Pumpkin - Kusama Yayoi

Highlight of naoshima. The pumpkin is backlit in the morning so late afternoon photos would look better, but as we were looping around the island we dealt with the morning light. It was quiet during the week and was an easy cycle ride from the port. It’s part of the bennese museum and you need tickets for this museum for this sculpture park. They try and make you leave your bikes far away from the artwork and take a bus close to it. Guest staying at the hotel can cycle close to the artwork. Ignore the signs and cycle where you want, it’s a huge hill if you don’t go via the hotel route

when you arrived at this place with other people please wait for 10-20 mins then you can take Big Pumpkin with the quiet view...

It's a Yayoi pumpkin in a great location for the sunset. Which is also the time I'd recommend visiting it. There is a free shuttle that goes from Chiciu to Be Jesse art house so it's worth taking for the convenience. Otherwise, plan for some walking, some of it uphill. We ended up using our accommodation's bikes to get to the north gate and walked all along the art trail to the museum then we took the bus to the pumpkin. Highly recommended!!

It felt surreal to see the Yellow Pumpkin on a hot August day! People patiently queued to take photos, each respecting others’ personal time with the artwork. One of my favourite moments in Japan. Loved the contrast of colours and the sky and sea as the backrop for the Pumpkin. It is quite tall!

An alright pumpkin. It's cool enough as an art piece, but I don't get its placement. It doesn't really feel relevant to the surroundings, and it seems any sculpture could have been there in its place. What I found more intriguing than the artwork itself was how people behave around it. The patient and curious visitors queuing up to take photos, and the variety of fun and silly poses. In my eyes, it was therefore the liveliness of the people visiting the pumpkin that made this an interesting art piece.

The pumpkin looks really cool during sunsets. The sea around is calm and beautiful which makes the entire view very scenic.

The legendary pumpkin of Naoshima. It exudes a mysterious aura in photos and is absolutely captivating in person. A must see in the area.

It is very special and a great place to take photo. It is very lucky that not very crowded today. No need queue to take picture (may be it is too cold today)