Japan | Taishima Island of Jump Island Art and Play

There is something fascinating about a small island in the ocean.

I have been to many archipelagos in the form of island hopping.

The archipelago in Japan's Seto Inland Sea does not have the most beautiful scenery or the most beautiful beaches. Go for art.

In the past, the Japanese did not pay much attention to the scenery of these small islands, and many of them were used for industry. Therefore, the small islands in the Seto Inland Sea have never been famous, and no one makes a special trip to these islands to enjoy the scenery.

Take Inujima as an example. It used to be a copper smelting site built in 1909. At that time, copper smelting was in full swing and 3,000 people once lived on the island. In just ten years, the copper smelter was closed and turned into ruins. There are only 60 islanders now.

Because of the art festival, the island, which was once an industrial production site, has become an artistic landscape that attracts many tourists.

The Setouchi Triennale is held on various small islands in the Seto Inland Sea. The two main islands are Teshima and Naoshima. In addition, Inujima has another style.

There are about ten art installations on Dog Island, all concentrated near the pier, and it only takes half a day to visit these works of art.

If you stay in Inujima for half a day, your first stop must be the Inujima Seirensho Museum of Art. It is an art museum that integrates "industrial heritage, architecture, modern art and environment", and was jointly planned and designed by architect Hiroshi Sanbuichi, artist Yukinori Yanagi and the Department of Environmental Engineering of Okayama University.

The second ones to arrive were Residence S and Residence A. S Residence is a long wall that looks like a wave-like screen. Artist Aragami Meika placed many dots inside. If you look closer, you will see that different dots present different pictures. The dots are actually convex lenses. If you pay a little attention to the images of the convex lenses, you can see different scenery.

Inujima also has an art installation called "Stoneworker's House Traces". Artist Yusuke Asai used old beams, stones, plants and other materials collected on the island to arrange them into patterns with ethnic characteristics. There are stories depicting the lives of the islanders, which feel like ancient murals.

In fact, the appearance of Inu Island does not look like a puppy at all. I don’t know where the name Inu Island comes from, but what is certain is that the artistic landscape of Inu Island is chic and unique.

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