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Kusama's Pumpkins, Naoshima
A polka-dotted pumpkin at the end of a pier became the island's emblem; washed away by a typhoon, it was repaired and returned.
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Naoshima Bath I Love Yu
A working public bath plastered with the artist's collected signage and tile - an artwork the islanders wash in.
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Chichibugahama Beach
Tide pools left on the flats mirror the sky; a beach that photography discovered and turned into a destination.
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Nakayama Rice Terraces
Eight hundred paddies stacked up a slope, with a kabuki stage among them - farming and theatre in one view.
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Ogijima and Megijima
Two festival islands where the works scatter through hillside hamlets and the lanes become the route.
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Olive Groves of Shodoshima
Where olives first took root in Japan; terraces cut into the slopes give the island a Mediterranean look.
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Kotohiki Park
A viewpoint built on the hill so the sand coin below can be read - the vantage point completing the work.
Tonosho
Teshima and its Waste
An island known for illegal industrial dumping became a festival site - and how openly that history is handled remains at issue.
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Sanuki Fuji and its Reservoirs
Fourteen thousand reservoirs were dug across this dry plain; the cones of its hills and those artificial ponds compose it.
Tonosho
Terraces of Teshima
Abandoned terraces were brought back into cultivation alongside the museum's construction, so field and artwork share one view.
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Kankakei Gorge
Volcanic rock eroded into towers and cliffs, each formation named along the route.
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Kashima Island
Seen from the shore it reads as a green mass floating on the sea - the archetype of an Inland Sea view.
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Mt Ishizuchi
The highest peak in western Japan, climbed on three sets of hanging chains provided as part of the pilgrimage.
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Artesian Wells of Saijo
Three thousand wells rise of their own pressure through the town - water built into the streets themselves.
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Terraced Fields of Yawatahama
Stone terraces cut into cliffs falling to the sea - said to be cultivated all the way to heaven.
Imabari
Citrus Groves of Omishima
Citrus terraces cover the island's slopes; Toyo Ito has worked here on tying farming back to architecture.
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Cormorant Fishing on the Hiji
On winter mornings a river fog pours down to the sea; the river changes character with the season.
KochiContemporary ArtShimanto
The Shimanto River
No dam on the main course, so the meanders remain; bridges and villages are all placed on the assumption of flood.
KochiContemporary ArtKitagawa
Monet's Garden Marmottan
Giverny recreated in a mountain valley with the foundation's blessing - and here the blue water lilies Monet never got actually bloom.
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Cape Muroto
Each earthquake lifts the coast a little more, leaving terraces - a global geopark where the ground's movement is legible.
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Tatsukushi Coast
Sandstone eaten by wind and wave into honeycombs and marbled surfaces - a shoreline carved by weather.
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Cape Ashizuri
Granite cliffs at Shikoku's southern tip, reached through a tunnel of camellia branches.