Japan is known for its convenience, but if you want to see some of the best artwork the country has to offer you’ll need to travel way off the beaten path. It involves trekking, sweating and, on the odd occasion, you don’t even know if the art will be there when you arrive. This week, writer Thu-Huong Ha is our tour guide into the world of Japan’s inconvenient art movement.
Hosted by Shaun McKenna and produced by Dave Cortez.

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Why is the most exciting art in Japan so hard to get to? (Thu-Huong Ha, The Japan Times)
A list of Japan's remote art sites (Thu-Huong Ha, The Japan Times)
Sixteen hours in Marina Abramovic’s nightmare hotel (Thu-Huong Ha, The Japan Times)
Japan’s birth rate hit new low in 2023 (Kanako Takahara, The Japan Times)
Tokyo government to launch dating app in bid to boost birth rate (AFP-Jiji)

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Photo: Yayoi Kusama’s “Pumpkin,” once the victim of high waves that dragged it into the sea, sits at the end of a pier on the south side of Naoshima. | LANCE HENDERSTEIN

192: The sweaty pleasure of Japan’s inconvenient art