Naoshima Public Bath “I♥湯” (I Love Yu)
Art : Shinro Ohtake
Design : Shinro Ohtake/graf
Architectual Design : Shinro Ohtake/graf
Project : Naoshima Fukutake Art Museum Foundation
Operation : Town-Naoshima Tourism Association (NPO) and the Miyanoura District Association
The Naoshima Bathhouse “I♥湯” is located close to the ferry peer in Mianoura. The bathhouse can be identified by the red phonetic character yu.
An exterior wall covered with tiles gathered from around the world.
Artist Shinro Ohtake standing before the entrance to”I♥湯.”
Check-in counter staffed by Mianoura locals.
More materials assembled together along an exterior wall.
Views of the bathouse interior. The bottoms of the baths are lined with stones and collages of found images and shunga erotic prints that come in and out of view with the movement of the water.
*In Japanese, the “湯” in “I♥湯” is pronounced “you” and means “hot water.”
*The font used for “直島銭湯” and “湯” is an original font created by Shinro Ohtake.