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Naoshima
Kagawa, Japan · Population 2,916
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The boats first, because everything here depends on them: the timetable, whether they are running, any JMA warning for the island, and the next Sunao-kun. Then going to the mainland.
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Naoshima Ferries
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Are the Ferries Running?
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Weather Warnings for Naoshima
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The Sunao-kun Town Bus
Going to the Mainland
Uno or Takamatsu — which way to go for a hospital, a supermarket or the prefectural office, what the boats cost, where to park on the other side, and whether you will make the last one home.
Which Art Sites Are Open?
Which of Naoshima's Benesse Art Site museums are open on the day you're visiting — closed Mondays, national-holiday shifts, winter maintenance and Chichu's timed reservations, all in one place.
Health & Emergencies on Naoshima
The island's clinic and pharmacy, what to do when the clinic is closed, and how mainland care works — because the ferry is the only way across.
Which Bin Does It Go In?
Search any household item and see which Naoshima bag or category it belongs in — with the weekly schedule and the island's own rules.
Getting Around Naoshima
The practical questions about a ferry-only art island — the last boat home, museum reservations and closed days, the bus and bikes, and life on an island with no bridge.
Naoshima Through the Year
What each month on Naoshima is really like — Inland Sea weather and typhoon risk, the winter museum-maintenance closures, and when the ferries and lodging fill up.
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Changelog
- New toolShipped the JMA's weather warnings for the island
- New toolShipped a planner for going to the mainland
- New toolAdded a health & emergencies page
- New toolAdded a waste-sorting guide for the island
- UpdatedRe-checked ferry times against Shikoku Kisen's current timetable
- New toolShipped a Sunao-kun town bus timetable
- New toolShipped 'Are the Ferries Running?' — cancellation notices and crossing weather
- New toolShipped an art-site opening-day planner
- New townNaoshima is on Town Tools: the ferries, the art year, and getting around
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