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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A working public bath plastered with the artist's collected signage and tile - an artwork the islanders wash in.
A giant coin dug into the beach and re-cut by the whole town twice a year - which is why it has held its shape for four centuries.
Tide pools left on the flats mirror the sky; a beach that photography discovered and turned into a destination.
Eight hundred paddies stacked up a slope, with a kabuki stage among them - farming and theatre in one view.
Where olives first took root in Japan; terraces cut into the slopes give the island a Mediterranean look.
A viewpoint built on the hill so the sand coin below can be read - the vantage point completing the work.
An island known for illegal industrial dumping became a festival site - and how openly that history is handled remains at issue.
Fourteen thousand reservoirs were dug across this dry plain; the cones of its hills and those artificial ponds compose it.
Abandoned terraces were brought back into cultivation alongside the museum's construction, so field and artwork share one view.
Volcanic rock eroded into towers and cliffs, each formation named along the route.