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Naoshima (直島) is an island and town in the Seto Inland Sea of Japan. Naoshima is famous for its contemporary art museums as well as outdoor contemporary art installations throughout the island.
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▸Introduction193 chars
Naoshima (直島) is an island and town in the Seto Inland Sea of Japan. Naoshima is famous for its contemporary art museums as well as outdoor contemporary art installations throughout the island.
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It has a population of approximately 3,000 people. Although the island is much closer to the main Japanese island of Honshu, administratively it belongs to Kagawa Prefecture in Shikoku.
Avoid visiting the island on Mondays, as most of the museums will be closed.
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The first settlement on the island was at the now-diminutive fishing port of Tsumuura on the southeastern tip of the island. The most prominent settlement on the island was Honmura which was established as a coastal castle town during the warring states period (1467–1568). The main industry is a smelter and refinery operated by Mitsubishi Materials.
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You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Japanese.  (October 2012) Click [show] for important translation instructions. Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must follow the LLM translation guideline, revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article. You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Japanese Wikipedia article at [[:ja:直島町]]; see its history for attribution. You may also add the template {{Translated|ja|直島町}} to the talk page. For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation. Town in Shikoku, JapanNaoshima 直島町TownBeachside Torii on the southern part of the island FlagChapterLocation of Naoshima in Kagawa PrefectureNaoshimaLocation in JapanCoordinates: 34°27′30″N 133°59′00″E / 34.45833°N 133.98333°E / 34.45833; 133.98333CountryJapanRegionShikokuPrefectureKagawa PrefectureDistrictKagawaGovernment • MayorShin'ichi KobayashiArea • Total14.22 km2 (5.49 sq mi)Population (2020) • Total3,026 • Density212.8/km2 (551.1/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+09:00 (JST)Websitewww.town.naoshima.lg.jp Naoshima (直島, Naoshima) is an island in Japan's Seto Inland Sea, part of Kagawa Prefecture. The island is best known for its many contemporary art installations and museums. The Town of Naoshima (直島町, Naoshima-chō) administers Naoshima and 26 smaller islands nearby. As of 2020, the town has an estimated population of 3,026 and a density of 210 persons per km2. The total area is 14.22 km2. Naoshima Island is known for its many contemporary art museums. For example, the Chichu Art Museum (literally, "in the earth") houses a number of site-specific installations by James Turrell, Walter De Maria, and paintings by Claude Monet. Designed by Tadao Ando, it is located on one of the highest points of the island, and various exhibits and facets of the museum's architecture take advantage of its commanding view. Another contemporary museum (and hotel) is Benesse House, also by Ando. Another is the Naoshima Fukutake Art Museum, with an outdoor sculpture garden, and a third is the James Bond museum, inspired by the island's use as one of the settings for the 2002 Bond novel The Man with the Red Tattoo by Raymond Benson. The museums and beauty of the island draw many tourists, whose visits help support the local economy. However, it is Mitsubishi Materials, loosely affiliated with other Japanese companies of the Mitsubishi name, that dominates industry on the island, as Naoshima has been the site of massive refining by Mitsubishi since 1917. Benesse Art Site Naoshima Benesse Corporation (one of the largest education companies in Japan and based in Okayama) has directed the creation and operation of the island's museums and other projects since the late 1980s.