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  • Valley Gallery, the latest by Tadao Ando on Naoshima

    Valley Gallery, the latest by Tadao Ando on Naoshima

    Continuing with our day trip on Naoshima 直島 in the Inland Sea of Japan… If you are just joining us, you may enjoy reading our earlier posts on Naoshima at: Art & Architecture on Naoshima, Ando Museum, Hiroshi Sugimoto Gallery, and Benesse House Museum. We propose another piece of music by David Sylvian to accompany

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  • The Unique Benesse House Museum, Naoshima

    The Unique Benesse House Museum, Naoshima

    Continuing with our journey on Naoshima 直島 in the Inland Sea of Japan … our next stop was the Benesse House Musuem (ベネッセハウス ミュージアム, 倍樂生之家 美術館), designed by Tadao Ando as a museum and a hotel. Built on a hilltop in 1992 in the southern end of Naoshima, the focus of the museum is the

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  • Cafes, Bars & Brasseries of Paris, Part 5

    Cafes, Bars & Brasseries of Paris, Part 5

    Paris will be hosting the Olympics in the summer. The cafes, bars and brasseries will undoubtedly become hotspots for athletes, spectators and locals to see the games on screen and cheer for their country. In these places, sports fans aside, you’ll find a delightful mix of people: friends catching up, phone-absorbed millennials, smokers enjoying a

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  • random moment #22 – four relaxing piano pieces

    random moment #22 – four relaxing piano pieces

    Relaxing piano music that you can fall asleep with … Gnossienne No. 1 by Erik Satie Nocturne No. 6 in G minor, Op. 15 No. 3 by Chopin Nocturne Book 5, Op. 54 by Edvard Grieg Isla de Flores – Berlioz Random Moment is a playlist series which we started posting during the COVID pandemic

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Jungfrau, a must-see in Switzerland

Art and Architecture on Naoshima 直島, Japan

Morocco Adventure: Sand, Sea and Souks

Venice, its canals and carriers

Notable Bookstores of the World – Series 1

Familiar food we (as travelers) ate while in Tokyo

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