Insider's writer visited Tokyo, Kyoto, and Osaka, but liked Naoshima the best, a remote Japanese island with museums and outdoor art installations.
From the pumpkin and dock, I could also see a nearby, massive steel-net structure by architect Sou Fujimoto, which I was able to climb inside.I saw a few people waiting to take pictures of the pumpkin, but compared to the crowds I'd seen a few days before in Tokyo, it felt like a ghost town.
At the visitor's center near the dock, I grabbed a free brochure with a map of the island and attractions.Naoshima is only about 5.5 square miles. I saw other visitors riding bikes, and there was a public bus system, but my friend and I decided we felt like walking, and spent roughly two hours making our way around the island.
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