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unusual facts about Naoshima, Kagawa


A Walk Around the Hotel Courtyard, Acatlan

It is owned by the Benesse Corporation and is currently on display at Benesse House and Art Site, a contemporary art museum and hotel at the art village of Noashima, Japan.


Brian Costello

Performing with Ken Kagawa, the show features interviews with an assortment of guests ("People who are interesting" as Costello described them in the Chicago Tribune) and live music.

James Turrell

In Japan, Turrell's works are exhibited at several large museums, including the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa and a permanent installation at the Chichu Art Museum at Benesse Art-Site in Naoshima.

As part of the Naoshima town exhibitions, his Minamidera ("Southern Temple") was designed together with architect Tadao Ando.

Junya Ogawa

He ran for a third time in 2009 and was elected for Kagawa's 1st district.

Kagawa clan

Throughout the course of the Sengoku period, the Kagawa family had very strong bonds with the powerful clan of Chōsokabe, in which they had at many times received members from the Chosokabe family as used for adoptive survival.

Kate MacGarry

Francis Upritchard represented New Zealand at the Venice Biennale in 2009 and has had solo exhibitions at the Vienna Secession in 2010, Nottingham Contemporary in 2012 and MIMOCA in Kagawa, Japan in 2013.

Levir Culpi

With such players as Kagawa, Inui, Akihiro Ienaga, Hiroshi Kiyotake, Adriano Ferreira Martins, and Luís Fernando Martinez, the team finished 3rd in 2010 and qualified for the AFC Champions League.

Ooshima Seishoen Sanatorium

Ooshima Seishōen Sanatorium, or National Sanatorium Ooshima Seishōen is a sanatorium for leprosy or ex-leprosy patients, situated in a small island called Ooshima, Takamatsu-shi, Kagawa-ken, Japan which was established in 1909.

Sanuki

Sanuki Province, a former province of Japan with the same boundaries as modern Kagawa Prefecture

Sanuki udon

Sanuki udon are named after the previous name of the Kagawa Prefecture, Sanuki Province.

Shinji Kagawa

On 18 July 2012, Kagawa was handed a two-minute appearance to mark his Manchester United debut in Durban, South Africa, against AmaZulu in a pre-season friendly match.

Kagawa also scored a goal and provided an assist for Dortmund against rivals Bayern Munich in the 2012 DFB-Pokal Final.

Wakamisugi Akiteru

Wakamisugi Akiteru (24 September 1937 - 2 November 1983) was a sumo wrestler from Kagawa, Japan.

Walter De Maria

followed in 2000 and 2004 by works for two museums on Naoshima Island in Japan, the Naoshima Contemporary Art Museum and the Chichu Art Museum.

He has also since been the subject of numerous solo exhibitions organized by Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris (1981), Museum Boymans-van Beuningen in Rotterdam (1984), Staatsgalerie in Stuttgart (1987), Moderna Museet in Stockholm (1988), Gemäldegalerie in Berlin (1998), and Chichu Art Museum in Naoshima (2000 and 2004).


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