Walking: 14 km
Train: 10 km
Total ascent: 242
Walking time: 3:25 h
Weather: rain in the morning, grey in the afternoon, 15 C
It seems that the destiny of Day 4 of Golden Week is rain. I just saw in my Strava feed that last year I was walking from an onsen back to a train station in the rain around Mt Aso. This year I am not in a onsen rich region (for Japanese standards). Here the topic is art.
I had initially considered to go to Naoshima as per plan, but without the bicycle. However the entire morning it was raining and pretty cold. Luckily I brought my light down jacket. And bought a sturdy umbrella in a conbini close to my hotel. But even so it seemed a miserable idea to go to a small island in that rain. Not everyone agreed. There were plenty of people going by ferry, although likely much less than anticipated for the last day of Golden Week.
I just looked at some “art” around the port. I say “art” as at least this piece of “art” is so far from being art , that I wonder how it made it on the list.
A few other things were around but all far from leaving any impression.
For lunch I had the famous Udon of Takamatsu, all my Japanese colleagues mentioned that I must eat Udon here, went briefly back to the hotel (which has a trap called TV set with Netflix connection), before venturing out again and going to the museum village of Shikoku Mura.
It assembles old houses brought here from many parts of Shikoku. Plus a modern art museum built by Tadao Ando.
When back in the hotel (now I am in a very small train going back to the city) I’ll have a long, warm soak in the onsen (with rotenburo!) and then do some “homework” for my house building. In the Tadao Ando museum there was an art installation that asked for visitors to contribute a shape that is currently close to them. I built my house.
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