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Naoshima

Naoshima is an island and town in the of . Naoshima is famous for its contemporary art museums as well as outdoor contemporary art installations throughout the island.
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  • Type: Town with 3,140 residents
  • Description: town in Kagawa district, Kagawa prefecture, Japan
  • Also known as: “Naoshima Cho”, “Naoshima-chō”, and “Naoshima, Kagawa”
  • Historically known as: “Naoshima-mura” and “Naoshima-son”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Chichu Art Museum and Lee Ufan Museum.

Museum
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The is a museum built directly into a southern portion of the island of Naoshima in , . It was designed by architect Tadao Ando and opened to the public on July 18, 2004.

Museum
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The is an art museum on Naoshima, an island of , dedicated to the work of Korean artist Lee Ufan. The first-ever museum in the world of such a kind, it was designed as a collaboration between Japanese architect Tadao Ando and Lee himself.

Museum
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tamano.

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is a city located in southern , Japan. As of 31 October 2022, the city had an estimated population of 55,889 in 27087 households, and a population density of 540 persons per km2. Its total area is 103.58 square kilometres…

Naoshima

Latitude
34.4598° or 34° 27′ 35″ north
Longitude
133.9957° or 133° 59′ 44″ east
Population
3,140
Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)
Open location code
8Q6MFX5W+W7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 892741319
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1855614
Wiki­data ID
Q1350060
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Naoshima” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ناوشيما”
  • Asturian: “Naoshima”
  • Catalan: “Naoshima”
  • Cebuano: “Naoshima Chō”
  • Chinese: “直岛町”
  • Chinese: “直島町”
  • Czech: “Naošima”
  • Danish: “Naoshima”
  • Dutch: “Naoshima”
  • French: “Naoshima-chō”
  • French: “Naoshima”
  • German: “Naoshima-chō”
  • German: “Naoshima”
  • Hungarian: “Naosima”
  • Indonesian: “Naoshima, Kagawa”
  • Irish: “Naoshima”
  • Italian: “Isola di Naoshima”
  • Italian: “Naoshima”
  • Japanese: “Naoshima-chō”
  • Japanese: “なおしまちょう”
  • Japanese: “ナオシマチョウ”
  • Japanese: “直島村”
  • Japanese: “直島町”
  • Japanese: “香川郡直島町”
  • Korean: “나오시마정”
  • Korean: “나오시마초”
  • Malay: “Naoshima, Kagawa”
  • Malay: “Naoshima”
  • Persian: “نائوشیما، کاگاوا”
  • Polish: “Naoshima”
  • Portuguese: “Naoshima”
  • Russian: “Наосима”
  • Slovak: “Naošima”
  • Spanish: “Naoshima”
  • Swedish: “Naoshima”
  • Tagalog: “Naoshima, Kagawa”
  • Tagalog: “Naoshima”
  • Thai: “นาโอชิมะ”
  • Turkish: “Naoshima”
  • Ukrainian: “Наосіма”
  • Ukrainian: “Наошіма”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Naoshima”. Photo: 663highland, CC BY 2.5.