Tokushima business trip report 🚙

先日、友人の定年退職の報を聞き、懐かしの徳島へ出掛けました。
徳島は、約30数年前に、今は亡き両親と旅行した場所でした。
また、昨年も老舗のホテルのリニューアルプロジェクトの視察で訪れた所です。

徳島は、車で明石海峡大橋を渡ると約2時間弱で辿り着きます。
旧友との再会は、名物の鯛料理に舌鼓をうちながら、お互いの健康に留意し
またの再会を約束。
その後、新プロジェクトの視察に、『大塚国際美術館』に訪れました。

鳴門公園内にある世界に類をみない陶板名画美術館。
鑑賞ルートは約4kmと日本最大級の常設展示スペースを誇り、古代～現代の西洋名画1000余点を陶板で原寸大に再現しています。なかでも古い遺跡や礼拝堂を現地の空間まるごと再現した「環境展示」は必見。西洋美術史の流れがわかる「系統展示」や、古今の作家の作品をテーマ別に展示した「テーマ展示」もある。所要時間は短くても2～3時間。一日ゆったり過ごすことができます。

 

Recently, I heard that a friend of mine was retiring, so I went to Tokushima, a place I remember fondly.
I had traveled to Tokushima with my late parents about 30 years ago.
I also visited there last year to inspect a renovation project for a long-established hotel.

Tokushima is just under two hours away by car across the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge.
I reunited with my old friend, enjoyed the famous sea bream dish, and promised to see each other again while taking care of our health.
After that, I visited the Otsuka Museum of Art to inspect a new project.

A unique ceramic panel art museum in Naruto Park.
The viewing route is about 4km long, and it boasts one of the largest permanent exhibition spaces in Japan, with over 1,000 Western masterpieces from ancient times to the present reproduced in full size on ceramic panels. The "environmental exhibition" that recreates the entire local space of old ruins and chapels is a must-see. There is a "systematic exhibition" that shows the flow of Western art history, and a "thematic exhibition" that displays works by artists from past and present by theme. The minimum time required is 2 to 3 hours, so you can spend a whole day here at your leisure.