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Running an AirB&B on Naoshima 🇯🇵. Please check ➡️ @naoshimayado! 🏝☀️🏠🇯🇵🇺🇸 https://www.airbnb.com/h/naoshimayado https://www.airbnb.com/h/yado-naoshima

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A look into our first month-long Naoshima artist residency program from this past Spring, featuring Astra Medeiros ( @astra.medeiros ) from Oregon, USA.

Astra experienced exactly what we hoped our artist in residence would - soaking up the magic of the island and developing relationships with the local residents, all of which affected the nature of her body of work. We couldn’t be more pleased to have hosted such a wonderful artist and human for the very first residency.

We look forward to seeing what the future holds for her!

Big thanks to Art Island Center for their support and collaboration in hosting the collage workshop and exhibition! @artislandcenter
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#naoshima #naoshimaartresidency #japanartresidency #artislandresidency #sadouinnartistresidency

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Sadou Inn presents Bonnie Behave from the US, live on 04/25. 20:00-21:30 entry by donation. 🎙️Sadou Innが4月25日、アメリカ出身のボニー・ビヘイブのライブを開催します。20:00～21:30、入場料は寄付制です。
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#unomusic #unoevent #sadouinn #tamanoevent #okayamamusic #okayamamusicevent #naoshima

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特別ゲストミュージシャン、ジョージア州アトランタ（アメリカ）出身の Bonnie Behaveが、今週土曜日20:00～21:30にハウスコンサートを開催します！参加費は寄付制です。

Special guest musician, Bonnie Behave, is performing a house show THIS Saturday 4/25 from 8-9:30pm at Sadou Inn! Entry by donation.
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Bonnie Behave is a sonic shapeshifter and looper artist who weaves layered vocals, bass, and rhythm into immersive, transcendent soundscapes. Blending soulful melodies with spiritual intention, her performances feel less like concerts and more like living rituals, inviting listeners into a space of reflection, elevation, and deep presence.
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ボニー・ビヘイブは、音の変幻自在なアーティストであり、ループ・アーティストとして、幾重にも重ねられたボーカル、ベース、リズムを織り交ぜ、没入感あふれる超越的なサウンドスケープを創り出す。魂のこもったメロディーとスピリチュアルな意図を融合させた彼女のパフォーマンスは、コンサートというよりは生きた儀式のようで、聴く者を内省、高揚、そして深い存在感へと誘う空間へと導く。

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#unomusic #sadouinn #tamano #unoevent #naoshima #houseconcert

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メラニーはだるまが大好きなので、誕生日にだるまの絵付けワークショップを開催したいそうです！

4月26日（土堂旅館）13:00～16:00、ぜひご参加ください！

参加費：お一人様2,500円（ラージサイズは300円追加）。画材はすべてご用意いたします。軽食もご用意しております。
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Melanie loves Daruma so she wants to have a Daruma painting workshop for her birthday!
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Join in from 13:00-16:00 on 04/26 at Sadou Inn!
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¥2,500 per person (¥300 extra for the large size). All art supplies provided! Additional refreshments available.
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#unoactivities #uno #naoshima #okayama #sadouinn #sadouinnevent #unoryokan #lifeinjapan #tamano

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佐渡旅館のアーティスト・イン・レジデンスとして1ヶ月間直島に滞在したアストラ・メデイロスが、今週末、@artislandcenterにて写真展を開催します！4月3日～5日、午前10時～午後4時
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After living on Naoshima for one month, Sadou Inn’s Artist in Residence, Astra Medeiros, will be exhibiting her photography at @artislandcenter this weekend! 04/3-5, 10am-4pm.
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#naoshima #naoshimaartistresidency #sadouinn

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当館のアーティスト・イン・レジデンス、アストラ・メデイロスによる無料アートワークショップにぜひご参加ください。3月29日、13:00～15:00、15:00～16:00にはドリンクと軽食をご用意しております。ワークショップでは、デッサンとコラージュを行います。参加ご希望の方は、お早めにお申し込みください！
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Join us for a free drawing and collage workshop taught by our artist in residence, Astra Medeiros! 03/29, 1-3pm with social hour until 4pm. Please RSVP to save a space.
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Astra is spending an entire month on Naoshima, creating a new body of work influenced by the inspiring environment. She will be exhibiting at Art Island Center from 4/5-4/7!
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#artistresidencynaoshima #artresidencyjapan #sadouinnartistresidency #sadouinn #naoshima #uno

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We have been so impressed with how Astra has hit the ground running! She has been hard at work to produce for her exhibition at Art Island Center, while exploring the island and visiting all of the inspiring museums! In addition, she will be teaching 2 free workshops for the community- 03/28 at Art Island Center. 03/29 at Sadou Inn!
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当館のアーティスト・イン・レジデンスが、無料ワークショップを2回開催します！3月28日はアートアイランドセンター、3月29日はサドゥインにて開催。参加ご希望の方はDMにてご予約ください！
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#naoshimaartistresidency #artistresidencyjapan #japanartresidency #sadouinn #uno #artinjapan
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#tamano

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We are now putting out the call for experienced artists who would like to teach a workshop in Japan!
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From fall of 2026, Sadou Inn will facilitate 3-7 day workshops, including art island tours and local cultural experiences. Accommodating up to 10 students. Inspiring sea view classroom/exhibition space available!
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Message us through IG or thesadouinn@gmail.com with your website/resume!
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#Naoshima #artworkshops #teachartjapan #sadouinn #tamano #japanworkshops #artretreatjapan

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Kuroishi and Kizukuri, Aomori.

A wild few days with @jenonomerts and her old crew.

That bizarre blob-like figure with blinking eyes, you wonder? It’s a giant rendition of Shakoki-dogu, a Jomon-period artifact that puts on a light show when a train is approaching the Kizukuri station. Because…local art by committee…

That video in the bottle shop? A shochu dispensary and the only shop open at 9am in Kuroishi, which might or might not indicate how people deal w the cold and snow in these parts - a wonderfully untouched corner of Japan.

#roadslesstraveled #japan #aomori #winter

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This is one of the reasons to brave delays, glitches and endless waits in podunk train stations:
Aoni Onsen, aka Lamp No Yado, a hot spring hotel hiding in a cul de sac, wedged in a valley, at the end of a steep hill. Down here there’s no electricity and zero connectivity. But there’s ample old world charm, kerosene lighting and four very ancient wooden baths. So worth the trek!

I first visited this place circa 14 years ago, nothing has changed, apart from maybe the guests; it’s clearly on the tourist radar these days.

#japan #hotspring #onsenryokan #oldschool #aomori

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Traveling through the snowiest parts of Japan requires patience and a really good reason to brave delays, glitches and endless waits in podunk train stations.

#japan #travel #snow #winter #adventure

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Saishoin Temple, Hirosaki, in the far north corner of Aomori.

#japan #offthebeatentrack

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