Setouchi Triennale Tour

Day 1: Okayama to Inujima

Meet at JR Okayama Station or Hoden Port and start tour. Approx. 45 minutes from Okayama Station by private vehicle and then take Ferry or sea taxi to Inujima island from Honden port. Visit Inujima Seirensho Art Museum which was built around the idea of “using what exists to create what is to be”. Exhibited here are works created by Yukinori Yanagi, together with the remodeled architecture designed by Hiroshi Sambuichi. Inujima Art House Project which was inspired the local community of Inujima, allowing you to experience the beautiful Landscapes of everyday life and the familiar natural environments that extend beyond the artworks. Inujima Life Garden is not a conventional botanical garden, professionally landscaped so that people can visit and observe plant life, but rather a place where island residents and visitors can join in the process of reviving the land. Lunch at Inujima and take ferry or sea-taxi to Teshima in the afternoon. The “Teshima Yokoo House”, a collaboration between artist Tadanori Yokoo and architect Yuko Nagayama, was created by altering and renovating an old private house. The exhibition areas are divided into a “Main House,” a “Warehouse,” and an “Outhouse,” displaying 11 two-dimensional works. Needle Factory is an abandoned sewing needle factory, which closed in the late 1980s. Installed within its space is a wooden hull-form used in the manufacturing of red snapper net fishing boats, neglected for some 30 years. Dinner at the accommodation. Overnight in Teshima Island Recommended accommdation:UKAHOUSE