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The Chichu Art Museum is exceptionally superb even among the great Tadao Ando’s works.

While it has its own artistic appeal, it also somehow brings out the attraction of works by Claude Monet, Walter de Maria, James Turrell and so on so splendidly.

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Unfortunately I was not able to take the photos of the art works themselves, but I hope you’d enjoy the architecture of the Chichu Art Museum.

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Well, there was also a little garden mimicked the Monet’s Water-Lily Pond near the Chichu Art Museum, which I found very so uncool….

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Chichu Art Museum
The Chichu Art Museum (Studio International)

Posted by Yamada, December 12, 2007 20:26:51 (Tokyo)
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Naoshima Benesse House trip : part 2

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Most buildings of the Benesse House are the works of architect Tadao Ando.

And inside & outside of the buildings, you would find the various modern arts by Bruce Nauman, Walter De Maria, Cai Guo-Qiang and so on.

The concept they drive is that you’d see the entire island itself as an art space, so not only the Benesse House, but also those traditional Japanese houses preserved on the island exhibit artworks.

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The rich nature of the island is also one of the important artistic elements of the Naoshima island. That is why the Chichu Art Museum has been built under the ground.

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In this way, it would not spoil the beautiful natural landscape.
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Posted by Yamada, December 11, 2007 14:53:54 (Tokyo)
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Naoshima Benesse House trip : part 1

Yes, I’ve just been to Benesse House - Benesse Art Site Naoshima! The Benesse House is located on the Naoshima island of Setonaikai Sea. From Tokyo, it is a 3 1/2 hrs trip by air & ferry.

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On the first day, we left the Haneda airport at night, and it was about 22:00pm by the time we arrived at the Takamatsu airport. Had the famous Sanuki Udon noodle and went to bed on that night.

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