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