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A visit to Chichu is not a prescriptive experience. There is no overriding message for which visitors must brace. Instead, there is light, space, and quiet. (Getty Images)

Chichu Art Museum: ‘A site to rethink the relationship between nature and people’

A visit to Japanese art island Chichu is both a meditation and an education

Julian Meyrick

Outside Benesse House ornate sculptures dot the lawn but the eye is drawn first to Yayoi Kusamas giant spotted pumpkin on the pier.

A dreamy world of life and light

Naoshima was once just another volcanic island dotted in the calm, blue waters of Japan, but it achieved star status late last century.

Helene Dancer