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The Tokoro Museum, Omishima

A bizarre gallery where art meets nature

Anonymous   - 1 min read

The Tokoro Museum is one of three extraordinary art galleries located close together on Oshima Island. Eccentric sculpture fills a bizarre building like a funicular railway station that clings to a hillside, providing striking contrasts between the art inside and the beautiful natural world outside. There’s nowhere else quite like it.

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I was born in Bristol, England, and I came to Japan in 1991 … which means I’ve lived half my life in this island nation on the other side of the world. The theme of my career in Japan has been communication. I started as an English teacher, and moved into translation as I learned Japanese....