Naoshima Pumpkin Story! Yayoi Kusama's red and yellow pumpkins travel through time and space to talk to each other. One-day art tour in the Seto Inland Sea🇯🇵"*

#: "Naoshima Pumpkin Story! Nayoi Kusama Red and Yellow Pumpkin Dialogue Through Time and Space Seto Inland Sea One Day Art Tour🇯🇵"**

You didn’t know, Kusama
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#### **Opening line🎃**
"Naoshima has two pumpkins - one bright red as fire, one golden lonely, both are Yayoi Kusama's masterpiece! But did you know? Red pumpkin (赤かぼちゃ) and yellow pumpkin (黄かぼちゃ) were actually created 12 years apart, reflecting the artist's two completely different life stages!

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### **🚢 Island Landing Guide: Boat Course × Self-Driving × Bike**
Next time I will write the Naoshima ride guide

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### **🎨Naoshima Art Hall: A Time Dialogue with Red and Yellow Pumpkins**
#### **1. Red Pumpkin (2006): The Polka Dot Fantasy of Embracing the World**
- **Location**: Next to Miyaura Harbor, free 24 hours
- **Creation Background**:
→ Created when Nayo Kusama was **78 years old**, at the peak of her international reputation
→ Inspired by “symbiosis with the Seto Inland Sea,” the round hole design invites visitors to drill in and interact
- **Art Password**:
→ **Bright red**: Symbolizes vitality and enthusiasm, contrasting the black and white main tone of her youth
→ **Accessible to design**: Reflects an open mind and embraces public participation in later life (early works were mostly closed)
→ After the lights at night, the hole projection looks like a starry sky, IG must shoot!

#### **2. Yellow Pumpkin (1994): The Metaphor of Solitude and Infinity**
- **Location**: Benesse House seaside, free
- **Creation Background**:
→ Nayo Kusama **65 years old** work, during her submergence period when she returned to Japan from New York
→ Originally the first work of the Seto Inland Sea Art Revitalization Project, it has now become a spiritual symbol of Naoshima
- **Art Password**:
→ **Bright Yellow**: Represents hope, but alone on the coast, a metaphor for the artist's sense of alienation from society
→ **No access**: The surface is smooth and porous, emphasizing the philosophy of “viewing rather than participation.”
→ The typhoon was blown into the sea (2021) and an anchoring device was installed after restoration to symbolize the rebirth of adversity

#### ** 3. Why is pumpkin the ultimate symbol of Yayoi Kusama? **
"Nayo Kusama once said, 'Pumpkin is my redemption of life.'
→ **Childhood Memory**: Grandfather ran a seedling farm, childhood surrounded by pumpkins, considered a symbol of stability
→ **Mental Illness**: The pumpkin is round and angular, relieving her fears caused by neurological audio-visual disorders
→ **Commercial Breakthrough**: The Pumpkin Installation at the Venice Biennale in 1993 became famous, opening the peak of late creation'

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### **📸 Ultimate Day Trip Itinerary: Unlock Pumpkin Time Journey**
(Original itinerary frame remains unchanged, new art perspective)
**🌅 Morning Boat Sprint Version**
1. **09:00** Miyaura Harbor: Red Pumpkin “Drilling Hole” Experience + Interpretation of Creative Ideas in Late Years
2. **11:00** Tadao Ando Museum: Contrasting Architecture and Pumpkin’s “Circular Philosophy”
3. **13:00** Earthly Gallery: Understanding the concept of Yayoi Kusama’s “net of infinity” from Monet’s “Water Lilies”
4. **16:30** Yellow Pumpkin Sunset: Feel the rush of loneliness and hope (we recommend bringing a telescope to see the ship in the Seto Inland Sea)
5. **17:30** Reflections on the return ship: How did the two pumpkins concentrate the artist’s life?

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### **🌟 Why are foreigners crazy in love with Naoshima? **
1. **Artist pilgrimage hotspots**: Yayoi Kusama, Tadao Ando, James Turrell and Island Athletic
2. **Seto International Art Festival**: 3-yearly, 2025 to launch a "Pumpkin Restoration Special Exhibition"
3. **Healing Data**: 98% of tourists' satisfaction on the island, mainly due to the "contrast between art and natural healing"

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### **🚨 Naoshima Trivia Q&A**
**Q: Why not put the red and yellow pumpkins together? **
→ Deliberate separation of port and wilderness, a metaphor for the two poles of life of "departure vs. destination" and "noisy vs. loneliness"

**Q: Why did Kusama choose Naoshima? **
→ When invited by the Fukubu Group, she was struck by the idea of “Waste Industrial Island Rebirth”, echoing her own post-war traumatic experiences

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### **Artist Quotes at the End of Article**
"'When I gaze at the pumpkin, I see the mystery of the universe.' - Nayo Kusama, 2015 Naoshima Interview"

**Hashtag 爆点赞**
> #red pumpkin is the high point of life Yellow pumpkin is the low point #Naoshima sees through Yayoi Kusama
> #Seto Inland Sea taught me artistic healing #Two pumpkins a conversation across time and space

**Interaction bit💬**
“Do you resonate more with the passion of the red pumpkin or the loneliness of the yellow pumpkin? Let me know in the comments.

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** | Year of creation: Naoshima-cho Tourism Association / Benesse Art Site Naoshima Official Information | **
**|Art Analysis Reference: 〈Nayo Kusama: The Infinite Web〉 (2012 MoMA Retrospective) |**

Itself would search before for me, just being able to install art in the Seto Inland Sea, today I finally understand why his work is so gripping

Hong Kong girls are about to cry #ShikokuTravel #Naoshima #Nayo Kusama