Japan's Setouchi Islands rank 7th in NYT 2019 destinations list

Islands in Japan's Seto Inland Sea and coastal areas in western Japan have been ranked seventh in the "52 Places to Go in 2019" list published on the digital edition of the New York Times on Wednesday.The U.S. Caribbean island territory of Puerto Rico topped the list followed by southern India's ancient capital Hampi and Santa Barbara in California.The newspaper described the Setouchi region as a place where "art and nature harmonize" while highlighting the Setouchi Trienniale 2019, a major art fair to be held in three seasonal installments on islands and other sites in Okayama and Kagawa p…READ FULL ARTICLE