Our Adventure in Japan! Day 9 part 2: Naoshima: Chichu Art Museum, Ando Museum, Gokuraku-ji Temple, Lee Ufan Museum, local dinner, the Pumpkin at night

Sep 3, 2026

[no gallery] Dear Family and Friends, We got into our car and drove to the Chichu Museum. Ando designed the museum for the contemplation of three artists: Claude Monet, Walter de Maria, and James Turrell. We first came to the gardens. The gardens are planted with many...

Our Adventure in Japan! Day 9, part 1: Leaving Uno Port, the ferry to Naoshima, Benesse House, some of the art collection, the Oval, the beach

Aug 31, 2026

Dear Family and Friends, Today we are headed to Benesse House on the island of Naoshima in the Seto Inland Sea. Benesse House was initially founded for an important social/philosophical reason described on its website this way: “If art with a message to modern...

Our Adventure in Japan Day 7 first part: Kyoto: temple, Adashino-Nenbutsu-ji Temple, Gioh-ji Templejapa

Aug 31, 2026

[no gallery] Dear Family and Friends, We got to Kyoto at night and settled into our hotel. Then we got up to start another super busy day. I am breaking the first day in Kyoto into 2 because it was so hard to edit all of our photos into one reasonable email. We caught...