Naoshima (Naoshima Town, Kagawa Pref.)
Naoshima is a tourist region selected as one of the 7 places in the world you must see in Traveler, a travel magazine in America
- "Pumpkin" A work of art
by Yayoi Kusama
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- Benesse Art Site Naoshima
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This is a generic term for the various forms of art on display at Naoshima, including the Benesse House facility and a house building project in which the spaces in houses built by artists are considered works of art.
The art island "Naoshima" has been widely introduced overseas.
- The Umi-no-Eki "Naoshima"
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The novel design of this facility (by the design office SANAA) is appropriate for the entrance to the island of modern art.
The facility provides a tourist guide site and a ferry terminal, etc. and it is popular with tourists from overseas, partially because it provides announcements in English.
- Chichu Art Museum
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Designed by the architect Tadao Ando, the structure of the Chichu Art Museum is itself a work of art.
Works by Claude Monet, "Water Lily," and the modern artists Walter De Maria and James Turrell are on display permanently at the museum
- By air:
- Haneda Airport - Takamatsu Airport; 1 hour 10 minutes
- Takamatsu Airport - Takamatsu Port; 35 minutes by bus
- Takamatsu Port - Miyaura Port; 1 hour by ferry
- By train:
- Tokyo Station - Takamatsu Station; 4 hours 25 minutes
- Takamatsu Port - Miyaura Port; 1 hour by ferry
- Town-Naoshima Tourism Association
- http://www.naoshima.net/en/(English)
- Benesse Art Site Naoshima
- http://www.naoshima-is.co.jp/english/(English)
- Chichu Art Museum
- http://www.chichu.jp/e/(English)
