28 Dec 2018
A tour guide is essential if you want to experience Naoshima in any kind of depth. To navigate it by yourself is largely impossible. Our tour guide, Yoji, met us at the ferry and saw us across to Naoshima giving us an overview of the history of the islands as we travelled. When we docked he took us to his car and drove us around the major exhibits, the immersive installations and the three major art museums. His itinerary was thoughtful and well paced. He took us to a terrific local cafe for a first rate lunch and stayed with us until the last ferry when we returned to the mainland and back to Okayama. Yoji and his wife are themselves artists so he had a wonderful and fresh perspective on the art and he shared his thoughts with us from both a historical and cultural perspective as well as from an esoteric and aesthetic point of view. The tour was worth every cent we spent and we couldn't recommend Yoji any more highly.