Benesse House Museum transformed the small island of Naoshima, Japan, laying the groundwork for immersive art hotels around the world. Ryan Craggs is a freelance writer, marketing consultant, and ...

Naoshima has long drawn visitors for its eccentric sprawl of art museums, but as Lale Arikoglu discovers, the island is just ...

Dotted along the Seto Inland Sea off the southern coast of Kagawa prefecture is a series of islands that comprise one of Japan’s largest – and more successful – art initiatives. Established roughly 30 ...

In the heart of the Seto Inland Sea, between the Japanese islands of Honshū, Shikoku and Kyūshū, is Naoshima, a small island community famous for its art and architecture. Naoshima is only accessible ...

Once polluted and suffering from depopulation, Naoshima has become Japan's hottest contemporary art enclave – and there are signs that life there may be finally rebounding. Shinichi Kobayashi has ...

Above picture: Opened in 2008, the Inujima Seirensho Art Museum is built on the ruins of a century-old copper refinery. Once buried under nearly a million tons of illegally dumped toxic waste from ...

There are many experiences that can trigger adrenalin or lift the spirits, but few have leave an impact like this magical gallery. With or without a midlife crisis, there comes a point in life when ...

Benesse House Museum transformed the small island of Naoshima, Japan, laying the groundwork for immersive art hotels around the world. From an unassuming port in Uno, about 50 minutes by train from ...