26/07/2026
Hightlights from The Setouchi Triennale 瀬戸内国際芸術祭 Part 1 - #本島 #高見島 #粟島
The main reason I came to Shikoku again was to attend this art festival! A week of intensive Island-Hopping to experience arts in a whole different way! Each island has its own distinct history, culture, lifestyle and nature. There were both indoor and outdoor artworks, they all tried to operate with the environment or architecture in some ways. You'd also be able to visit places otherwise wouldn't be avaliable to general public, for example historical buildings and local schools.
"The Setouchi Triennale is a contemporary art festival held every three years on the islands of the Seto Inland Sea. Launched in 2010, it lasts 100 days and is divided into spring, summer and fall sessions, allowing visitors to enjoy the Setouchi region in different seasons. The Triennale is one of Japan’s foremost international art festivals, attracting about one million people from Japan and overseas.
The Triennale’s aim is to revitalize the Seto Inland Sea region, where people lived in harmony with the natural environment, and to transform it into a Sea of Hope. Site specific artworks are developed so that visitors journeying to the different Setouchi communities can learn from a way of life in which farming, local industry and commerce were intricately intertwined, while also directing their thoughts toward a vision of how we, as one human family, want to live on this earth. "
--- Mid-Oct 2025
#四國 #四國觀光 #瀬戸内国際芸術祭
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瀬戸内国際芸術祭/ART SETOUCHI
