Tokyo & Naoshima Island Edition
Go And See
14 April 2023
Tokyo
Ushigoro S
The highest-grade black beef makes its way from Japan’s best farms to this yakiniku where top-drawer chefs grill it to perfection.
Japan, 〒106-0031 TÅkyÅ-to, Minato-ku, Nishiazabu, 2 Chome−24−14 Barbizon73 B1F
Route Books
'Connecting the thoughts of creators' is the mission of this defiantly unique bookshop, café, plant store and innovative workshop/events space.
4 Chome-14-3 Higashiueno, Taito City, Tokyo 110-0015, Japan
Sorano Shibuya
Tofu-focused cuisine cooked at your table, in amazing old-style Japanese surroundings. Great sake, too (ask for the Aramasa number six).
Japan, 〒150-0031 Tokyo, Shibuya City, Sakuragaokacho, 4−17 ãƒã‚§ãƒªãƒ¼ã‚¬ãƒ¼ãƒ‡ãƒ³ 1F
Bricolage Bread & Co
When a chef, a baker, and a coffee roaster came together after the tsunami to bake bread for those affected, they decided to set up something permanent and so this relaxing café came into being – a welcome break from the busy Roppongi streets.
Japan, 〒106-0032 Tokyo, Minato City, Roppongi, 6 Chome−15−1 ã‘ã‚„ãå‚テラス1F
Pizzeria Il Tamburello
Owner Yoshihisa worked in kitchens in southern Italy before opening this tiny pizza shop which buzzes in the evenings.
Japan, 〒103-0012 Tokyo, Chuo City, Nihonbashihoridomecho, 1 Chome−2−9 1F #B DIG DUG
McLean Old Fashioned Diner
Surprisingly chic old-school American diner serving hamburgers, pancakes, milkshakes and the like.
2 Chome-5-4 Kuramae, Taito City, Tokyo 111-0051, Japan
Bar Trench
Hailed as one of Asia’s best cocktail bars, with a signature sake twist on a French 75. It’s walk-ins only but definitely worth chancing your luck.
Japan, 〒150-0021 Tokyo, Shibuya City, Ebisunishi, 1 Chome−5−8 ＤＩＳビル
Naoshima Island Guide
This ‘art island’ isn’t quite day-trip territory from Tokyo – indeed, it takes the best part of a day to get there, but the journey is more than worth it.
Benesse House Museum
Naoshima’s first permanent home for site-specific works designed, as everything that followed would be, by Tadao Ando as part museum, part hotel.
Japan, 〒761-3110 Kagawa, Kagawa District, Naoshima, ç´å¼¾åœ°
Hiroshi Sugimoto Gallery: Time Corridors
This exhibition space was created almost as an overflow for the works of photographer, artist and architect, Hiroshi Sugimoto. His ‘Mondrian’ glass teahouse, now here permanently, is a highlight.
Japan, 〒761-3110 Kagawa, Kagawa District, Naoshima, ç©æµ¦ï¼“４１８
Chichu Art Museum
A fully subterranean space, yet lit entirely naturally, designed to bring visitors closer to nature: itself a theme of a lot of the artworks on display, including Monet’s Water-Lily Pond.
3449-1, Naoshima, Kagawa District, Kagawa 761-3110, Japan
Ando Museum
Named for the island’s signature architect this looks like a traditional residence on the outside but, inside, fuses modern and traditional elements and hosts photographs, sketches, and models charting Naoshima’s history.
Japan, 〒761-3110 Kagawa, Kagawa District, Naoshima, 本æ‘736-2
Valley Gallery
The island’s most recent addition – another seamless blend of nature, art and architecture – has a more reflective, meditative feel to its artworks.
Japan, 〒761-3110 Kagawa, Kagawa District, Naoshima, ç´å¼¾åœ°
Lee Ufan Museum
A celebration of the Korean-born, Japanese-based artist with his paintings displayed indoors and a selection of his striking large-scale sculptures placed harmoniously outdoors.
Japan, 〒761-3110 Kagawa, Kagawa District, Naoshima, å—倉浦１３９ï¼
Benesse House Beach
Spend the night at these pared back suites with views right over the bay.
Japan, 〒761-3110 Kagawa, Kagawa District, Naoshima, 宮ノ浦
