【住宿介紹】日本離島遊 擁抱瀨戶內海的藍凪旅館
日本是一個四面環海的國家,有曲折無盡的海岸線以及一望無際的海洋,因此令這個島國處處都是醉人的風景,其中擁有美麗大自然的瀨戶內海,每年都吸引好多來自世界各地的旅客慕名而來,而今天就要為大家一間,讓人可以擁抱瀨戶內海美景的「藍凪旅館」。
藍凪旅館前身是美術館和民宿的建築物,位於愛媛縣松山市的一處高地,在世界級建築師安藤忠雄監督修復改建工程之下,於2015年的冬天正式開業,搖身一變成為只有七個套房的高級豪華旅館。
在安藤忠雄的參與下,旅館的設計當然也與別不同,巧妙地把外觀融入瀨戶內的大自然之中,即使從遠處看到建築物,也只會覺得如一件大型的藝術品,而旅館的室內仍保留不少昔日美術館的痕跡,另外館內展出了美國極限藝術畫家Frank Philip Stella與日本書法家川邊理繪子的作品,亦有松山市的年輕造景師小野豐設計的中庭青苔裝置藝術。
雖然藍凪旅館只提供7間套房,但旅客仍有四種類型可選擇。「藍凪套房」是當中最高級的房間,由於樓底有8公尺之高,所以採用了樓中樓的設計,分成上下2層,並裝有大型落地玻璃窗,讓住客安坐房中都可以欣賞到迷人的瀬戶内海。另外,「半露天溫泉套房」就裝有一個大浴池,入住的客人可以在房內享受溫泉體驗,同時又可以透過半開放式的設計,欣賞天空與大自然的美景。
除了絕佳的客房之外,藍凪旅館內的「Dining MINAGI」也為住客提供美食,餐廳嚴選瀬戶内的當季食材,烹調出多款豐富又獨特的美味佳餚,加上餐廳採用了砥部燒等器皿,令大家在享受食物之時,又可以認識到愛媛縣和瀨戶內的飲食文化。
在藍凪旅館之中,大家可以選擇在房中享受溫泉,也可以到館內的「ALL THAT SPA SETOUCHI」做SPA,讓疲憊的身心都得到全面的放鬆,所以大家一天不外出,只是呆在藍凪旅館之中,也不會感到半點浪費旅程的感覺呢!
INFO:
Setouchi Retreat Aonagi(瀨戶藍凪旅館)
地址: 799-2641 愛媛, 松山, Yanaidanimachi 794−1, 日本
官網:setouchi-aonagi.jp
來源:setouchi-aonagi.jp、booking.com
原文:【住宿介紹】日本離島遊 擁抱瀨戶內海的藍凪旅館
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Experience Modern Architecture in Japan with the Contemporary Art + Architecture Tour
Every year, CA+AT (Contemporary Art + Architecture Tour) brings a select group of creative people on a curated journey to discover the best contemporary art and architecture sites in the world. This sort of “retreat for creative minds” (as they like to call it) is not merely a vacation—it’s an inspiring learning experience through an on-site exploration of what open air museums: places where architecture, art, landscape blend together in a unified project linked to a specific site, stimulating an exchange among tour guests on creative processes, social change, and environmental regeneration.
With this idea in mind, for the past two years CA+AT has been exploring the experimental projects in the Seto Inland Sea in the Kagawa Japanese Prefecture south of Osaka (the next journey is scheduled May 8th-13th). The place is home to both a project called Benesse Art Site Naoshima and an international Art Triennial called Setouchi, with the aim of regenerating the entire archipelago, they commissioned some of the most modern and expressive examples of architecture and art. Open all year long, they are spread out on the islands, mixing with the local, more traditional architecture, and blending into the natural environment.
You’ll definitely need a few days to explore the structures, hopping from one island to another, which is why we recommend checking out this tour through CA+AT, who will not only help with logistics, but provide ample information and history behind each of the stops on the tour. If you can’t join, or you’re looking to whet your appetite for architecture, here’s a sampling of what you might experience if you join the CA+AT journey:
Maritime Station and surrounding installations \\\ Naoshima
After taking a ferry from Takamatsu, crossing the Seto Inland Sea and its beautiful marine landscape, you land at the Naoshima Miyanoura Port. The minimalist Marine Station Ferry Terminal was design by the SANAA duo Kazuyo Sejima/Ryue Nishizawa in 2006 and also houses the bus station, the tourist information and public facilities. The minimalist steel structure encloses glass spaces arranged as islands under one single roof.
“Benesse House” Museum and Hotel and surrounding art park \\\ Naoshima
The Benesse House Museum and hotels is a facility complex designed by Tadao Ando and built on a hilltop area of the Naoshima island, overlooking the Seto Inland Sea. It is comprised of several buildings, all carefully integrated with the rich natural surrounding.
The Benesse House is both a hotel and museum. Opened in 1992, located on a very high ground of the island, it embraces the most spectacular view of the Inland Sea. As with many other nearby buildings, Ando designed a concrete structure with half of the spaces underground. The hotel, museum, guests facilities are all interconnected through a systems of ramps, creating a dynamic continuous space that guests can enjoy during daytime and at night (the museum’s galleries are opened until midnight). Following the concept of “hotel-museum”, the art collection can be found not only in the galleries, but in all the building spaces, including the guests rooms.
The Oval is a special six-suite building located on the very top of the hill reachable only through a private cable car. It has a 360-degree view of the island and the Seto sea, a garden rooftop, partially hypogeal spaces, water pool and cascades.
Interior view of one guest room at Benesse House Hotel and underground exhibition space at the Benesse Park Hotel.
Additional facilities were later added, including the Park and Beach Hotels: both situated in the lower park, with closer access to the sea and the beach. With its sequence of interconnected spaces, it is fully integrated with the surrounding art park, which includes site-specific installations and large sculptures by Walter De Maria, Yayoi Kusama, Niki de Saint Phalle, Dan Graham, George Rickey, Hiroshi Sugimoto among others.
Guests enjoying an open-air gallery at the Benesse House Museum
One of the terraced field in the art park surrounding the Benesse House Hotel, overlooking the Seto Inland Sea; Benesse House Museum open air gallery by day. Architecture: Tadao Ando \\\ Artwork: Hiroshi Sugimoto Time Exposed, 1980-97; Benesse House Park \\\ Art installation: Teresita Fernández, Blind Blue Landscape, 2009
Chichu Art Museum \\\ Naoshima
In Japanese, chichu means ”underground.” The museum, designed by Ando in 2004, best represents the concept behind the entire Benesse Art Site Naoshima: the complete interconnection between art, architecture, and landscape. The Museum is built around a permanent collection consisting in only three artists each located in underground specific rooms: Claude Monet, with a dedicated central room displaying his famous Water Lilies, based on the architectural plan that the artist conceived exclusively for this series. James Turrell, with three artworks: Afrum, Pale Blue, Open Sky, and Open Field, meant to be seen in this specific chronological sequence in order to understand the progression in his research on light manipulation. James Turrell is also part of the House Projects Naoshima with another open field series artwork in Minamidera. The final artist is Walter De Maria. His single work, Space, unifies Ando’s architecture, light, sculptural elements, and sound.
Multiple passages connect the site-specific galleries, opening unexpectedly to sunken courtyards, gardens, corridors, and allowing a continuous dialogue between the natural elements, architecture, and art. As you descend underground, you are forced to move between the inside and the outside, light and darkness, built environment and landscape: the whole experience is conceived to be a purely spatial and sensorial journey.
The path connecting the ticket center to the Museum is another surprisingly sophisticated addition to the project. The Chichu Garden is a an exploration of seasonal flowers and plants that Monet used in his paintings, like water lilies, willow, iris, that you can still visit at Monet’s house and garden in Giverny.
The Chichu Garden, inspired by Monet’s House Garden in Giverny.
Lee Ufan Museum \\\ Naoshima
Dedicated to the Korean-Japanese artist Lee Ufan, the concrete semi-underground museum is classic Ando, with walls-planes creating a system of courtyards, closed and open spaces.
Entrance to the Lee Ufan Museum
A succession of walls guides the visitor to the hidden entrance, walking through a sloping intimate valley, a plaza, a triangular courtyard, with Ufan’s sculptural works installed in the built and surrounding landscape.
Teshima Art Museum \\\ Teshima
Probably the most surprising architecture hosting a single work of art, the Teshima Art Museum is conceived as one exhibition space under a water droplet-shaped concrete shell. Following the surrounding hilltop landscape, which is also part of a rice fields restoration program developed with the local community, it symbolizes the concept of the open air museum: the 40-by-60m continuous space communicates with the exterior through two oval openings that allow uninterrupted interaction with the natural elements—wind, light, rain, and trees.
The Museum was conceived by Ryue Nishizawa in collaboration with artist Rei Naito: a sophisticated installation allows water to continuously emerge from the ground and reunite with it in a perpetual movement that replicate the circle of nature through time and seasons.
You can watch the museum’s unique construction process here:
Teshima Art Museum from JA+U on Vimeo.
Naoshima Hall \\\ Naoshima
The Naoshima Hall is the latest addition to the Benesse Art Site Naoshima and a multi-purpose facility including a community space, the town hall and a garden. Commissioned to the local architect Hiroshi Sambuichi and opened in 2016, it is a flexible structure of 1000 sqm intended for public events. The design refers to the traditional Japanese hip-and-gable roof (irimoya) in a sustainable version: the roof serves as a airflow controlling system, allowing natural ventilation, while the local well water is used to cool the interior spaces, circulating through the roof surface. The architecture is the result of a deep research of the island’s natural environment and the use of natural elements like air flow and water resources.
View of the Oval Suite Building at Benesse House with its central water pool
Sou Fujimoto, Naoshima Pavilion, 2016 with CA+AT guests 2016 at the opening of the Setouchi Triennale fall season
We hope you liked this taste of the Japanese islands! CA+AT // Contemporary Art + Architecture Tour was founded in 2016 by New York based curators Francesca Cigola & Kanae Maeda. Next CA+AT edition will focus on Mexico City and Italy. If you’re interested in the tour, you can find more information at artandarchitecturetour.com and you can also follow them on Instagram.
Special thanks Francesca Cigola for helping author this article, Photos courtesy of Francesca Cigola \\\ CA+AT Contemporary Art + Architecture Tour
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