The Dome seen from the boat on the river

 The Dome; the tide is relatively low.

There is a route which connects the island of Miyajima and Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park directly by boat: The World Cultural Heritahe route. My guests and I often take this when we travel from the island to the park. It cruises on the sea and river. It goes fast on the sea but slows down on the river and That's when you are allowed to go out on the deck. You see the city from the river and eventually go under the reconstructed T-shaped Aioi Bridge - the intended target for the atomic bombing on August 6, 1945. Then the A-bomb Dome appears on the riverbank and you arrive at the park. While on the boat, you see a round tank in the distance. It's just a gas tank. You also see a dome-like building to the north of Peace Park. It's part of the Children's Science Museum - a planetarium- and not related to the Dome. But overseas travelers often react to them. 

Scenes from Hon-jima, one of the venues for the Setouchi Triennale 2013

A photo taken from a small passenger boat connecting Kojima in Okayama, Honshu and Hon-jima island.

Thirty-minute ride on the boat to the island and Sacchi and I did a little walking around the port looking at artworks.

 Like this one, a clay house made by those from India.

They were from inland India and had never seen the ocean. The octopus relief on the wall, not seen in this photo, has more legs than they really are but looks very vivid and alive. 

 

This one was peaceful, in the middle of a little orchard of oranges. 

 Colorful and pretty but profound message.

Wooden pieces and sticks from Rikuzen-takata, one of the most devastated areas by the earthquake and tsunami in 2011, were colored and used as the material of this artwork, comprehensively entitled Disintegration and Regeneration. Yoko joined from here.

 Another scene from the same site.

 Tinnitus 

 Bridge

What does the bride connect? An artwork at an old abandoned temple.

 To be here

The artist talked to us, which made a difference. We managed to come here by bike thanks to our lucky mistake. After Yoko joined, we walked around the vicinity and came back to the port accidentally but some of the rental bikes were back and we rented them for our continued tour by bike. 

 Departure

And our tour is over. 

ANDO Museum in the Honmura district of Naoshima

 

ANDO Museum is one of the newest permanent additions to Naoshima, opened in the spring of 2014. The exterior looks like a traditional house commonly seen in the island but inside stands Ando's concrete. Besides the slanting concrete slab, Ando's two significant works are introduced inside: the Church of the Light and the Row House of Sumiyoshi. The museum uses only natural light; thus the light does a magic as it changes all the time. Under this glass cone lies basement. Go down there to find out how the basement let light in.