspired.
The 11-night tour commences in Tokyo before moving on to Kanazawa, Naoshima, Okayama, and Kyoto. You will visit many of Japan’s most renowned and striking cultural sites with a small group of like-minded art enthusiasts, encountering world-leading and culture-defining unions of art and architecture, including Olafur Eliason’s Colour activity house outside the SANAA-designed 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art in Kanazawa; Monet’s Lilies in purpose-built architecture at Chi Chu Art Museum; James Turell’s light installations on Naoshima Island; numerous architectural marvels designed by Tadao Ando; and Fushimi Inari Shrine, among many others.
Tyler is a seasoned professional, having led numerous art and architecture tours through Japan previously with the University of Auckland. In addition to Tyler, Gatt, and Schierning, the tour also includes a Japanese guide.
Places for the Japan Art Tour are very limited, get in touch to register your interest and receive the full itinerary and details.
Images
- Olafur Eliason, Colour activity house, 2010, 21 Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa
- Tadao Ando, Naoshima Island.