KagawaContemporary ArtTakamatsu
Setouchi Triennale
An international exhibition across twelve islands, begun as an attempt to bring people back to depopulated and polluted places.
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KagawaArt & CraftsTakamatsu
Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum
Noguchi's studio and stone yard kept exactly as he left them - finished and unfinished works standing side by side.
KagawaArchitectureTakamatsu
Ritsurin Garden
It takes the mountain behind it into the garden; its pines have been shaped by hand, tree by tree, for three centuries.
KagawaArchitectureMarugame
Nakazu Banshoen
A daimyo garden whose pond copies the eight views of Lake Biwa, centred on a 600-year-old pine trained flat.
KagawaContemporary ArtKanonji
Zenigata Sand Coin
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.
KagawaContemporary ArtMitoyo
Chichibugahama Beach
Tide pools left on the flats mirror the sky; a beach that photography discovered and turned into a destination.
KagawaContemporary ArtShodoshima
Nakayama Rice Terraces
Eight hundred paddies stacked up a slope, with a kabuki stage among them - farming and theatre in one view.
KagawaContemporary ArtShodoshima
Olive Groves of Shodoshima
Where olives first took root in Japan; terraces cut into the slopes give the island a Mediterranean look.
KagawaContemporary ArtKanonji
Kotohiki Park
A viewpoint built on the hill so the sand coin below can be read - the vantage point completing the work.
KagawaContemporary ArtMarugame
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.
KagawaArchitectureManno
Manno Reservoir
Kukai is said to have repaired this reservoir in three months, curving the dam into an arch to take the water's push.
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Terraces of Teshima
Abandoned terraces were brought back into cultivation alongside the museum's construction, so field and artwork share one view.
KagawaContemporary ArtShodoshima
Kankakei Gorge
Volcanic rock eroded into towers and cliffs, each formation named along the route.