Last weekend was a pretty busy one. Four islands were visited in two days. Oshima, Megijima, and Ogijima on Saturday, Shodoshima on Sunday. The reason was a preview of a certain number of the Setouchi Triennale 2019 new artworks’ sites. Why? With whom? How did I manage three islands in […]
Oshima
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Looking for an online guide for Oshima with practical information about the island, how to get there, what to do and more? May I advise Hinomaple’s Oshima Guide for the Setouchi Triennale?
The Setouchi Triennale is an amazing cultural event that takes place every three years (as the name says) in the eastern part of the Seto Inland Sea of Japan. It’s a must-attend for every art lover or nature lover. On top of being one of the biggest art festivals in […]
It’s too hot to write anything of substance today (35°C/95°F, remember, no A/C in Frrench homes) to instead a picture, that I hope you’ll find as “cooling” as I do: This picture was taken from Ōshima‘s beach. I hope you recognize Ogijima in the background. 😉
I’m starting planning the “tourism” parts of my trip next week. The big question right now is whether to go back to Oshima or not. I really want to go back to this island, I want to know it more and opportunities are scarce. It will […]
Surfing the web looking for things about Ōshima, I found very interesting pictures from 1931 on this website. I’m copying them here, I hope that won’t be a problem.
After a morning spent discovering the subtleties of the tea ceremony, we went to the strangest and least known island of the Seto Inland Sea (at least in that part of the sea, I don’t really know anything about the western part), I mean Ōshima. There are several islands […]