Adding to the Benesse Art Site's suite of museums is yet another design from the irrepressible Tadao Ando. It houses works by the renowned Korean-born artist (and philosopher) Lee Ufan, who was a leading figure in the Mono-ha movement of the 1960s and '70s. Four rooms hold minimalist pieces that can be as simple as one brushstroke or a gradient of colour.
糖心传媒's must-see attractions
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Konpira-san or, more formally, Kotohira-g奴, was originally a Buddhist and Shint艒 temple dedicated to the guardian of mariners. It became exclusively a鈥
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碍艒谤补办耻-别苍 draws the crowds with its reputation as one of the three most beautiful gardens in Japan. It has expansive lawns broken up by ponds, teahouses鈥
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One of the most beautiful gardens in the country, 搁颈迟蝉耻谤颈苍-办艒别苍 dates from the mid-1600s and took more than a century to complete. Designed as a walking鈥
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In Honmura, half a dozen traditional buildings have been turned over to contemporary artists to use as the setting for creative installations, often鈥
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This is Kurashiki's premier museum, housing the predominantly Western art collection amassed by local textile magnate 艑hara Magosabur艒 (1880鈥1943), with鈥
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This kiln and gallery-shop is run by the Kimura family, one of the six original families granted official permission in the early 1600s to produce pottery鈥
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Zents奴-ji, Temple 75 of the sacred 88, is the largest of the temples 鈥 most of the other 87 could fit in its car park. This is where K艒b艒 Daishi was born,鈥
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Teshima's art 'museum' impresses for its architecture 鈥 a monumental concrete shell, forming a low teardrop-shaped dome on the hillside, designed by Tokyo鈥
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A work of art itself, this museum designed by Tadao Ando consists of a series of cool concrete-walled spaces sitting snugly underground. Lit by natural鈥
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Award-winning architect Tadao Ando designed this stunning museum and hotel on the south coast of the island. Among the works here are pieces by Andy鈥
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This yellow pumpkin sculpture, by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, has become a symbol of Naoshima. It's perched on the end of a small jetty. Pumpkins are鈥
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Minamidera, one of the sites within the Art House Project, is a James Turrell experiment with light. Queue up to enter in total darkness鈥nd wait鈥
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The shack-like Haisha by Shinro Ohtake is a highlight of the Art House Project collection of sites, notable for its Statue of Liberty sculpture, which鈥
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In Honmura, half a dozen traditional buildings have been turned over to contemporary artists to use as the setting for creative installations, often鈥
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One of the sites in the Art House Project collection, this is Hiroshi Sugimoto's play on the traditional Go'o Shrine, with a glass staircase and a very鈥
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You can actually walk inside this larger sculpture, a sibling to Naoshima's iconic Yellow Pumpkin by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama. The red artwork is鈥