【徳島観光】大塚国際美術館と鳴門の渦潮｜あなどってた“レプリカ美術館”が想像以上！渦潮もウルトラマン級！？【こっとりCh.#30】
[Music] Hello, this is Kottori. Thank you for watching. This episode of the Kottori Channel features the Otsuka Museum of Art in Tokushima, Shikoku, famous as a “must-visit museum,” and a report on the whirlpools of the Naruto Strait . While this popular spot has already been heavily covered in other videos, I’ll focus on my personal favorites to help those planning to visit. Please enjoy until the end. On this day, I left Kobe early in the morning and took a highway bus from Sannomiya. It took about an hour and a half crossing Awaji Island from the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge. Beyond the Naruto Bridge, our destination, the Otsuka Museum of Art, came into view. We arrived just after the building opened at 9:30 AM. Many large buses, including tour buses and shuttle buses from the parking lot, were coming and going at the entrance. While only the entrance at the base of the mountain is visible from the front exterior, the museum is actually a massive museum located inside the mountain, with a structure that connects the museum to the building at the top. To a Showa-era otaku, this sounds like an “Ultra Guard base.” What I like about this place is the large luggage lockers outside the entrance . What’s more, they’re only available for a 100 yen deposit and can be returned later. Being able to explore without having to worry about suitcases is a major relief for travelers from far away. There’s also a waiting room for those leaving. It’s air-conditioned and equipped with a TV, making it a comfortable place to wait for the bus. After purchasing a ticket, I entered. A long escalator appeared before me. It’s a whopping 41 meters long. Incidentally, Ultraman’s Ultraman is 40 meters tall. As I ascended the escalator, my anticipation for the special world I was about to enter grew. There were also luggage lockers and cafe spaces scattered throughout the building, making it comfortable to spend long periods of time there. The first thing that greeted me was the vast Sistine Hall. The ceiling was filled with Michiangelo’s masterpiece, “The Last Judgment,” and the Sistine Chapel in Shikoku, Rome, was recreated as an environmental exhibit, making it truly a spectacular area. This is also the venue where Kenshi Yonezu performed “Lemon” at the 2018 Kohaku Uta Gassen. To commemorate the occasion, Yonezu himself painted a lemon painting on display. Alongside world-famous masterpieces, these friendly exhibits are also available. The museum also features numerous painting quizzes and photo spots , including a set of equipment that allows visitors to pretend to be the characters in the paintings. The museum is designed to appeal to art enthusiasts and families alike. Rest areas like sofas and benches are also conveniently located throughout, allowing visitors to quickly take a break if they get tired . The museum’s design clearly emphasizes the comfort of its visitors . The museum’s greatest feature is that all of the more than 1,000 masterpieces on display are fully reproduced on the porcelain. This manufacturing technique ensures that the paintings will remain unaffected and faded for 1,000 years to come. The ceramic tiles are made by Otsuka Ohmi Ceramics, a company based in my hometown of Shiga Prefecture. Since they’re produced in a factory in Shigaraki, this is essentially a Shigaraki ware exhibition …or rather, not quite. You can get up close and personal with the artworks, even observing the brushstrokes. One of the attractions of ceramic panels is the ability to get so close that it’s impossible to see them with the real thing. The entire museum, from the third basement floor to the second floor, is an exhibition area. Just walking through each floor feels like a journey through the history of Western art, from ancient times to the Renaissance, Impressionism, and contemporary art. The restaurants and cafes are relatively affordable and relaxing. I took a break at Cafe de Giverny on the second basement floor. The open terrace seating around a pond inspired by Monet’s Water Lilies makes you feel like you’re inside a painting. [Music] For lunch, I had a seared sea bream bowl. It’s a very Japanese dish, unlike the Western art , but sea bream seems to be a specialty of Naruto. For dessert, I had a cake set named after a famous painting. This one is “Country Dance.” Everything was delicious. It was a feast. [Music] [Music] By the way, what personally impressed me was the famous Rubens painting that Nero saw in “A Dog of Flanders. ” There was also an explanatory panel titled “Works Appearing in A Dog of Flanders.” For my generation, Rubens is synonymous with A Dog of Flanders. I remember watching the final episode on Sunday nights as a child, the scene where Nello and Patrasche are called to heaven in the church. While it’s now talked about as a moving scene from a Showa-era anime, for the kids watching it in real time back then, it only left a sense of emptiness: “After all the hardships they’ve endured, they’re just going to die at the end?!” I ‘d like to point out that it was nothing more than a traumatic experience. [Music] I booked a hotel nearby that day, so I left around 3:00 PM to check in . The system allowed me to re-enter the museum as many times as I wanted that day, which was a very convenient feature. When the Otsuka Museum of Art first opened, a local acquaintance of mine was close to someone involved in the development of ceramic paneling techniques, and he told me, “That museum is truly amazing. ” But that was over 25 years ago. I was still young at the time, and I thought everything was a replica, so I didn’t really get it. Now, however, its reputation has grown, and when I actually visited, I was simply overwhelmed by its sheer scale and realism. By the time I’d finished touring the entire museum, I was enveloped in a sense of satisfaction, as if I’d traveled around the world. The scale of the exhibits, the comfort of the facilities, and the friendly staff were all excellent, and the 3,300 yen admission fee felt like a great value. [Music] The hotel I stayed at this time was the Naruto Kurage Villa “Taimaru Kurage,” a three-minute walk from the museum. Enjoying ocean views from your room, I enjoyed a sumptuous breakfast of sea bream sushi, true to its name, “Taimaru.” The next morning, I was so full of seafood I didn’t even need lunch . After a short rest, I left the hotel and headed toward Naruto Bridge. Uzu-no-michi is a promenade built directly beneath the bridge, offering a view of the ocean through glass windows. Looking down, I could see the salt gently flowing, and the sea was calmer than I expected at this time of day. Still, the bridge’s height was a bit startling. By the way, the Naruto Bridge is approximately 45 meters above sea level. Yes, that’s a little taller than Ultraman’s height of 40 meters. Thank you to those who thought, ” Oh, you’re telling me that again?” According to the staff here, the whirlpools will completely transform the scenery around 1:00 or 2:00 today. Apparently, the visibility time also changes depending on the tides and the position of the moon. After visiting the observation deck on the mountain, I headed for the whirlpool steamer pier recommended by the hotel staff, but the many slopes made me a little lost. I was thirsty, so I stopped at a souvenir shop called “Uzunoya” along the way and bought a bottle of tea. I asked the shopkeeper for directions, and he kindly gave me directions. Apparently, this Awa Bancha tea is a local specialty. It was delicious. I followed the instructions and went through the tunnel and down the slope, and the port was located directly behind the mountain from the museum, directly below. Surrounded by mountains and the sea, it was closer than I expected, and although there were some elevation changes, everything was within walking distance. The town seemed well-organized, as it had been a Showa-era tourist destination even before the museum was built . I arrived at the port just after noon. The next boat was at 12:30, but we decided to take the 1 o’clock boat, aiming to catch the peak of the whirlpools we’d heard about on Uzu no Michi. The 12:30 boat was quite crowded, so we boarded with confidence, but to our surprise, the 1 o’clock boat departed with just us and one other group on board. Perhaps because it was lunchtime, the number of passengers had drastically decreased, and we had the boat almost to ourselves. This was also thanks to the excellent breakfast at the hotel, which kept us hungry and prevented us from having to think about lunch. The boat slowly left the port and quickly picked up speed, heading towards Naruto Strait. The Naruto Bridge, which we had seen in the distance, quickly came into view. Below the bridge, the previously calm sea surface became rough like another world, with numerous whirlpools swirling violently. This whirlpool is created by the difference in flow speed caused by the ebb and flow of the tides between the Pacific and Seto Inland Seas, which sends large volumes of seawater through the narrow strait . It’s truly a work of art created by nature. The whirlpools can reach a diameter of 30 meters, making them one of the largest in Japan and even the world. Naruto Strait is truly a special place, even on a global scale. I almost missed out on visiting the Otsuka Museum and heading home . [Music] It’s so impressive, it feels like a monster could emerge from the sea at any moment. [Music] Incidentally , there’s also a large sightseeing boat called the Naruto Tourist Ship, which departs from another port in Tokushima . However, this whirlpool steamer is smaller, rocks more, and is closer to the water, making it more impressive. Since I only rode this one, this is purely my personal opinion, but the fare was 1,600 yen, and a combined ticket with the Uzushio Road cost 1,850 yen. Fortunately, there weren’t many customers, so I was able to fully enjoy the natural spectacle unfolding before my eyes . That looks like a whirlpool observation boat over there . [Music] This video is the channel’s first travel report, but it’s retro at its core. [Music] Since it’s YouTube, it’s not about the latest or trendy spots like the Kansai Expo, so it ended up being just a standard sightseeing trip. [Music] However, on the first day, we went to the Otsuka Museum of Art. On the second day, we experienced the Naruto whirlpools and two types of art: art created by human hands and art created by nature. I was completely satisfied. I hope this video will inspire you to travel or give you a break. So, what did you think of this episode of Kottori Channel? This channel has a slightly nostalgic theme, and introduces slightly old things and places that evoke a sense of the past. If you enjoyed it, please give it a thumbs up and subscribe, as it would be a huge encouragement. Thank you. Thank you for watching until the end. [Music] [Music]
昔から「すごい」と噂に聞いていた大塚国際美術館。
「でも全部レプリカなんでしょ？」と
イマイチ興味を持てなかった私が、
初めて訪れてみたら、そのスケールとリアルさに圧倒されました。
そして翌日は、鳴門の渦潮へ。
橋の上から見下ろす渦、船の上から間近に見る渦——
鳴門らしい“アートの旅”になりました。
00:00 オープニング
00:35 到着
01:57 入場
03:17 展示の特徴
04:44 お昼のひととき
05:27 名画たち
06:53 アニメの名画
07:46 再入場
08:02 美術館の感想
09:06 ホテルの朝食
09:33 渦の道へ
10:25 うずしお汽船へ
11:17 遊覧船で見る迫力の渦潮
13:09 遊覧船案内
14:02 エンディング
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