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Issue #042 A Creative Paradise: Japan’s Art Islands
Issue #042 A Creative Paradise: Japan’s Art Islands
Issue #042 A Creative Paradise: Japan’s Art Islands
Issue #042 A Creative Paradise: Japan’s Art Islands
Issue #042 A Creative Paradise: Japan’s Art Islands
Issue #042 A Creative Paradise: Japan’s Art Islands
Issue #042 A Creative Paradise: Japan’s Art Islands
Issue #042 A Creative Paradise: Japan’s Art Islands
Issue #042 A Creative Paradise: Japan’s Art Islands
Issue #042 A Creative Paradise: Japan’s Art Islands
Issue #042 A Creative Paradise: Japan’s Art Islands
Issue #042 A Creative Paradise: Japan’s Art Islands
Issue #042 A Creative Paradise: Japan’s Art Islands
Issue #042 A Creative Paradise: Japan’s Art Islands
Issue #042 A Creative Paradise: Japan’s Art Islands
Issue #042 A Creative Paradise: Japan’s Art Islands
Issue #042 A Creative Paradise: Japan’s Art Islands
Issue #042 A Creative Paradise: Japan’s Art Islands
Issue #042 A Creative Paradise: Japan’s Art Islands
Issue #042 A Creative Paradise: Japan’s Art Islands
Issue #042 A Creative Paradise: Japan’s Art Islands
Issue #042 A Creative Paradise: Japan’s Art Islands
Issue #042 A Creative Paradise: Japan’s Art Islands
Issue #042 A Creative Paradise: Japan’s Art Islands
Issue #042 A Creative Paradise: Japan’s Art Islands
Issue #042 A Creative Paradise: Japan’s Art Islands
Issue #042 A Creative Paradise: Japan’s Art Islands
Issue #042 A Creative Paradise: Japan’s Art Islands
Issue #042 A Creative Paradise: Japan’s Art Islands
Issue #042 A Creative Paradise: Japan’s Art Islands
Issue #042 A Creative Paradise: Japan’s Art Islands
Issue #042 A Creative Paradise: Japan’s Art Islands
Issue #042 A Creative Paradise: Japan’s Art Islands
Issue #042 A Creative Paradise: Japan’s Art Islands
Issue #042 A Creative Paradise: Japan’s Art Islands
Issue #042 A Creative Paradise: Japan’s Art Islands
Issue #042 A Creative Paradise: Japan’s Art Islands
Issue #042 A Creative Paradise: Japan’s Art Islands
Issue #042 A Creative Paradise: Japan’s Art Islands
Issue #042 A Creative Paradise: Japan’s Art Islands
Issue #042 A Creative Paradise: Japan’s Art Islands
Issue #042 A Creative Paradise: Japan’s Art Islands
Issue #042 A Creative Paradise: Japan’s Art Islands
Issue #042 A Creative Paradise: Japan’s Art Islands
Issue #042 A Creative Paradise: Japan’s Art Islands
Issue #042 A Creative Paradise: Japan’s Art Islands
Issue #042 A Creative Paradise: Japan’s Art Islands
Issue #042 A Creative Paradise: Japan’s Art Islands
Issue #042 A Creative Paradise: Japan’s Art Islands
Issue #042 A Creative Paradise: Japan’s Art Islands

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Images of Dua Lipa on the Japanese art island Naoshima

A Creative Paradise: Japan’s Art Islands

Still on my Future Nostalgia tour, 2022 has been full-on, but I feel so lucky to have seen what feels like every corner of the world this year. After my time in Tokyo last month, I got to island-hop Japan’s art islands Naoshima, Inujima and Teshima, and can’t begin to describe the joy I felt, soaking up all the – what some call – ‘arty-pelago’ had to offer. Filled with surreal installations, cutting-edge museums, and architectural excellence, the amount of creativity on display there was immense, and I left feeling so inspired. If you’re ever there, these are the places to hit up.

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  1. Benesse House Museum – integrating a museum with a hotel, this is an amazing place to stay on Naoshima.
  2. Valley Gallery – designed by Tadao Ando, this Naoshima geometric gem capitalises on its secluded setting and houses Yayoi Kusama’s incredible Narcissus Garden installation.
  3. Chichu Art Museum – literally meaning ‘art museum in the earth’, this Naoshima museum is built underground and is a work of art itself. 
  4. Yayoi Kusama’s Yellow Pumpkin – it is very cool to see the iconic installation in nature on Naoshima’s coast.
  5. Inujima Seirensho Art Museum – incorporating an art gallery into the ruins of a former copper refinery, this museum was built around the idea of ‘using what exists to create what is to be’ – and it’s just epic.
  6. Inujima Art House Project – a collection of galleries that transforms the town into a museum!
  7. Teshima Art Museum – this has the most striking architecture and was designed to be an artwork that interacts with its environment.
  8. Teshima Yokoo House – a collaboration between artist Tadanori Yokoo and architect Yuko Nagayama, they renovated an old private house to create a gallery like no other.

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