Observation deck at the summit of Mt. MISEN

The summit of Mt. MISEN is crowded with happy travelers both from Japan and overseas. So popular and people are now spending more time in the island of Miyajima. The hiking is fun and easy enough.

Artwork for the third international art festival

An installation in takamatsu for the art festival 

Ohara Museum of Fine Art decorated

The museum decorated with masking tapes. Kurashiki is where masking tapes began to be made first.

Naoshima snaps

Photos from this spring in naoshima 

You need to stay at Benesse to see this.

George Rickey of course

Another Rickey

Naoshima' slag art

Try making your own pumpkin from the slag made by the industrial waste in Teshima. Teshima suffered tremendously by illegal dumping and burning of industrial waste conducted by a very bad man and his company allowed to operate in Teshima by the authority. Still the industrial waste remains in Teshima and the treatment of the waste will continue at least for a few more years. 

Naoshima' new addition

Naoshima Town Hall is now complete. Designed by SANBUICHI Hiroshi. He analyzes the local way of life and tries to know how the houses were built considering the natural elements like light, wind, and air flow. He is the one who did the Inujima Seirensho.

And backside of Town Hall

Kyoto National Museum has a beautiful building

Designed by TANIGUCHI Yoshio, the newer wing of the Kyoto national museum is this serene and graceful.

Irises are in bloom at kinkakuji

I just took a picture of irises in bloom and the people taking pictures of kyoto's famed Golden Pavilion. Please guess how it looks.