To coincide with Hatsuuma (“first day of the horse”), YATO project members led by filmmaker Shuhei Hatano will hold an outdoor exhibition making use of natural objects like trees and flowers found in the wooded temple grounds of Ryoudenji.

Outdoor exhibition “Yaseichi”
There’s a piece of unused land behind the cemetery at Ryoudenji Temple, a circular piece of land around a large wisteria tree. When I first stepped foot in this space, which is surrounded by a grove of trees, I had a sense of it being a wild and sacred place. I want to express this feeling using only natural objects from the grove, and keep the exhibition open until the exhibits have decayed and returned to the trees.
Shuhei Hatano

*The outdoor exhibition will be open to visitors for several days from Saturday, February 8 (10:00 to 17:00). Please refrain from directing enquiries to Ryoudenji Temple. Because this is an outdoor exhibition that makes use of the natural world, it will be open for a limited time until the exhibits decay naturally.