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festival but the artwork there is indicative of the spellbinding journey that lies ahead.


čÀÌÃÌV y>À The Setouchi Triennale Festival launched in 2010 and has run every three years since, with 12 islands across the Seto Inland Sea hosting festivities.


Events tied into the festival take place in spring, summer and autumn, attracting domestic travellers in their droves and a growing number of international visitors. More than one million people attended events at the last festival in 2016.


It is impossible not to be struck on some level by the exhibitions found on each island. Staggering displays using an array of materials – some of


which are rarely seen in mainstream galleries – will provoke the interest and curiosity of pretty much any traveller.


On Naoshima Island, we walk into


a room of darkness to experience Turrell’s permanent exhibition Minamidera. In the pitch-black room, we wait, and wait, as our eyes slowly adapt to the lack of light. It can take eight minutes for a shape at the end of the room to come into sight. First impressions of the futuristic Chichu Art Museum on Naoshima bring to mind James Bond villain Dr No’s lair Crab Key Island, but don’t think you’re setting foot on > w ÃiÌ° iëÌi Ìi ÕÃiÕ½Ã austere and almost brutalist concrete structure, inside are works by the likes of Claude Monet, James


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ABOVE: Naoshima Pavilion artwork, Naoshima island; PREVIOUS PAGE: Giant pumpkin sculpture by Japanese pop artist Yayoi Kusama in Naoshima Credits: Shutterstock


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