island day. i took an endless series of trains and ferries and managed to pull off two islands in one day. the first one is naoshima and the second is miyajima, the one with the very famous floating tori – which was not floating while i was there as the tide was low but i was very happy to see the deer, the red pagoda and the eerily empty streets. before reaching naoshima, i had no idea it was just one of the dozens of island scattered around. the scenery was amazing. a beautiful day, sea smell and wind. i visited the chichu art museum where they have a special room with amazing marble cubic mosaic without any binding especially for monet’s waterlilies.
the azaleas were in full bloom, as it was april. i didn’t want to miss any of the spectacular views so i went back to the harbor on foot and old ladies on bicycles were saying hi to me. it was just like in a romanian mountain village: everybody greets everybody. i arrived exhausted (once again) in hiroshima.
credits: lilaesthete
4 comments
TRIP PLANNING IS A BITCH | little aesthete's blog says:
Mar 22, 2013
[…] on the list, two more islands: naoshima and teshima. each had high profile architects design buildings destined for art purposes. […]
Sophie says:
Nov 14, 2014
Would you have any advise on getting from Naoshima to Teshima then to Miyajima all in the one day? Possible or no?
little aesthete says:
Nov 14, 2014
i did naoshima and miyajima in one day, back in 2010, but you don’t get to see nearly enough. a better deal would be naoshima and teshima in one day and miyajima the next (if you have lots of time left, you can see hiroshima, it’s close).
tips:
* get the ferry and train schedules
* rent an electric bike from the teshima ferry terminal and ride it to teshima art museum. i loved it!
* in naoshima, there are many things to see, you can even easily spend a day there (cool art onsen, 2 art museums, tadao ando museum and a cat cafe). also, there are many public sculptures including two pumpkins by yayoi kusama (each in a different location).
look into all the places and what you would like to see and then choose. enjoy! i’m really envious of your trip! 🙂
Sophie says:
Nov 16, 2014
Thanks so much! I will let you know how it goes 🙂