The hot word from July 28th to August 3rd is... "arts festival." The Yokohama Triennale opened on the 1st, the Shinano Primitive Sense Art Festival opened on the 2nd, and the Sapporo International Art Festival 2014, which started last month, is sponsored by Louis Vuitton as an official grand partner.

■Yokohama Triennale 2014 opens. Morimura Yasumasa talks about "forgetfulness"
This large-scale art exhibition is held in Yokohama every three years. Morimura Yasumasa serves as artistic director.

■A Photographic Guide to the Yokohama Triennale: A Quest for Oblivion
Under the title "The Art of Fahrenheit 451: At the Center of the World Is an Ocean of Oblivion," which alludes to Ray Bradbury's science fiction novel "Fahrenheit 451," which depicts a world where reading and owning books are forbidden, we will explore over 400 works that focus on "oblivion" through 70 photographs!

■Yokohama Triennale Held by People with Disabilities. Participants include Manabe Daito, Minagawa Akira, and others
The "Yokohama Paratriennale 2014" is being held concurrently with the Yokohama Triennale. This international exhibition of contemporary art is born from the collaboration between people with disabilities and professionals from a variety of fields.

■Louis Vuitton supports Sapporo International Art Festival in the forest
The theme is "City and Nature." A variety of performance art is planned. Ryuichi Sakamoto will be guest director, and the festival will feature an installation that collects bioelectric potential data from trees and converts it into music.

■Primitive Senses Art Festival to Share "Art of Living" to be Held in Nagano
This year's theme for the 5th festival is "Water Song Festival" ("Utagaki" means a meeting place where men and women would recite poems to each other in ancient times). It is an art festival focusing on lifestyle and food.

Why not visit during the summer holidays?