Japanese Islands, Art and more...
This is a view (one of the many) of the Seto Inland Sea that I’m quite fond of. It was taken from Yashima (that you can see on the foreground), and features Aji (formerly a village on its own, nowadays, the north-east-most part...
So, a few days ago, I went to Ritsurin Garden for a very special visit (as a “linguistic consultant” if you like), so I didn’t take any pictures, except from one spot: Kikugetsu-tei, that is Ritsurin Garden’s main tea house. I hadn’t been inside...
Today, I’m bringing you to Naoshima and more precisely Honmura, one of the main villages on the island in order to visit the Art House Project. If you’re not too familiar with it, just know that it’s a long term art project on Naoshima...
I kinda miss the Teshima Art Museum at the moment. I guess it’ll soon be time to pay it a visit (when it’s not as hot though).
Every year in Sunport Takamatsu, usually the last week of July and the first week of August, Setouchi Summer Nights is taking place. It’s a series of cultural and artistic events, coupled with local food stalls (not the usual summer matsuri junk food, but some good...
Something quite unique happened on Sunday. The very first Wordcamp Ogijima! In case you don’t know, Wordcamp is a series of conferences around and about WordPress. It’s the event where WordPress users, developers, coders and more gather, meet, network, etc. What is WordPress some...
Near my house, there’s a small park on the coast with a lone torii. I wonder why it’s there, alone, without a shrine. I mean, sometimes it can happen, places where there used to be a shrine, but it disappeared, not its...
Kanrin House by Rikuji Makabe is located in the village of Tomari on Honjima. It was part of the Setouchi Triennale 2016, but I believe it will still be around in 2019. May I add that I think it’s one of the most...
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