Naoshima Island, Japan
April 2012
Naoshima Island underwent a major transformation that began with a vision in 1985 by Tetsuhiko Fukutake, the founder of Fukutake Publishing Co., Ltd. (now Benesse Corporation, parent company of Berlitz language programs) and Chikatsugu Miyake, then mayor of Naoshima, to create a pristine and educational cultural area. With museum and hotel designs by Tadao Ando, beginning with the Benesse House Museum in 1992, the island is one of the premier contemporary art installation sites in the world.
