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Field Notes: Anyway, this preamble suggests this article will share something useful about the region however it does not :)
Since then, I’ve learned much more but really the best resources are below in the form of Setouchi Explorer blog and Island Art Center’s dispatches. But hey, some fun snaps of ferries, outdoor installations and other cafe and villages vibes here.
Consider this a placeholder for further documentation {if you have something “non-generic tourist pablum to share, let me know}
My experience, despite living so close, is very limited and in this case the following snapshots are from a simple day trip to Naoshima in which I visited zero museums
You see, in June 2019, my arborist wife was working nearby Uno port, a jumping off point to the islands, so I bussed over (along, the way documented my reading, coffees and flashbacks per usual
Field Notes: Naoshima art island & Uno Port, Setouchi 2019 Read Post »
Here’s a handy, no snapshots, minimalist round-up for map pin places around Okayama, Naoshima / Uno and a bit of
handy Okayama, Naoshima, Setouchi map locations Read Post »
Unnecessary Preamble: The trip was meant as a little adventure and to visit relatives and also get away from the
Nagasaki Ramble, Feb. 2020, part 1 (trains, trams, food & rumours of a…) Read Post »
Note: Unique & quirky kissaten & cafes are one of my top things I love about Japan. Also:
Japanlife: quirky kissaten Read Post »
Photo book and photo zine by Andrew McCormick (@a.d.mccormick IG, @a_d_mccormick Tw) curator/wrangler of Art Island Center (@artislandcenter IG) on nearby Naoshima – one
Item by Poste: photo zines from Art Island Naoshima Read Post »
Adventure Tour Guide Ted Taylor and DaveO riff in a historic Kura barn in Tsuchida, Okayama, Japan talking about exploring…
Japan Renegade Travel Musings (specifically *not* Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka) Read Post »
While the industrious senior ladies are cleaning the house, I fire up a machine to tell you about the following
Charcoal, Poetry & Postal + topics of varied interest Read Post »
* to tourism (not everywhere, not everyone blah blah blah) If you are curious, Japan is reopening to independent tourism
Japan “opens up”* / A few things about #Okayama Read Post »
In April 2021, we visited a shodo calligraphy exhibition at a saké distillery with special floral arrangements made by Ryoko’s
Exhibit: Shimizu Hian Shodo Calligraphy in Ukan, Okayama, 2021 Read Post »
Japan is a land of photographers and places to be photographed. Truly, there’s an endless variety of both the photographers (and of course their equipments) and the places to be photographed. This is all to say that you will see much finer photos of the Ginkaku-ji aka “silver pavilion” which, isn’t really very silver unlike it’s cousin the “golden pavilion” which is very gold.
Field Notes: Kyoto’s Gingaku-ji (6 instax-views) Read Post »
Along a travel by ship from California to Hong Kong, came a few stops in Japan including Shizuoka which led
Museum / Exhibit: Rodin Wing of Shizuoka Pref MoA / Japan, 2017 Read Post »
Blurb: On our extended skinkonryoko/honeymoon ramble, we had a stop in the city of Toyama (capital of eponymous prefecture) which
Museum: Toyama Prefectural Museum of Art and Design, 2019 (a sampler) Read Post »
As such, while visiting with Hongo-sensei on Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa-ken, amongst the other activities including a fishing/ whaling/Marine Museum,
Museum / Exhibit: Miwaki Ruins Jomon-era / Noto, Japan, 2019 Read Post »
And, along the way, made a top at a remarkable “scenic waystation” in Niigate-ken which commemorated a unique piece of
As such, in Kanazawa, Ishikawa-ken (a city filled with exceptional museums – by my standards, especially small, specialized, and a little
Museum Exhibit: D. T. Suzuki Zen / Kanazawa, Japan, 2019 Read Post »