On Naoshima, Kagawa Prefecture, in the Seto Inland Sea, the entire island had a power outage for nearly four hours on the afternoon of the 7th.
Naoshima is one of the venues for the "Setouchi Triennale" and was visited by many people during the Golden Week holidays.
According to the Chugoku Electric Power Network, about 3,100 households in Naoshima Town, Kagawa Prefecture, had a power outage from around 1:50 pm.
As a result, traffic lights stopped working on the island, and police officers were in charge of traffic control at intersections.
Naoshima is one of the venues for the contemporary art festival "Setouchi Triennale", but in addition to canceling admission at four facilities such as the Chichu Art Museum on the island, there were also facilities that closed earlier. is.
The Chugoku Electric Power Network suspected that the crane had come into contact with the offshore power transmission line that sends electricity from Okayama Prefecture to Naoshima, and as a result of the restoration work, it was all restored after 5:30 pm. is.
Naoshima Town is known as an "island of art" with a population of more than 3,000 and lined with museums, and many people visited during the long holidays.
The museum is also pitch black
At the Benesse House Museum, a contemporary art museum on Naoshima, all the lamps in the museum went out immediately after the power outage.
An emergency lamp was placed on the darkened stairs, and staff members were calling attention to their feet.
In addition, since cooking was no longer possible at the cafe inside the museum, we hurriedly closed the business and asked the customers in the store to pay only with cash instead of credit cards.