Just a quick post to wish you all a Merry Christmas (or whatever it is you’re celebrating this time of the year) from Kagawa Prefecture! In case you’re wondering, this is a picture taken last Fall at Chichibugahama (some people add “Beach” to the name but hama already means […]
Mitoyo
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In 2010, the City of Mitoyo and the Prefecture of Kagawa teamed up to turn the old Awashima Junior High School into an artist residence. The former school was renamed Awashima Artist Village (or more precisely Awashima Artist’s Village – Japan wouldn’t be the same without silly English mistakes that […]
Today, as the Fall session of the Setouchi Triennale 2016 is just around the corner, I want to bring you to Awashima to introduce you to Missing Post Office by Saya Kubota. What we’re talking about here is a “real” functioning post office, but of course, a very special one. […]
Today, a few lines about Motoyama-ji, the Shikoku Pilgrimage’s 70th temple. But just a few lines, as you will see, my visit turned out a little differently than expected. Motoyama-ji is located in Mitoyo, right next to Kan’onji (both cities border each other) and I had meant to visit […]
As you must know is you’re interested in the Setouchi Triennale and/or if you a regular reader of the blog, last week-end was the opening of the fall session of the festival’s 2013 edition. And this session sees three new islands joining the festivities, namely Awashima, Takamijima and Honjima. Those are the places […]