Press Release
Noda Art Festival - NODAMODERN -
Information on the Exhibition, Special Screenings, and Talk Events
Dates: Friday, November 28, 2025 - Sunday, December 14, 2025
Venue: BUNDLE GALLERY, Kofukan, Former Nakamura Store, and other cultural facilities and historical buildings in Noda City, Chiba Prefecture
BUNDLESTUDIO Inc. (Representative: Masato Kawai) will hold the 'Noda Art Festival - NODAMODERN - ' from Friday, November 28 to Sunday, December 14, 2025, at BUNDLE GALLERY, Kofukan, the Former Nakamura Store, and other cultural facilities and repurposed historical buildings in Noda City, Chiba Prefecture.
The concept is 'An art festival to encounter Japanese creativity that transcends time.' Noda City, Chiba Prefecture, is a town nurtured by rich nature, the water transport of the Tone River, and a historical soy sauce culture.
Through art, architecture, and crafts, we aim to revisit the climate and wisdom of life that breathe in this town and connect them to the future at 'Noda Art Festival - NODAMODERN -'.
At this art festival, we will create and present works at cultural facilities, stores, and galleries in Noda City, providing experiences to capture landscapes, history, and culture from new perspectives.
We also aim for visitors and locals to rediscover the charm of Noda from new angles. In the future, we will actively incorporate collaboration with local children, seniors, and civic groups to expand as a 'participatory art festival', providing a place for interaction between citizens, artists, and visitors.
The main venue, BUNDLE GALLERY, is a space that repurposes a private residence designed in 1974 by Susumu Arai, who worked at Le Corbusier's atelier in the 1950s. Just as various landscapes exist in nature, this house creates an organic and modern beauty through changes in levels, skylights, and finish. On the premises is a Japanese-style main house built in the Edo period and relocated in the late Meiji era. It is a unique place where modernist architecture and traditional Japanese houses are connected by garden trees and flowers.
This time, we will hold an exhibition event co-hosted by wamono art and BUNDLE GALLERY using these two buildings. Based in Hong Kong, wamono art introduces Japanese contemporary artworks and is noted as an avant-garde gallery that opens up bold ideas of emerging artists.
In this exhibition, wamono art will showcase carefully selected works of bamboo art, ceramics, glass, paintings, and photographs alongside rare and excellent design objects for sale handled by BUNDLE GALLERY, presenting them in diverse arrangements in spaces such as the entrance, dining room, living room, study, and bedroom.
We hope that visitors will enjoy encounters unique to Noda, where architecture and nature, history, and modernity intersect, providing a fresh perspective. Please refer to the next page for details about the 'Noda Art Festival - NODAMODERN -'.
Event Summary
Event Name: Noda Art Festival - NODAMODERN -
Dates: Friday, November 28, 2025 - Sunday, December 14, 2025
Official Website: nodamodern.jp
Organizer: BUNDLESTUDIO Inc.
Main Venues:
1) BUNDLE GALLERY: Reservations are required to offer you enough time to appreciate the exhibits. Please apply at the Peatix URL below. We can also accommodate consultations regarding the number of visitors.
https://nodamodern.peatix.com/ (Reception starts on November 7, 2025)
2) Kofukan: A facility built in 1929 by the founding families of Kikkoman, the Mogi and Takanashi families, to contribute to local education and culture. It was designed by Shigeru Omori, who worked on Meiji University's Surugadai campus. At the time of its completion, it was considered the second-largest facility after the prefectural office, with highlights including the grand hall with an atrium, fireplace, and lighting designs. It serves as a base for educational and cultural activities in Noda. *Special screening of 'Avant-Garde Art of Japan 1910-1970'.
3) Former Nakamura Store: A commercial building that dealt in various businesses such as inns, soy sauce, coal, and fertilizers from the Meiji to Taisho periods. It has been preserved and revitalized by young creators to leave it for future generations, creating a place where regional culture and new creativity merge. It is currently being developed as a space for presentations by creators in various fields, including the gift shop 'CB PAC' and the plant shop 'BABABA'. *Exhibition 'Living Now, Creators of Noda'.
*In addition to the main venues above, there are 17 culturally valuable unique facilities, such as the Mogi Honke Museum and the Chiaki Corporation Office (former Noda Shoyu Bank), scattered throughout the city, making the entire town a stage for the Noda Art Festival.
*Opening hours: Please access the official website to check the latest information on opening hours and closed days for each facility.
Special Screening 'Avant-Garde Art of Japan 1910-1970'
Screening Dates: Sunday, December 7, 2025, Saturday, December 13, 2025, and Sunday, December 14, 2025
Venue: Kofukan (250 Noda, Noda City, Chiba Prefecture)
Arrangement and Co-hosting: BUNDLESTUDIO, wamono art
We will screen documentary footage filmed by Aomi Okabe, who was the commissioner (curator) at the time, of the exhibition 'Avant-Garde Art of Japan 1910-1970' held at the Pompidou Center in Paris in 1986. (With subtitles, approximately 60 minutes)
Details on screening times will be announced on this website on November 7.
Special Talk Event 'Avant-Garde Art of Japan 1910-1970'
Date: Monday, December 8, 2025
Venue: Kofukan (250 Noda, Noda City, Chiba Prefecture)
Part 1: Aomi Okabe (Independent Curator/Art Critic) × Yoshio Suzuki (Editor/Art Journalist)
Part 2: Noriaki Okabe (Architect) × Kenichi Teramoto (Architect)
Arrangement and Co-hosting: BUNDLESTUDIO, wamono art
The details regarding time, venue, and application methods will be announced on this website on November 7.
Contact Information
For general inquiries: info@bundlestudio.jp (BUNDLESTUDIO)
For press inquiries: ynatsume@mac.com (Natsuko Yasuko, Lepre)