[Setouchi Triennale Art Museum Collaborative Tour] Kagawa Prefecture 4 Museum Course (Naoshima, Takamatsu, Marugame 3 days)

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As part of the Setouchi Triennale 2025 wide-area collaboration project, eight art museums in Kagawa Prefecture, Okayama Prefecture, and Hyogo Prefecture will host an exhibition focusing on works by contemporary Japanese artists. This tour will take you to three art museums in Kagawa Prefecture and the Naoshima Art Museum.

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A 3-day trip to Kagawa 's museums to experience contemporary art
Travel Course
Basic information about the tour (departure date, price, precautions, etc.)
Application and Inquiry Contact

A 3-day trip to Kagawa 's museums to experience contemporary art

This tour will take you around four museums in Kagawa over a 3-day, 2- Tomari trip. At the Kagawa Prefectural Museum, you will see the "Tsuyoshi Ozawa's Seven Wonders of Sanuki" exhibition. Ozawa, who is interested in the boundary between pure art and non-pure art, exhibits works inspired by the collections of museums that are historical museums. At the Takamatsu City Art Museum, the exhibition "Between Ishida Hisashi's Paintings and Windows" will be held. This is Ishida's first large-scale exhibition since 2015, and will include videos using stop-motion live-action techniques. At the Marugame City Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art, the "Otake Ohtake Exhibition" will be held for the first time since 2013. The Naoshima New Museum of Art is a new art museum that opened in May 2025 and is the 10th Ando-designed building on the island. You can see works by 11 Asian artists, including those from Japan, as part of an exhibition to commemorate the opening year.

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Travel Course

Day 1

JR Shin Osaka Station + (Shinkansen) + JR Okayama Station - Uno Port - (Ferry) - Miyanoura Port - na19B Benesse House Museum (viewing and lunch) - na25B Valley Gallery...na20B Lee Ufan Museum (viewing) - na21B Chichu Art Museum (viewing) - Naoshima(dinner and overnight Tomari )

Enter Naoshima from the Okayama side and first enjoy the area around Benesse House. You will travel leisurely on a special bus to visit the Benesse House Museum, Valley Gallery, Lee Ufan Museum, and Chichu Art Museum, and you will be able to view the exhibits at your own pace with commentary. You will stay in the Benesse House Park building. There are many artworks on display in the hotel, so please feel free to find one that you like.

na21B Art: Claude Monet, James Turrell, Walter De Maria, Architecture: Tadao Ando "Chichu Art Museum"_Photo by Seiichi Ohsawa

[Accommodation] Benesse House Park Building (Park Twin 28m2)

na19B Architecture: Tadao Ando "Benesse House Museum"

[Accommodation] Benesse House Park Building (image)

Day 2

Hotel (Breakfast) - Art House Project (viewing na11B Kadoya, na12B Go'o Shrine, etc.)...na27B Naoshima New Museum (viewing) - Naoshima(Lunch) - Miyanoura Port - (Ferry) - Takamatsu Port - tk13 Kagawa Prefectural Museum (viewing) - Takamatsu City Yashima Mountaintop Exchange Center "Yashima-ru" - Takamatsu(Dinner and Tomari)

We will take our time to appreciate the art facilities in the Honmura area of the island, including the Art House Project and the Naoshima New Art Museum. You will be able to take your time to look at representative works such as Kadoya, Goo Shrine, Ando Museum, and Go Kaisho. After visiting the Art House Project, we will introduce Asian-themed works at the new Naoshima New Art Museum, which will open in May 2025. After lunch, we will leave Naoshima behind and take a ferry to Takamatsu Port to view the special exhibition at the Kagawa Prefectural Museum and enjoy the grandeur of the Seto Seto Naikai while overlooking Takamatsu city from Yashima-ru, an exchange center on the mountaintop of Setouchi , which is also a work of the Setouchi Triennale.

na27B Architecture: Tadao Ando "Naoshima New Art Museum" ⓒTadao Ando Architect & Associates

[Accommodation] JR Hotel Clement Takamatsu(Standard Twin Room 31.9㎡)

Kagawa Prefectural Museum (image)

[Accommodation] JR Hotel Clement Takamatsu

Day 3

Hotel (breakfast) - tk14 Takamatsu City Art Museum (viewing) - Takamatsu Port - (charter boat) - Marugame Port - Marugame(lunch) - Marugame City Genichiro Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art (viewing) - JR Okayama Station around 16:30 + (Shinkansen) + JR Shin Osaka Station around 17:37

On the final day, after viewing the special exhibition at the Takamatsu City Art Museum, you will enjoy a one-hour cruise from Takamatsu Port to Marugame Port on a chartered boat. After arriving at Marugame Port, as the finale of the art tour, you will enjoy viewing the artworks at the Marugame City Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art, while receiving a detailed explanation of the architecture of the museum itself.

Takamatsu City Museum of Art (image)

Marugame City Genichiro Inokuma Contemporary Art (image)

*Regarding the itinerary marks above, "++" indicates travel by Shinkansen, "-" indicates travel by bus, "~" indicates travel by boat, and "..." indicates travel on foot.

Basic information about the tour (departure date, price, precautions, etc.)

Travel departure date

Wednesday, August 20, 2025

travel fee

230,000 yen to 290,000 yen (adult, per person)

・2 people per room: 230,000 yen for adults (twin room)

・One person per room: 290,000 yen for adults (single room)

・Same amount for children

Meeting point

Meet at 8:20 in front of the Chuo Shinkansen ticket gate at JR Osaka Station

Meet at the JR Okayama Station Shinkansen ticket gate at 9:40

Minimum number of participants

7 guests

If the minimum number of participants is not reached, the event will be cancelled.

・A decision will be made to proceed with the trip at least 3 weeks before the departure date, and customers who have applied will be notified.

Precautions

・Please note that it may not be possible to accommodate food allergies with the meals provided on the tour. For details, please contact the following.

・Please note that the tour guide will speak English.

Cancellation Policy

You may cancel the Travel Contract at any time by paying the cancellation fee below.

The following dates counting back from the day before the start of the trip:

Up to 21 days before...Free

20 to 15 days before: 20% of the tour price

7 to 2 days before...30% of the tour price

The day before...40% of the tour price

On the day (before the trip begins)...50% of the trip price

On the day (after the trip has started)...100% of the trip price

Application and Inquiry Contact

Make a reservation here

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