Life in Japan｜Naoshima Art Island and Kurashiki 🎨👖✨
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Life in Japan｜Naoshima Art Island and Kurashiki
In this week's life in Japan vlog, we head to Naoshima Art Island and Kurashiki in Okayama prefecture. It's been a destination I've been meaning to visit for some time now, but it can be quite expensive to get to because of its distance from Tokyo. Raissa and I took the night bus from Tokyo station to Kurashiki the next day. From there, we grabbed breakfast nearby the historic district of Kurashiki. Having never been to Okayama before, I didn't know much about its Momotaro origin story, garden, and Kurashiki. We didn't have too much time, but we made sure to check out some Kurashiki attractions like the Oohashi House which takes you back in time due to how well preserved the house and family artifacts are. Then we went to the Ohara museum, unfortunately, we weren't allowed to take any photos inside the museum, but it turned out to be much nicer than I thought. Since we still had some time before lunch we decided to walk along the river and take in the sights - even dropping by a denim store to see what all the hype was about.
In the afternoon we took a bus and then a train to Uno Port where we'd be staying for the night. The hostel owner was fluent in English, friendly, and even invited us to a film festival he hosted at the hostel cafe. :) I highly recommend staying at his hostel (Uno Port Inn) as it's right across the pier and a convenience store. After checking in we walked to a nearby cafe called Belk which I found via Google, and it was one of the most stylish cafes we've been to. Since we had a whole day of traveling we ended it with a trip to the nearby hot spring that opened a few minutes from the hostel.
The next day we woke up bright and early and headed towards the port to catch our 8am boat to Naoshima Art Island (the highlight of our trip). Unexpectedly the boat ride barely lasted 15 minutes and it was so comfortable just seeing the different islands in the inland sea of Japan. Once we landed, we went to the red pumpkin (even before picking up our bikes hehe). I highly suggest reserving your bike even before you get to Naoshima via their websites online (like we did) since it was all taken by the time we got there.
NAOSHIMA AND KURASHIKI ITINERARY 2022
August 10
Arrive at Kurashiki Station
Breakfast at Boulangerie mugi/Cafe Gewa
大橋家住宅 (大人550円)
大原美術館 (大人1,500円)
Lunch at Tsuneemon Shokudō
倉敷デニムストリート
Leave for Uno Port Station (go to Syowamachi for Chayamachi-mae)
Check into Uno Port Inn
Merienda at Belk
Dinner at #8 WIRE
August 11
Check out of the hostel
宇野港 to Naoshima
Red Pumpkin photo
Rent a bike at おうぎや (1,100円)
Breakfast SPARKY'S Coffee
The Naoshima Plan 「住」
Miyanoura Gallery
Chichu Art Museum
Lunch: Cafe Salon Nakaoku
Art House Project: Go'o Shrine
Ando Museum
Art House Project: Kadoya
Naoshima Public Bath I Love Yu
Check into hostel for the night
Dinner options: Yuunagi/Chikurin
August 12
Check out of hostel
Breakfast at Akaito Coffee
Benesse House Museum
Lee Ufan Museum
Lunch at Kinosaki udon Naoshima
Ferry back to Uno port. Train to Kurashiki
Bath time at Centurion hotel Kurashiki Sta. (¥700)
Bus back to Tokyo
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I moved to Tokyo, Japan as a Japanese language student in 2019 due to my love for the culture. Since then I've passed the JLPT N4, N3 levels, and N2 levels! Hopefully, I pass N1 in the future.
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Hi guys! Sorry for the late upload. Got back to Tokyo yesterday and just needed some time to rest before editing the vlog ☺️💖
Super excited for this later tonight!!! 😍❤❤❤❤❤🔥🔥🔥✨✨🤗🤗🤗🙌🙌🙌🙌 #artislove #creative
Thank you!
this is such a great video! i really enjoyed how thorough you were, but equally enjoying and entertaining! felt like i was going on an adventure with you. thank you so much for this! x
Thanks so much for watching. 🥰💕
appreciated that time-lapse of the sea crossing! nice
No problem ☺️
what a pleasant surprise!! ☺️ watching this on a sleepy monday 😴
Thank you for watching Alexandria! Have you heard about this place? 😍
@@heidisarol not until i watched your vlog! looks like a great place for a weekend trip 😻
There is something talaga about Japan's neighborhood/streets that are so peaceful and relaxing to look or explore at.
Yes!!! But girl at night 😭😭😭 we walked around Naoshima and it was giving horror movie vibes 🥴
@@heidisarol oooooh! 😳
@@isabaltazar322 imagine a lack of street lights, really really old Japanese houses, and a hazy full moon 😭
@@heidisarol 😱
@@isabaltazar322 right??? Hahah 😂😂
i love your videos so much! im a british highschooler and have always dreamed of visiting japan. im always excited for you to post and watch your videos when im unmotivated to learn japanese beacuse the motivate me so much :) thank you for always posting!
Hi Kyung-soon! Thank you so much for your comment. :) Ganbatte!!
@@heidisarol un ganburu!!!
Thank u great video!!!
Tysm :)
The denim ice cream looks interesting. I'm surprised the service was disappointing. I always thought they were very particular with service. It looks like it's hot there too.
Yeah who would have thought they'd take their denim that far 😂
The service at the cafe was bad because they were a bit racist towards us lol 😅 I forget that in more rural places they arent used to seeing foreigners. So they don't really know how to "act" 🥲
Yeah Okayama is called the sunniest prefecture 🥴 it felt so much hotter than Tokyo
@@heidisarol oh my that’s terrible! How far is Okayama from Tokyo?
Yeah tbh I was taken aback by how they stared...and how they talked to us like we were children (really slow Japanese), assuming my friend Raissa (who is half Japanese) was a foreigner despite being able to speak Japanese natively 🥲 Its verrrrry different from urbanized areas.
Its about 7-8 hours from Tokyo and much less from Osaka! ☺️ Its also known for peaches hehe
@@heidisarol oh dear! I’m sorry to hear that. It’s their loss they lost good customers. There are many good restaurants anyway. Wow that’s far!
@@mvccarlos thats true! Haha. Its Obon rn (their version of all saints day) so we took a few days off work to travel :)
How do foreigners know this small tiny very beautiful art island? I just wonder...more than 90% ppl were not Japanese. I talked to many people, people were from all over the world. Any clues how people outside Japan knew and decided to visit the island? I'm back Tokyo and I can understand people come to visit here. It was very interesting and wonderful moment there.
because its not a secret place and if you're into art you usually search for it when you travel
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