2018 japan’s “splendours of shikoku” spring tour

Welcome to our

“Splendours of

Shikoku” Tour

13th May – 30th May 2018

Photographs courtesy of: JNTO, Otsuka Museum ofArt, Jan Hutton, Jeff Stirling, Keith Craig, Ian Ferguson

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Tokyo Tower

Icon of the

Tokyo skyline

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Hozomon – Entrance gate to Sensoji Temple in Asakusa - Tokyo

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Wax food models on display - Tokyo

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Jizo Statues – Zojo-ji Temple - Tokyo© Copyright Kiku Consulting

Ameyocho Markets - Tokyo

Tokyo Sky Tree – tallest stand alone radio tower in the world.

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Shinkansen (Bullet trains) Tokyo Station© Copyright Kiku Consulting

Korakuen Gardens - Okayama

Korakuen Gardens - Okayama

Korakuen Gardens of Okayama

Okayama Castle also

known as “Crow

Castle” due to its

black exterior.

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Beautiful vine

covered building –

Kurashiki Bikan

District

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Seto-ohashi Bridge connecting Honshu and Shikoku – over 13kms long

Konpira Shrine – It is the Guardian of the Sea

Many fisherman and sailors visit here.

Udon

Noodle

making -

Cultural

activity

Ritsurin Gardens - Takamatsu

NNaruto Whirlpools – can be up to 25meters in diameter

The following 2 photographs are of rooms of the OTSUKA MUSEUM OF ART.

“The Otsuka Museum of Art is a “Ceramic board masterpiece art museum” with the largest exhibition space in Japan (total floor of 29,412 square meters), built to commemorate the Otsuka Pharmaceutical Group’s 75th

anniversary in Naruto City, Tokushima Prefecture. Inside there are more than 1000 replicas of priceless masterpieces of Western art selected by a committee of 6, from ancient murals to modern paintings, and collection from more than 190 art museums in 25 countries worldwide. These masterpieces are reproduced to their original size using special techniques by the Otsuka Ohmi Ceramics Co., Ltd. Unlike the paintings in art books or textbooks, visitors will be able to appreciate the true artistic value of the original works, and experience art museums of the world whilst being in Japan.

Furthermore while the original masterpieces cannot escape the damaging effects of today’s pollution, earthquakes and fire, the ceramic reproductions can maintain their color and shape for over 2000 years, and this is a large contribution in the nature of preserving the history of cultural treasures. This is a ground- breaking experiment where we have reproduced “Guernica’, which can no longer be moved, and El Greco’s high altar panels, which have been dispersed during the war. The Otsuka Museum of Art can be considered as the world’s first and only ceramic art museum, both technically and philosophically.

Ichiro Otsuka, Director General, Otsuka Museum of Art

A photograph of one of the exhibits in the Otsuka Museum - Shikoku

APhotograph of one of the exhibits in the Otsuka Museum - Shikoku

Awa Odori – Traditional dancing

Indigo Dyeing -

Cultural activity

“Peeing Boy “ – Shikoku Mountain Range

Oku-Iya Vine

Bridge – Iya

Valley

Kazura Vine Bridge

Iya Valley - Shikoku

Japanese washi paper - Cultural activity

Custom

Glazing –

Cultural

Activity

Dogo Onsen in Matsuyama – said to be Japan’s oldest hot spring with

a 3000 year history

Itsukushima Shrine and famous torii gate – Miyajima Island

Famous floating torii gate – Miyajima Island

Beautiful view of floating torii gate and Itsukushima Shrine - Miyajima

Miyajima’s famous rice scoops

Hiroshima’s famous oysters

Peace Park - Hiroshima

Children’s Peace Monument in Hiroshima Peace Park

Hiroshima Castle

Kinkaku-ji – “Golden Pavilion” Kyoto

“Catnapping” along the Path of Philosophy - Kyoto© Copyright Kiku Consulting

Magnificient Bamboo

Groves – Arashiyama

Kyoto

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Heian Jingu Torii in Kyoto - one of the largest and tallest gates in Japan© Copyright Kiku Consulting 2017

Beautiful dry sand garden “Sea of Silver Sand” at Ginkaku-ji - Kyoto© Copyright Kiku Consulting

Such beautiful tradition – Kyoto``

SAYONARA

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