Just before the arrival of Typhoon Krosa in Japan last week, Yayoi Kusama’s Yellow Pumpkin(1994) – located on the art-filled Naoshima island – was whisked to safety. An Instagram user documented art handlers carrying the sculpture away from its sea-facing dock, before being loaded onto a truck and driven to a secure location.

Located in Japan’s Seto Inland Sea, Naoshima boasts several world-class museums along its coastline, designed by the legendary Japanese architect Tadao Ando for the Benesse Foundation. Accessible only by boat, the island has become a pilgrimage destination for art tourists. From a room filled with Monet’s ‘Water Lilies’, which visitors may only enter after donning a pair of white slippers, to glowing James Turrell artworks, read more about Naoshima’s remarkable art spaces here.

In Pictures: Tadao Ando’s Minimalist Museums for a Remote Japanese Island

And don’t miss our interview with Kusama from 2011. When asked what was the first piece of art that really mattered to her, the artist said: ‘Paper works with polka dots painted with my fingers that I made when I was a child.’