Seto-ohashi Bridge connecting Honshu and Shikoku – over 13kms long
Konpira Shrine – It is the Guardian of the Sea
Many fisherman and sailors visit here.
Udon
Noodle
making -
Cultural
activity
Ritsurin Gardens - Takamatsu
NNaruto Whirlpools – can be up to 25meters in diameter
The following 2 photographs are of rooms of the OTSUKA MUSEUM OF ART.
“The Otsuka Museum of Art is a “Ceramic board masterpiece art museum” with the largest exhibition space in Japan (total floor of 29,412 square meters), built to commemorate the Otsuka Pharmaceutical Group’s 75th
anniversary in Naruto City, Tokushima Prefecture. Inside there are more than 1000 replicas of priceless masterpieces of Western art selected by a committee of 6, from ancient murals to modern paintings, and collection from more than 190 art museums in 25 countries worldwide. These masterpieces are reproduced to their original size using special techniques by the Otsuka Ohmi Ceramics Co., Ltd. Unlike the paintings in art books or textbooks, visitors will be able to appreciate the true artistic value of the original works, and experience art museums of the world whilst being in Japan.
Furthermore while the original masterpieces cannot escape the damaging effects of today’s pollution, earthquakes and fire, the ceramic reproductions can maintain their color and shape for over 2000 years, and this is a large contribution in the nature of preserving the history of cultural treasures. This is a ground- breaking experiment where we have reproduced “Guernica’, which can no longer be moved, and El Greco’s high altar panels, which have been dispersed during the war. The Otsuka Museum of Art can be considered as the world’s first and only ceramic art museum, both technically and philosophically.
Ichiro Otsuka, Director General, Otsuka Museum of Art
A photograph of one of the exhibits in the Otsuka Museum - Shikoku
APhotograph of one of the exhibits in the Otsuka Museum - Shikoku
Awa Odori – Traditional dancing
Indigo Dyeing -
Cultural activity
“Peeing Boy “ – Shikoku Mountain Range
Oku-Iya Vine
Bridge – Iya
Valley
Kazura Vine Bridge
Iya Valley - Shikoku
Japanese washi paper - Cultural activity
Custom
Glazing –
Cultural
Activity
Dogo Onsen in Matsuyama – said to be Japan’s oldest hot spring with
a 3000 year history
Itsukushima Shrine and famous torii gate – Miyajima Island
Famous floating torii gate – Miyajima Island
Beautiful view of floating torii gate and Itsukushima Shrine - Miyajima