Day 7/8 — Art IslandsJP
We first take the ferry to the smallest art island, Inujima. Only a vest pocket in size, it forms the most intimate experience of all the islands. Hiroshi Sambuichi’ s Inujima Seirensho Museum, with artworks by Yukinori Yanagi, recounts the scars left by industrialisation and modernisation. Kazuyo Seijima’ s light-hearted interventions within the Inujima Art House Projects are a necessary counterpart.
A private ferry takes us from Inujima to Teshima. After picking up our electric bikes, we have lunch at Shima Kitchen of Atelier Ryo Abe. The most important project we see on Teshima is Ryue Nishizawa’s Teshima Art Museum . Again, the entire building is dedicated to the work of one artist, Rei Naito. It is a spiritual experience to end the day.
For anyone in need of a blow-out day, we will stay on Naoshima all day today and enjoy the various Art House Projects by Sou Fujimoto, SANAA, Ryue Nishizawa and Hiroshi Sambuichi, the Chichu Art Museum by Tadao Ando and the Time Corridors by Hiroshi Sugimoto at our own pace . The island has so much to offer that we provide you with an electric bike and a handy map. We’ll meet on the ferry in the late afternoon for a final transfer to Osaka.