After choosing the art you want to meet, Horai suggests a recommended plan. Horai will look up the estimated length of stay at the art spot, train, bus, and boat times on your behalf.
From the proposed schedule, you can actually make reservations and payments for sea taxis, etc., and realize smooth movement.
You don't have to wait for a ferry every few hours or line up at the ticket office.
With this app, you'll be free from all the stress of traveling and just focus on watching art. You can spend more time on your trip to appreciate art. With a generous schedule that allows you to immerse yourself in art in every corner of your heart, enjoy your own art journey that is unique to that place.
An artistic experience you haven't experienced in Horai yet.
◆ Main functions
◇ You can intuitively find the spot you want to go to
・ You can browse the art spots by looking at the photos.
・ Convenient search function that allows you to narrow down the location according to the conditions
> I want to go see Naoshima's famous works! → Search by area
> I want to see the installation work ... → Search by art genre
・ Search for art spots you know
・ Search for your favorite artist
・ Post works by artist
◇ Comprehensive information on art spots
・ Business hours / Admission fee / Fee / Detailed description of the work / Estimated staying time / Other recommended art spots are posted. Get ready for viewing at each art spot!
◇ Propose the optimal travel schedule
・ Propose a plan to go around all efficiently just by selecting the spot you want to go to. You can find out how to get there, how to change trains, and where and when to go. You can save yourself the trouble of planning an itinerary over a long period of time like before.
・ Supports buses / taxis / railroads / airplanes / liners / sea taxis.
・ You can save your favorite itinerary and view it at any time.
◇ Reservation / purchase of transportation
・ You can reserve and purchase the means of transportation required to go around all at once. (Taxi corresponds to Hiroshima prefecture, sea taxi corresponds to specific areas of Kagawa prefecture / Okayama prefecture / Hiroshima prefecture)
◇ Flexible reservation and arrangement of sea taxis
・ Realize trips that could not be traveled until now due to the small number of flights, such as one ferry, or the lack of routes in the first place.
・ Reduce the waiting time at your destination and increase the time to appreciate art.
◆ Departure / arrival point correspondence area for itinerary creation
Kagawa prefecture, Okayama prefecture, Kanagawa prefecture, Nagasaki prefecture, Tokyo, Fukuoka prefecture
◆ Art spot publication area (area will be expanded sequentially)
Setouchi
・ Kagawa Prefecture (Naoshima, Toyoshima, Kozushima, Megijima, Ogijima, Oshima, Sayajima, Honjima, Takamijima, Sanagijima, Awashima, Shishijima, Ibukijima, Takamatsu, Mitoyo, Sakaide, Marugame)
・ Okayama Prefecture (Inujima, Uno, Ushimado)
◆ Recommended for people like this!
・ I want to meet something I haven't met yet or my favorite art
・ I want to decide the destination by looking at the actual photos
・ I want to chase my favorite artist
・ I want to find a place vaguely
・ I want to know about contemporary art scattered around the world
・ It is troublesome to plan a trip
・ I want to create a bookmark for my trip with my smartphone
・ It is difficult to check the local transportation system, and I am worried that buses and ships will actually come.
・ I want to go around the Setouchi Triennale efficiently
・ It is troublesome to check multiple timetables
・ I want to visit museums
・ I want to know information about art festivals
◆ Achievements
Selected as a "Japanese version of MaaS promotion / support project" by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
In the future, the Horai team will collaborate with local industries and local governments in each region to promote tourism in Setouchi using Horai and sea taxis, and develop and provide tools to optimize tourism management, making the tourism industry more creative. I aim to change it to. We will actively build partnerships with local governments and businesses in each region, including Setouchi, and spread creative tourism from Japan to all over the world.