Takamijima Island 高見島

Endangered

Takamijima is part of the Shiwaku Archipelago in the Setouchi Sea. Emptied of its inhabitants, it tries to attract visitors by participating in the Setouchi Triennale, the contemporary art festival.

  • Transforming form / Silent motion / Voice of Flowers・Color of Hearts. In memory of the culture of pyreths that made the island prosper, the Japanese artist Haruyuki Uchida planted pyreths with the inhabitants and installed them in an old house, rolled up like a spiral anti-mosquitoes which they are used to manufacture.

Oeuvre de l'artiste Haruyuki Uchida . Triennale de Setouchi 2013.

Artwork by artist Haruyuki Uchida. Setouchi Triennial 2013.

Takahiro Hayashi, Flickr


Address, timetable & access

  • Address

  • Timetable

    Four ferries depart daily from Tadotsu Port (5 min train ride from Marugame Station. 25 min ride). During the Setouchi Triennale, a fifth ferry will be added (one every 2-3 hrs). There will also be 6 ferries connecting Takamijima to Honjima (25 min) and Awashima (15 min).

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