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岡山県 · Art & museums

Terraces of Mimasaka

美作市美作

Stone-walled terraces along the mountain valleys, drawing the contours into visible lines.

岡山県 · Regional selections

倉敷美観地区

備中・倉敷・高梁・新見

A quarter along the Kurashiki canal, with white-walled storehouses and willows. An Edo-period townscape survives.

岡山県 · Regional selections

蒜山高原

美作・津山・蒜山

Uplands in Maniwa, known for grazing Jersey cattle — a leading upland resort in western Japan.

岡山県 · Regional selections

Kurashiki Denim Street

備中・倉敷・高梁・新見

A street in the Kurashiki Bikan quarter dealing in denim, in the birthplace of Japanese-made jeans.

岡山県 · Regional selections

Maki-do

備中・倉敷・高梁・新見

A limestone cave about 450 metres long in Niimi, said to have been named by Tekkan and Akiko Yosano.

岡山県 · Regional selections

Mount Kinojo (Kinojo Castle)

備中・倉敷・高梁・新見

The site of an ancient mountain fortress in Soja. One of Japan's hundred fine castles, though no history records it.

岡山県 · Regional selections

Shichifukumaru

備中・倉敷・高梁・新見

Octopus-pot fishing at Shimotsui in Kurashiki, watching the fishermen at work close up.

岡山県 · Regional selections

Kuroshima Venus Road

備前・岡山・瀬戸内

An island off Ushimado in Setouchi. At low tide a path of sand appears, joining three islands.

岡山県 · Regional selections

岡山後楽園

備前・岡山・瀬戸内

The great garden of Tsunamasa Ikeda, lord of the Okayama domain, counted among Japan's three finest gardens.

岡山県 · Regional selections

Kojima Jeans Street

備中・倉敷・高梁・新見

About 400 metres of street at Kojima in Kurashiki, lined with the shops of local jeans makers.

岡山県 · Regional selections

大原美術館

備中・倉敷・高梁・新見

Japan's first private museum centred on Western painting, opened in 1930 by the industrialist Magosaburo Ohara.

岡山県 · Regional selections

吹屋ふるさと村

備中・倉敷・高梁・新見

A townscape in Takahashi that prospered on bengara pigment, with red Sekishu tiles and red walls.

岡山県 · Regional selections

Samahara Shrine

美作・津山・蒜山

A shrine at Kamo in Tsuyama, held to be the origin of the Samuhara Shrine in Osaka.

岡山県 · Regional selections

吉備津神社

備前・岡山・瀬戸内

A shrine in Okayama honouring Kibitsuhiko, the origin of the Momotaro legend, with a long corridor.

岡山県 · Regional selections

Mount Washu Observation Deck

備中・倉敷・高梁・新見

A lookout in Kurashiki, taking in the Great Seto Bridge and the islands of the Inland Sea.

岡山県 · Regional selections

備中松山城

備中・倉敷・高梁・新見

A mountain castle in Takahashi, the only one in Japan with an original keep, known for floating on a sea of clouds.

岡山県 · Regional selections

Okayama Forest Park German Forest

備前・岡山・瀬戸内

A theme park in Akaiwa modelled on the German countryside, with flowers through the seasons.

岡山県 · Regional selections

Hannya-ji Onsen

美作・津山・蒜山

A riverside hot spring in Kagamino, hired by the hour, reached along a path through bamboo.

岡山県 · Regional selections

Okutsu Onsen

美作・津山・蒜山

A hot spring in Kagamino, where the custom of washing clothes in the river with the feet survives.

岡山県 · Regional selections

Ikura-do

備中・倉敷・高梁・新見

A limestone cave 1,200 metres long in Niimi, with a 90-metre change in level.

岡山県 · Regional selections

Momotaro Karakuri Museum

備中・倉敷・高梁・新見

A museum in the Kurashiki Bikan quarter, gathering the Momotaro legend and material about it.

岡山県 · Regional selections

Yubara Onsen Sunayu

美作・津山・蒜山

An open-air bath on the bed of the Asahi River in Maniwa, mixed bathing and free.

岡山県 · Regional selections

Japan's Largest Dagashi Store

備前・岡山・瀬戸内

A sweet shop in Setouchi, with some 5,000 kinds of sweets and toys together.

岡山県 · Regional selections

Mount Washu

備中・倉敷・高梁・新見

A hill in Kurashiki, named for its likeness to an eagle with spread wings, a scenic site of Setonaikai National Park.