When you use ferry from Uji port of Okayama Prefecture, in 25 minutes a giant red pumpkin come into view through the early morning haze clinging to the dockside. Today, Naoshima island has become one of the brightest stars in Japan's contemporary art scene.
In Chischu Art Museum you appreciate "Open Field" designed by James TURRELL. It is an art as if it were sucked in the light. Other exhibits are 5 paintings of water lily by Claude MONET.
At your hotel (Osaka or Okayama or Hiroshima)
The museum was completed by the designer, Ando Tadao.
Lee Ufan is a World famous Korean Artist.
The museum has a hotel, based on the concept "Coexistence of nature, architecture and art."
We visit unique houses.
At your hotel (Osaka or Okayama or Hiroshima)
When you use ferry from Uji port of Okayama Prefecture, in 25 minutes a giant red pumpkin come into view through the early morning haze clinging to the dockside. Today, Naoshima island has become one of the brightest stars in Japan's contemporary art scene. The architect Tadao Ando designed many buildings such as Chichu Art Museum buried in the ground, Lee Ufan Museum in harmony with nature, and Benesse House Museum and Ando Museum.
In Chischu Art Museum you appreciate "Open Field" designed by James TURRELL. It is an art as if it were sucked in the light. Other exhibits are 5 paintings of water lily by Claude MONET, and the work "Time / Timelss / No time" by Walter De Maria.
Lee Ufan is a Korean who graduated from Nihon University. He put an emphasis on local stone and space.
Benesse House Museum is a facility that integrates a museum with a hotel, based on the concept "Coexistence of nature, architecture and art." You can enjoy a lot of unique artworks.
Furthermore you can enjoy dotting the beaches. There are 20 outdoor installations such as a giant yellow pumpkin, Naoshima Pavilion, upstairs built of glass in Go-o Shrine.
I do hope you visit Naoshima to appreciate modern arts.
guide fee
The transportation fee (you and guide), lunch, dinner, entrance fee
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If you visit Naoshima from Osaka, the transportation fee is about 15,400yen, and the time on a round trip is 6 hours. if from Okayama it is 2,800yen and about 3,.5 hours. The entrance fee is 4,000yen per person.
If you visit Naoshima Island from Osaka , Kyoto, or Hiroshima, please let me know. I would like to make an individual arrangement.
We spent the entire day with Hideo, we met us at the cruise ship port and stayed with us until after dinner. Our day with him was the best day of our 14 day visit to Japan! He is kind, knowledgeable, and easy to be around. He made great recommendations and we would use him again for future tours.
I'm very happy to receive your excellent review. First we visited Engyoji Temple. It is the set of "The last samurai." And we entered the Himeji Castle called "White Egret Castle." Finally we had Kobe Beef for dinner. Thank you for joining my tour. I hope you come back to Japan again. I wish you and your family good health and happiness.
Hideo is an excellent guide, he explained everything so clearly, and give us a tour of the most important places to visit, very kind and helpfull, we highly recomend Hideo
Thank you for your excellent review. We visited Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park including Atomic Bomb Dome and Peace Memorial Museum. It was a day of the long vacation holidays, so the museum was so much crowded with people. Next we visited Hiroshima Castle. We could see the newly replaced Torii of Gokoku Shrine. It was the torii that we already saw in the panel in front of the Hypo center (Shima Hospital). I hope you come back to Japan. I wish you and your family all the best.
An absolutely fantastic tour of Hiroshima with Hideo! I can’t say enough about how much I and my group enjoyed our tour with Hideo. His attention to detail and knowledge of the sites were evident in the planning stages. Hideo reached out numerous times before our arrival in Japan to clarify what we wanted to see before we locked in the final itinerary. On the day we arrived in Hiroshima he met us at the port with sign in hand. We boarded our transport to visit the Atomic Dome, the Museum and then on to Miyajima. Hideo took us on a walking tour around the dome, stopping at each of the monuments to explain their significance. Everything he shared was delivered with the reverence required for site of service ch historical significance. Many in the group were overwhelmed with emotion from being at ground zero of the blast. From the Dome we walked to the Museum, which is a “must see attraction” for anyone looking to understand the impact of the use of Atomic Weaponry and the hopes that it is never used again. After a “heavy” beginning of the tour we were off the Miyajima Island. What a beautiful way to end the day and our tour. I want to thank Hideo as he was open the answer any question and delivered a professional tour in temperatures that exceeded 43C or 109F. He carried on without issue when people ½ his age were struggling. The comments from the group were of immense regard and thanks for Hideo, everyone loved it. If you are visiting Japan, Hiroshima is a “must stop” and Hideo would be the guide to show it to you. Thanks so much! Mike Expedia Cruises Oakville South (Ontario/Canada).
I'm very happy to receive your message. I showed you why Atomic Bomb Dome remained standing. In front of the Memorial Tower of mobilized students we saw the statued of Goddess that combines 3 religions. Sadako is lifting up the paper crane toward the sky in the Children's Peace Monument. We could see a lot of white tents because they were getting prepared to hold the Peace Memorial Ceremony on Aug 6 when the Atomic Bomb was dropped. In Miyajima we could see the Great Vermillion Shrine Gate from the ferry. In the evening it was almost full tide, so the shrine gate looked like as if it were floating on the sea. Despite the evening it was very hot and humid, but I'm relieved that all the guests were NOT suffering from the heat stroke (except me?). Thank you for joining my Hiroshima tour. I hope you enjoy Japan travel and I wish you and all the guets good health and happiness.
Hideo is an interesting and informative gentleman. The tour he took us on was well thought out and very full of top places around Kyoto that would have taken us much longer to get around without his expert knowledge. A thoroughly informative and interesting tour to top sites and the benefit of local knowledge made it seem very easy. Recommended.
Thank you for joining my Kyoto tour. I'm sure you could see how the Ninomaru Goten Palace was beautifully decorated in Nijojo Castle. Many outsider feual lords visited to meet shogun at this Palace. We visited Arashiyama Bamboo Forest and Tenryuji Temple where we could see a typical Japanese garden and beautiful lotus flowers in full bloom. I wish you good health and happiness.