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EPISODE · Apr 11, 2022 · 4 MIN

#177. A tiny island of art, Naoshima 直島

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Hello. Welcome to Jenni's Pika Pika Japanese. It has become completely warm in Japan, and the news said that it will be 29 degrees Celsius in Fukushima today. It is like a summer temperature. But at the moment, the humidity is not so high and the wind is refreshing, so it is a comfortable season and I feel like going out somewhere. Today, I would like to introduce Naoshima, a tiny island of art floating in the Seto Inland Sea, to those who are tempted by such weather and want to go on a trip somewhere. Naoshima belongs to Kagawa Prefecture on Shikoku Island, but it is located on the other side of the Seto Inland Sea, 3 km from Okayama Prefecture. This tiny Naoshima is actually attracting attention from overseas, and is a popular spot visited by many foreign tourists. The secret is that works by Yayoi Kusama, known for her polka-dot motifs, and Tadao Ando, an architect known worldwide for his many beautiful buildings, are scattered throughout the island, and the island itself has become popular because of the perfect harmony between the old townscape and modern art, as if the island itself were an artwork. However, Yayoi Kusama's famous "Pumpkin," a symbol of the island, was blown away by a typhoon on August 9, 2021, smashing it against the pier and destroying it, and is no longer on display. 直島 なおしま 瀬戸内海 せとないかい 香川 かがわ 岡山 おかやま 南瓜 なんきん/かぼちゃ こんにちは。 ジェニのピカピカ日本語へようこそ。 日本はすっかり温かくなり、今日の福島は29度になるとニュースで言っていました。 まるで夏のような気温です。 でも今のところ、湿度がそんなに高くなくて、風もさわやかなので過ごしやすい季節で、どこかへ出かけたくなります。 さて、今日はそんな気候に誘われて、どこかに旅に出かけたくなる人に瀬戸内海に浮ぶちいさなアートの島、直島をご紹介します。 直島は四国の香川県に属しているのですが、立地的には瀬戸内海の対岸、岡山県から3Kmに位置しています。 このちっぽけな直島ですが、実は海外からも注目されており、外国人観光客も数多く訪れる人気スポットです。 その秘密は水玉模様のモチーフで知られる草間彌生氏や、数々の美しい建築で世界的に知られる建築家、安藤忠雄氏の作品が島のあちこちに散りばめられていて、古い町並みと現代アートが見事に調和して島そのものがまるでアートのようなということで人気を博しています。 ただ、その島のシンボルとして有名だった草間彌生氏の作品、「南瓜」は2021年8月9日の台風で飛ばされ、桟橋に打ち付けられて壊れてしまい、現在は展示されていません。

Hello. Welcome to Jenni's Pika Pika Japanese. It has become completely warm in Japan, and the news said that it will be 29 degrees Celsius in Fukushima today. It is like a summer temperature. But at the moment, the humidity is not so high and the wind is refreshing, so it is a comfortable season and I feel like going out somewhere. Today, I would like to introduce Naoshima, a tiny island of art floating in the Seto Inland Sea, to those who are tempted by such weather and want to go on a trip somewhere. Naoshima belongs to Kagawa Prefecture on Shikoku Island, but it is located on the other side of the Seto Inland Sea, 3 km from Okayama Prefecture. This tiny Naoshima is actually attracting attention from overseas, and is a popular spot visited by many foreign tourists. The secret is that works by Yayoi Kusama, known for her polka-dot motifs, and Tadao Ando, an architect known worldwide for his many beautiful buildings, are scattered throughout the island, and the island itself has become popular because of the perfect harmony between the old townscape and modern art, as if the island itself were an artwork. However, Yayoi Kusama's famous "Pumpkin," a symbol of the island, was blown away by a typhoon on August 9, 2021, smashing it against the pier and destroying it, and is no longer on display. 直島 なおしま 瀬戸内海 せとないかい 香川 かがわ 岡山 おかやま 南瓜 なんきん/かぼちゃ こんにちは。 ジェニのピカピカ日本語へようこそ。 日本はすっかり温かくなり、今日の福島は29度になるとニュースで言っていました。 まるで夏のような気温です。 でも今のところ、湿度がそんなに高くなくて、風もさわやかなので過ごしやすい季節で、どこかへ出かけたくなります。 さて、今日はそんな気候に誘われて、どこかに旅に出かけたくなる人に瀬戸内海に浮ぶちいさなアートの島、直島をご紹介します。 直島は四国の香川県に属しているのですが、立地的には瀬戸内海の対岸、岡山県から3Kmに位置しています。 このちっぽけな直島ですが、実は海外からも注目されており、外国人観光客も数多く訪れる人気スポットです。 その秘密は水玉模様のモチーフで知られる草間彌生氏や、数々の美しい建築で世界的に知られる建築家、安藤忠雄氏の作品が島のあちこちに散りばめられていて、古い町並みと現代アートが見事に調和して島そのものがまるでアートのようなということで人気を博しています。 ただ、その島のシンボルとして有名だった草間彌生氏の作品、「南瓜」は2021年8月9日の台風で飛ばされ、桟橋に打ち付けられて壊れてしまい、現在は展示されていません。

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