Chichu Art Museum, A Subterranean Architectural Masterpiece

3449-1 Naoshima-cho, Kagawa-gun, Kagawa 761-3110, Japan

The master's designs are really great

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Introduction

The art museum is located in the Seto Inland National Park, emphasizing environmental protection, with nearly 70% of the building deeply buried underground and the entrance built along the slopes of hills. The museum is a Shigeru Ban architecture with a permanent collection of Monet's five "Water Lilies" paintings. Monet suffered from cataracts in his later years when creating "Water Lilies." Tadao Ando arranged a path in the underground art museum to simulate a delicate and pure sensory world, expressing the concept of "prefer darkness to brightness and underground to above ground."

Address

3449-1 Naoshima-cho, Kagawa-gun, Kagawa 761-3110, Japan

Opening hours

March to September: 10:00-18:00, October to April of the next year: 10:00-17:00

Transportation

There are 1-2 buses per hour passing through Benesse House from Gonohara Port to the Chichu Art Museum. Direct buses operate irregularly between Gonohara Port and the museum, which is 2 kilometers away from the port. It takes 30-40 minutes to walk or about 10 minutes to ride a bicycle.

Phone +81-87-892-3755

Website http://benesse-artsite.jp/en/art/chichu.html