Inujima Seirensho Art Museum
About This Museum
The Inujima Seirensho Art Museum is a place where industrial decay and artistic rebirth collide in the most poetic way. It doesn't just display art; it *is* the art, with sunlight filtering through rusted beams and the ghosts of its past as a copper refinery palpable in the air. The entire experience is built around a powerful dialogue between the site's history and new works that question our relationship with nature and energy. You don't simply walk through an exhibition here—you wander through a beautiful, thought-provoking ruin.
Collection Highlights
The heart of the museum is Yukinori Yanagi's 'Your Voice is a Dream', a stunning installation where solar power fuels delicate glass works, literally giving new energy to the old refinery. Other pieces are woven directly into the existing structure, making it impossible to tell where the building ends and the art begins.
Visitor Information
Getting there is part of the adventure—a short ferry ride from Naoshima or Okayama lands you on Inujima's quiet shores. Wear comfortable shoes for exploring the rugged terrain, and be prepared to surrender to the slow, meditative pace of island life.
Architecture & Building
A brilliantly preserved early 20th-century copper refinery, where original brick smokestacks and skeletal industrial frameworks have been stabilized and integrated into the gallery spaces by architect Hiroshi Sambuichi.
