Yashima & Naoshima

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March 21st 2009

Published: May 5th 2009

My time left on Shikoku was beginning to grow a bit short so I thought it was about time I saw everything of interest in my area before I moved on. Friday and Saturday were days off so Simon and I decided to visit Yashima a town with an intriguing heritage village called Shikoku Mura and Naoshima an art island. --- March 20th --- Yashima (屋島) ~ Don’t be fooled by the kanji, Yashima may have... Read Full Entry

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Pumpkin!

One of the cool random art pieces on Naoshima

Bond, James Bond.

Haisha by Shinro Otake

The first art house we saw and was made up of junk on the outside. The inside had paper all over the floor under plastic and a giant plastic staute of liberty.

See!

A giant Statue, under a Coca Cola Sign. The American dream.

Even the gutters are pretty on Naoshima

Gokaisho by Yoshihiro Suda

On each half of the building there was an open tatami room. One had many flowers strewn across the floor and the other had a single flower. It was interesting to compare the differences in concieved space.

Ishibashi by Hiroshi Senju

Inside lights played on the wall to create a silent waterfall.

Go'o Shrine by Hiroshi Sugimoto

A simple shrine building surrounded by white rocks the crystal stair case leads under ground into a pool of water.

Underground

Without any light except the faint light coming throught the crystal stairs . The stairs reflects a reverse version of itself. With a flashlight (or a flash) you can see the real stairs continue through the water.