{"id":2122,"date":"2012-10-26T23:00:13","date_gmt":"2012-10-26T14:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2012-10-26\/2122"},"modified":"2012-10-26T23:00:13","modified_gmt":"2012-10-26T14:00:13","slug":"first-look-at-the-ultra-modern-as-in-modern-art-benesse-house-museum-hotel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2012-10-26\/2122","title":{"rendered":"First Look at the Ultra Modern (as in “Modern Art”) Benesse House Museum Hotel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
\nNOTE<\/b>: Images with an icon next to them have been artificially shrunk to better fit your screen; click the icon to restore them, in place, to their regular size.\n<\/div>\n\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 24mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>2500 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 100 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nHeading To Naoshima<\/span>\nbetween \u76f4\u5cf6 and \u5b87\u91ce\u5e02\n<\/div>\n\n

We're on a three-day weekend trip to Naoshima (\u76f4\u5cf6)<\/span><\/a>, an island just off the coast\nof Okayama, about four hours' drive south-west from Kyoto.<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 24mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>3200 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 100 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nLong Trip<\/span>\nstart to finish the ferry ride was 15 minutes\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 28mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>160 sec, f<\/span>\/11, ISO 100 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nWake<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 48mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 160 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nSettling In<\/span>\nat Benesse House\n<\/div>\n\n

We're staying at Benesse House<\/a>, a modern<\/span>-art museum and hotel.<\/p>\n\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 24mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 450 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nThe Room<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 28mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 140 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nThe View<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 70mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>500 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 100 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nThe Sunset<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 200mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>400 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 320 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nThe Bridge<\/span>\nThe Great Seto Bridge, 17km Distant\n
Desktop-Background Versions<\/b>\n1280×<\/span>800<\/a>  ·  1680×<\/span>1050<\/a>  ·  1920×<\/span>1200<\/a>  ·  2560×<\/span>1600<\/a>  ·  2880×<\/span>1800<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

That bridge is the subject of this post<\/a> from a year<\/span> and a half<\/span> ago.<\/p>\n\n

The hotel doubles as a modern-art museum. Modern art is not my cup of tea at all<\/i>, but this place feels\nmore like I'm in a video<\/span> game (Doom, circa 20 years ago), so it's actually fun.<\/p>\n\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>50 sec, f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 500 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nStark<\/span>\nVery, very , very stark hallway\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>50 sec, f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 4500 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nPositively Gaudy<\/span>\nby relative comparison\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>50 sec, f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 1400 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nApproach to the Hotel Lounge<\/span>\nthe left two orange panels are the door\n
Desktop-Background Versions<\/b>\n1280×<\/span>800<\/a>  ·  1680×<\/span>1050<\/a>  ·  1920×<\/span>1200<\/a>  ·  2560×<\/span>1600<\/a>  ·  2880×<\/span>1800<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>50 sec, f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 1800 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nLooking for the Lounge<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>50 sec, f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 2800 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nThe Lounge<\/span>\nHours later, I'm sitting<\/span> here trying to get this post done before it closes at 11pm and I lose<\/span> connectivity\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>20 sec, f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 10000 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nArt<\/span>\n
Vertical Desktop-Background Versions<\/b>\n\n\n1050×<\/span>1680<\/a>  ·  1200×<\/span>1920<\/a>  ·  1600×<\/span>2560<\/a><\/small><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nn\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>50 sec, f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 7200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nOutside the Lounge<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>15 sec, f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 10000 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nHide and Seek<\/span>\nat the Big Squash\n<\/div>\n\n

Apparently, the Big Squash is a famous<\/span> landmark. You can see<\/span> it jutting from the shore in “The View” above.<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>13 sec, f<\/span>\/1.8, ISO 10000 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nBig Squash<\/span>\nat 10k ISO\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>50 sec, f<\/span>\/1.6, ISO 2200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nDinner<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

Most of these shots at the hotel were while making our first stroll in\nthe dark... I'm sure it<\/span>'ll look different (and I'll have higher-quality\nphoto) tomorrow in the daylight.<\/p>\n\n\n

Continued here...<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We're on a three-day weekend trip to Naoshima (\u76f4\u5cf6), an island just off the coast of Okayama, about four hours' drive south-west from Kyoto.<\/p>

We're staying at Benesse House, a modern-art museum and hotel.<\/p>

That bridge is the subject of this post from a year and a half ago.<\/p>

The hotel doubles as a modern-art museum. Modern art is not my cup of tea at all, but this place feels more like I'm in a video game (Doom, circa 20 years ago), so it's actually fun.<\/p> n

Apparently, the Big Squash is a famous landmark. You can see it jutting [...]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,1,2,6,25],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2122"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2122\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}