A trip to stay at Benesse House, Naoshima Island of Art.

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Naoshima is the only place in Japan to be selected as one of the "Top 25 Places to Travel in 2025" by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). We will introduce you to the hotel "Benesse House" where you can enjoy art appreciation at your leisure on Naoshima, where beautiful nature and art come together.

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Ryobi Tours Co., Ltd.

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Table of Contents
Learn about Benesse House "Park Building"
Learn about Benesse House's "Terrace Restaurant"
Learn about Naoshima Art Appreciation
Staying at Benesse House on a tour

Learn about Benesse House "Park Building"

Benesse House, where you can enjoy nature and art to your heart's content, has four accommodation buildings with different locations and styles. The "Park Building" we will introduce this time is built on a gentle slope surrounded by the nature of the Setouchi, and is one of the few wooden facilities designed by Ando.

From the veranda of the guest rooms, you can see outdoor artworks scattered across the green lawn, the Seto Naikai, and beyond that the mountains of Shikoku and the blue sky. Inside the hotel, there is an art space created by the artists themselves, a lounge that is only available to guests staying at the hotel, a terrace restaurant, a shop, and a park hall that can accommodate up to 120 people.

Feel the sea breeze of the Seto Naikai and enjoy the time you spend surrounded by nature to your heart's content.

Benesse House "Park Building" (exterior image)

Benesse House "Park Building" guest room (Park Twin 28m2 / image)

Learn about Benesse House's "Terrace Restaurant"

This restaurant has a sense of openness, featuring large windows facing the Seto Naikai and high ceilings. Enjoy breakfast while taking in the serene seascape of the Seto Naikai. At dinner time, you can enjoy French cuisine as the light changes as the evening approaches. Please enjoy to your heart's content the menu, which features dishes that bring out the natural flavors of the ingredients on your plate.

Benesse House "Terrace Restaurant" (concept image)

Learn about Naoshima Art Appreciation

By staying at Benesse House, you can take your time to appreciate the numerous art museums and artworks on Naoshima. The Chichu Art Museum, a symbol of Naoshima, the Naoshima of art, was established in 2004 as a place to contemplate the relationship between nature and humans.

Most of the building is underground so as not to spoil the beautiful scenery of the Setouchi, and works by Claude Monet, James Turrell, and Walter De Maria are permanently installed inside the building designed by Tadao Ando. Even though it is underground, natural light pours in, and the expressions of the artworks and the space change from moment to moment throughout the day and through the seasons. This museum was created by artists and architects bouncing ideas off each other, and the entire building can be considered a huge site-specific work.

(※From the official website)

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

The Naoshima New Museum of Art, which is scheduled to open on May 31, 2025, is located within the village and is the 10th art facility designed by Tadao Ando. It is the first museum to have "Naoshima" in its name. The museum exhibits and collects works by artists from Asia, including Japan, and aims to convey more diverse perspectives and expressions, as well as multifaceted messages about the times and society, through rotating exhibits and various public programs, as well as to be a place of exchange and collaboration where people can come again and again and encounter a wide variety of people from both inside and outside the island.

(※From the official website)

[na27B] Architecture: Tadao Ando “Naoshima New Art Museum” ⓒTadao Ando Architect & Associates

Staying at Benesse House on a tour

If you are staying at Benesse House, we recommend joining the " Seto Triennale Collaboration Tour," which allows you to enjoy art appreciation at your leisure on Naoshima . This special tour, which is accompanied by a guide to appreciate the artworks, is being developed as a wide-area collaboration project for the Setouchi Triennale 2025, and allows you to fully enjoy Naoshima, the island of art.

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・Benesse Art Site Naoshima official website: https://benesse-artsite.jp/

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Ryobi Tours Co., Ltd.

Okayama

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