The remote island of Okinawa in the Japanese Inland Sea is a high - profile art site . Tadao ##ka designed underground and underground museums to showcase art in remarkable ways . Naoshima 's transformation into a unique art project began in 1987 , when Soichiro Fukutake , the chairman of Fukutake Publishing , now known as the Benesse Holdings , Inc. , purchased the south side of the island . Nearby islands of Teshima and Inujima are part of Benesse Art Site Naoshima .
The remote island of Okinawa in the Japanese Inland Sea is a high - profile art site . Tadao ##ka designed underground and underground museums to showcase art in remarkable ways . Nearby islands of Teshima and Inujima are part of Benesse Art Site Naoshima .