On a tiny island, in a tiny part of town sits a thumb-nail sized café. Run by a young woman who comes from Kobe and who moved six years ago to Naoshima, Café Hifumiyo is an enchanting place. It sits in a fortunate position right across a narrow street from an Art House site –…
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japan – day 22
Art, art … and more art (continued) I’ll tell you about our day visiting Benesse House Museum – a site designed by Tadao Ando. On a side note, we also visited the Ando Museum – a small but insightful window into his work. At the museum, we saw Ando’s drawings for the Benesse House Museum….
japan – day 21 (naoshima)
Art, art and more art I’ve been having a little trouble getting around. While I was in Kyoto, I may have inflamed a tendon (or something of that nature) so walking has become a real challenge. What a time for this to happen! Seeing Naoshima’s art installations was one of the things I looked forward…
japan – day 20 (okayama / naoshima)
Today starts off with a breakfast that is quite good but spirals in a few different directions. Let’s start at 12:00 on the plate : 12:00 – carrot roll + brioche roll 1:00 – French toast5:00 – French toast 6:00 – dashimaki (rolled omelette – dashi is mixed into the egg mixture before it’s cooked)6:35…