LOST IN TRANSLATION - Chapter 3 Naoshima
Onto Naoshima…In my mind today I am somewhat confused by what transport we took. The men had taken me in hand and I followed them both meekly! (More or less). Sometimes we had a reserved place in a train but a lot of the time we didn’t. This is perhaps why I am confused. I’m certain that we didn’t take the Bullet train to Naoshima ( Naoshima is an island) but when I saw it for the first time, I was taken aback. A huge streamlined Duck. Pristine clean inside and out not to mention how comfortable and fast it was. The Shinkansen as it is known also known is a network of high speed railway lines in Japan. The maximum operating speed is 320 km/h (200 mph). Hate to say it, but it’s more comfortable than our TGV and certainly more spacious. In simple terms, I would describe Naoshima as an Art island It is known for its many contemporary art museums. In all, there are five major sites on the island - and although we arrived on a Sunday mid-afternoon we were to discover that most