OKAYAMA HOTELS & TRAVEL GUIDE
Okayama Hotels & Travel
Guide
to Okayama
Japan including getting to
Okayama, Okayama
Castle, Korakuen Garden,
Okayama Food
and Okayama
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Okayama (岡山) is
a city in the Chugoku region of
Japan, on the southern coast of the
island of Honshu.
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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.
Getting around
Okayama
A convenient
tram line runs east from JR Okayama Station along Momotaro-Odori until
Okayama Castle, then turning south towards Seidaiji.
Okayama Sight
Seeing
Okayama's main
sights are all clustered in a large park on the eastern side of the
side. From Okayama station, just take the tram three stops east to
Joka to get there.
 Korakuen Garden
(後楽園) is one of Japan's official Three Great Gardens and hence
Okayama's number one attraction.
 Okayama Castle
(岡山城 Okayama-jo) is popularly known as Crow Castle (鴉城 U-jo), so named
because unlike every other castle in the country (except
Matsumoto's, which shares the nickname) it
has been painted a striking black
Okayama
Oriental Museum
Oriental Museum
is worth a quick stop. Entry is 600 yen, but those with a student ID
can receive a discount. The special exhibit details art and trade
between China and Persia. If you can speak conversational Japanese,
talk with the friendly docents; they will present some highly
interesting explanations and background that bolsters what would
otherwise be a rather dry tour. A full walk through both floors of the
museum should take no more than an hour.
Okayama Food
The local
delicacy is aji, a white-fleshed fish translated into English
alternatively as "trout" or "horse mackerel."
Asuka (飛鳥), across the street from the west side of Okayama Station,
serves aji sashimi, vinegared aji and deep-fried aji. Perhaps more of
a drinking spot/pub than a restaurant, Asuka is still a fine place for
food and drink and an excellent place to experience "after-work Japan"
in a relaxed, friendly atmosphere.
Okayama
Surrounds
Okayama is a
good place to launch day-trips to most of western Honshu and even
Shikoku as it is the regional transportation hub.
Bizen, known for its pottery, is the place to use up your inheritance
on a single tea cup.
Himeji, with the striking White Egret
Castle, is 50 kilometres to the east along the Sanyo line.
Kotohira, home to Shikoku's largest shrine Kompirasan, is just an hour
away by express train.
Naoshima, a small island on Seto Inland Sea with superb contemporary
art museums, can be easily reached from Uno port (one hour by JR
train).
(Article
based on
Wikitravel article
by Wikitravel users Jpatokal. Based on work by Wikitravel user(s)
Nzpcmad and Anonymous user(s) of Wikitravel. Article used under
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 1.0.)
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