Tainan Travel

The first impression upon entering Togo Village (土溝) is the green rice paddies as far as the eye can see. After passing through very small green tunnel, the water buffalo sculpture at the side of the road tells you that you have arrived in the charming little village of Togo. In 2001, a group of students from Tainan National University of the Arts (臺南藝術大學) came to Togo after their professor started a community project. They later fell in love with this place, settled, married and worked. Over a decade later, they had really become part of the community. The concept behind "Togo Art Museum" (土溝農村美術館) is simple but has deep implications: "The village is the art gallery, The art gallery is the village". Lots of tourists come to Togo searching for the location of the art gallery, only to understand after explanation by a local resident that the entire village is actually an art gallery. A piece of farmland is art, an agricultural product is also art, local farmers are artists, and the local residents working hard together on this piece of land are also artists. After many years of decorating, tourists are greeted with a display of colorful installation art, modern yet not out of place in the rural setting. A charming farmers’ arts farm has recently been added, and has become a permanent art display area, attracting domestic and international tourists to come and explore the biggest art gallery in rural Tainan.