Thank you, as always, for your continued support of TANIYA.

Today, we would like to introduce a very special performance to be presented at the Kusakabe Folk Crafts Museum, the cultural institution from which TANIYA originated.

This year marks the 60th anniversary of the Kusakabe Folk Crafts Museum. To commemorate this milestone, we will present the special performance **“Seeking the Field”**—featuring **Min Tanaka, Rin Ishihara, Hirokazu Taniguchi, and Marihiko Hara**—over three days, from **October 16 to 18, 2026**.

Created specifically for the Kusakabe Folk Crafts Museum, this special stage brings together internationally acclaimed dancer **Min Tanaka**, renowned for his singular artistic expression—often described as “the unnameable dance”—with distinguished fellow performers and members of the creative team active both in Japan and abroad.

How will Tanaka respond to the history and spirit of Takayama, and to the memories and traces of everyday life accumulated within the Kusakabe House, a nationally designated Important Cultural Property? How will he give physical expression to what he perceives? And how might it awaken the primordial memories that lie quietly within each person who witnesses it? This will be a truly one-of-a-kind performance—an experience that can exist only in this place, at this particular moment.

For those with an interest in dance—especially Min Tanaka's singular physical expression, one that belongs to neither Western nor Eastern traditions while ultimately transcending them—as well as Japanese culture, architecture, and the arts, we warmly invite you to visit Takayama and experience this extraordinary performance.

Although only limited accommodation remains available at TANIYA during the performance period, the performance is open to everyone, including visitors staying elsewhere in Takayama.

For further information about the performance or tickets, please feel free to contact either TANIYA or the Kusakabe Folk Crafts Museum.

We would be deeply honored to have you with us to witness this special moment.