Autumn/Art
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Japan In-depth
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Tadao Ando
is one of Japan's best known architects, with an international reputation
for works such as the Church on the Water and the Church of the
Light. Since the 1980s, the museum that Ando designed on Naoshima
Island has been attracting the cream of contemporary artists. Nowadays,
the Naoshima Art House Project is turning the whole island into
a gallery as it renovates old houses to enable artists to work in
them and permanently exhibit their works. Naoshima is a fascinating
place to stay, too. Share a room with works of art at Benesse House
or its Annex, or sleep in a Mongolian tent at the campsite overlooking
the sea.
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Founded in 1930,
this was Japan's first museum devoted to modern western art. The
original collection was amassed by a wealthy Kurashiki industrialist,
who sent an artist friend to Europe to collect items. The broad
variety of art on show here ranges from well-known works by Rodin,
El Greco, Monet, Degas, Gauguin, Renoir, and Cezanne to Egyptian
and Middle Eastern antiquities. After a visit to the museum, there's
plenty to see on a stroll around the beautiful old town of Kurashiki.
Don't miss the historic warehouses that line the banks of the Kurashiki-gawa.
Take the Shinkansen to Okayama: 3 h 10 min (by Nozomi) from Tokyo,
40 min (Nozomi) or 1 h (Hikari) from Osaka. Kurashiki is 15 min
from Okayama on the JR Sanyo Line.
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Located in the mountains not far from Kyoto,
the Miho Museum was designed by renowned architect I. M. Pei. The
museum buildings are a work of art in their own right, set spectacularly
in a deeply forested mountain valley beyond a tunnel and suspension
bridge. The private collection spans the ancient world, illustrating
the development of cultures from Egypt, Greece and Rome to the Middle
East, China and Japan.
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