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Yellow Pumpkin

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Open year round, 24/7
Recommended sightseeing time:0.5-1 hour
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Naoshima, Kagawa District, Kagawa 761-3110, JapanMap
Phone+81 87-892-2030
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  • chakimama
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    Just a small landmark

    Unlike the red pumpkin where there are peeping holes and you and go inside, the yellow pumpkin is just a sculpture to stand next to. It is not particularly impressive but serves as a landmark when wal...

    Reviewed on Nov 21, 2020
  • Helen C
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    A must on the island!

    This is actually ranked #1 as to the sights to see on the island. This is the icon of the island, as well as the icon of artist Yayoi Kusama - created in 1994 for the island. It was the year when the ...

    Reviewed on Mar 9, 2020
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    An Island Icon

    A fan of Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, I could hardly wait to see her Yellow Pumpkin on Naoshima Island. Just about every photo I saw of this art island featured the giant, bright-yellow, pop-art piec...

    Reviewed on Feb 19, 2020
  • sugapapa
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    Symbol of Naoshima

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    It is a work of Yayoi Kusama, one of Japan's leading artists, with the yellow pumpkin that is a symbol of Benesse Art Site Naoshima. It was washed away by the sea by a typhoon in August 2021 and damaged. I heard that it was released again after a year of restoration production, so I definitely visited it. It is located on an old pier protruding on the coast of the Benesse House Museum, about 2 meters high and about 4 meters in diameter. Although the size is not as large as the red pumpkin at Miyaura Port, its presence is half-finished ...

    Reviewed on Jul 13, 2023

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