Ando offers yet another view of nature's beauty.

"The Oval" contains four double guest rooms, two suites and an in-house café.

Leaving the museum for "The Oval," also by Tadao Ando, one is able to view the museum from above.

Naoshima Island is a National Park containing several museums, one of which is the Naoshima Contemporary Art Museum. It was designed to be approached by boat with three flights of stairs leading to an underground approach ...

Highly reccomended. Great view, great food.

The pond forms a liquid sculpture within the oval.

A two dimensional painting which extends itself into the third dimension.

The museum itself is largely underground in order to minimize disturbance to the natural beauty of the park. It has an underground volume of appoximately 165x25 feet.