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Okayama Hotels with instant booking confirmation. Okayama Travel Guide - Okayama is famous for Korakuen Garden, one
of Three Great Gardens of Japan, Okayama Castle and
Kurashiki Bikan Area.
Okayama is a city in the Chugoku region of
Japan, on the southern coast of the
island of Honshu. Okayama is known as the ‘Land of Sunshine’. Located in Chugoku Region and facing to the Seto Inland Sea, Okayama has Mediterranean-like mild climate throughout the year and is one of the sunniest prefectures in Japan. Okayama has one of the Three Great Gardens of Japan, Korakuen Garden, beautiful black Okayama Castle, and historical town ‘Kurashiki Bikan Area’. With lots of delicious food, natural beauty and rich in history, Okayama is one of the places you must visit.
OKAYAMA ATTRACTIONS
Korakuen Garden
is one of Japan's official Three Great Gardens and hence
Okayama's number one attraction. See full article for details.
Okayama Castle
is popularly known as Crow Castle, so named
because unlike every other castle in the country (except
Matsumoto's, which shares the nickname) it
has been painted a striking black. See full article for details.
Kurashiki Bikan Area is a very popular tourist spot for its unique character. It has a blending of Japanese and western, as well as antiquity and modernism. Kurashiki Bikan Area is designated as a National Historic Building Preservation Area.
OKAYAMA ITINERARY
This suggested itinerary for Okayama does not include the time you might want to spend at each location as this will vary greatly depending on your interest and how busy the attractions are.
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Station/Stop
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Transport
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Duration
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Places to visit
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JR Okayama
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Okaden
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4min
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Joka
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Walk
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5min
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Okayama Castle
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Walk
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5min
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Korakuen Garden
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Joka
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Okaden
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4min
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JR Okayama
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JR Sanyo Honsen
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16min
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JR Kurashiki
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Walk
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15min
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Kurashiki Bikan Area
Kurashiki Kan (Tourist Information Center)
Ohara Museum of Art
Ohashi House
Yurinso (Ohara House Annex)
Inoue House
Kurashiki Museum of Folkcraft
Japanese Folk Toy Museum
Yumiko Igarashi Museum
Momotaro Karakuri Hakubutsukan (Momotaro Museum)
Kurashiki Monogatarikan
Kurashiki River Boat Riding
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Kurashiki Ivy Square
Kojima Torajiro Memorial Hall
Kurabou Memorial Hall
Music Box Concert Hall
Ivy School (Art Gallery)
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JR Kurashiki
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JR Sanyo Honsen
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16min
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JR Okayama
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GETTING TO OKAYAMA
The San'yo
Shinkansen passes through
Okayama on its way from Kobe to
Hiroshima. Okayama is also the starting
point of express trains across the Seto Inland Sea to Takamatsu and
other destinations on the island of Shikoku.
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