
Nobutaka Katsuyama
Nov 13, 2025
Jogon-in Temple to host International Art Festival 2025
The Shiga Hochi Shimbun newspaper featured the Jogon-in International Art Festival 2025. The article detailed how 41 artists from Japan and abroad are exhibiting contemporary art on the theme of "freedom" within the historic Jogon-in temple grounds. Each of the 38 exhibition spaces within the temple is filled with the individuality of each artist, showcasing a diverse range of installations that harmonize with the tranquility and light of the architecture.
The article also introduces many video, three-dimensional, and two-dimensional works by international artists, and the unique artistic experience of the traditional temple space meeting contemporary art is strongly conveyed in the article. If you actually walk around the venue, you will be able to experience the atmosphere, scale, and resonance between the artworks and the space that cannot be conveyed on paper. We hope you will visit Jogan-in Temple and immerse yourself in the world of this special art festival.