Shodoshima and Naoshima are home to such tourist attractions as Kankakei Gorge, Chichu Art Museum, Angel Road, Shodoshima Olive Park, Twenty-Four Eyes Film Village, Marukin Soy Sauce Memorial Museum, Olive Hot Springs, Shodoshima Grand Kannon, Nakayama Rural Kabuki Stage, and Monkey Country.
In addition to the local specialty of olives, local delicacies such as hand-pulled somen noodles, Ushio rice bowl, soy sauce, and sesame oil are also highly recommended.
Naoshima is known as an island of art in the Seto Inland Sea. The island is not only home to museums that exhibit artists' works, such as Benesse House, the Chichu Art Museum, and the Lee Ufan Museum, but also to a project to preserve and revitalize uninhabited old houses and turn them into permane...»
The gorge stretches 7 kilometers from east to west and 4 kilometers from north to south between Hoshigajo and Uminohara Plateau.The beauty of this valley, one of the most beautiful in Japan, has been designated as a national scenic beauty, and has been selected as one of the three most beautiful val...»
Shodoshima Olive Park is a town park, theme park, and roadside station on Shodoshima Island.It is adjacent to an olive grove where olives were successfully cultivated for the first time in Japan during the Meiji Era (1868-1912). On a small hill overlooking the Seto Inland Sea, visitors will find th...»
This is a popular spot where an 800-meter-long road appears and disappears with the ebb and flow of the tide.When the tide is low, you can cross to Yodo Island. Twice a day, at low tide, mysterious sand appears from the sea.Because of this mysterious phenomenon, it is said that if you cross the isl...»
The Kankei-kei Ropeway is a ropeway that allows you to enjoy the scenery of Kankei-kei, one of Japan's three most scenic wonders in the town of Shodoshima.From Koun-tei Station to the top of the mountain, it is a 5-minute aerial walk with a total length of 917 meters and a height difference of 312 m...»
Like Benesse House, Chichu Art Museum was designed by architect Tadao Ando. The architecture itself is a work of art. Claude Monet's "Waterlilies" and works by James Turrell and Walter De Maria, two leading contemporary artists who have long been associated with Naoshima, are permanently installed....»
Located on the small island of Naoshima in the Seto Inland Sea, Benesse House Museum is a contemporary art museum with a hotel. Designed by architect Tadao Ando based on the concept of "symbiosis of nature, architecture, and art," the museum is open to the outside, allowing visitors to always feel ...»