Best Tourist Spots In Okayama

Here're best Tourist Spots in Okayama. We released a ranking of reviews about Tourist Spots posted by travel influencers who have actually been to Okayama.

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Spots Famous For Art

Nagi Museum Of Contemporary Art

2 Reviews

Nagi MOCA located on north of Okayama, thought it's small, there're some interesting exhibition rooms for experiences. I want you to experience the marvelous feelings of 'moon' and 'sun'.

Ohara Art Museum

1 Reviews

It's a landmark of Kurashiki. The structure like a genuine Greek Temple is splendid.

Inujima Seirensho (Refinery) Art Museum

1 Reviews

The legacy of industrial modernization, Inu-jima refinery's retro appearance got mixed with art works and buildings to make you feel being in an another time at this museum.

Stunning Views

Mt.Ojigadake

5 Reviews

With some big and small strange stones on its slope, Mt.Ojigadate is a scenic spot in Okayama. It's very thrilling to stand on the stone and overlook the panoramic view of Seto Inland Sea, but so beautiful that I can't describe. Of course, you can see also from safer places.◎Coming from Kurashiki, you can climb up by car just before you arrive Shibukawa Beach. Parking lot is available. Please enjoy the scenery from safe place such as an observatory.

Road Station Kasaoka Bay Farm

4 Reviews

Kasaoka Bay Farm in Kasaoka City, Okayama Prefecture. This is a roadside station where you can find local agricultural products and fresh fish, but you can also enjoy various flower fields depending on the season! From January to February, the rape blossoms are in full bloom, so I went to see the rape blossoms in full bloom. I am grateful that the parking lot is free.

Yubaraokutsu Prefectural Natural Park

3 Reviews

Kamba Waterfall is as high as 110 meters and the biggest one in western Japan. What's more, you can see the beautiful fall foliage with the great waterfall in autumn. The path takes you very near Kamba Waterfall and you can feel it impressive!◎Open hours: 8:30-17:15 Admission fee: 300yen You need to walk about 7minutes to Kamba Waterfall. Fall foliage season is the middle of November.

Spots With Great Nature

Korakuen Garden

6 Reviews

Koraku-en is one of the Three Great Gardens of Japan. It has a hill called Yuishin-zan at the central, though it's formed to be flat for the most part. From the top of the hill, you can see the refreshing open view.

A Huge Ginko Tree At Bodai-ji

1 Reviews

A huge ginko tree at Bodai-ji Temple in Nagi-cho, a north part of Okayama pref. You would be overwhelmed with the powerful energy for life of the tree estimated to be over 900 years old.

Bicchu Matsuyama Castle

2 Reviews

Bicchu Matsuyama Castle can be folded in magnificent sea of clouds on autumn day with big difference in temperature. From an observatory located a neighboring mountain, you can see its existing castle tower, which has been protected for hundreds of years, floating in the sea of clouds.◎Bicchu Matsuyama Castle Observatory is located at the mountain next to the castle. I went there by car, but you can use also 'Unkai Taxi' from Bicchu-takahasi Station in this season (resavation only).

Places OF Japanese No.1

Korakuen Garden

6 Reviews

Koraku-en is one of the three best Japanese garden and has won three stars in Michelin Green Guide Japan. From around the ponds, small hill and everywhere you can see the beautiful garden scene that can be said to 'simple is best'.◎Entrance fee: adult 400yen It's also good to look Okayama Castle just behind the garden together.

Bicchu Matsuyama Castle

2 Reviews

Bicchu Matsuyama Castle is located in Takahasi, Okayama, and proud of its the highest position among the other castles with existing castle towers. If you are in exact timing with a sea of clouds, you can see very fantastic scene of the castle.◎Access: 20minutes walk to the castle tower from Fuigo Touge parking lot. Admission fee: 300yen. The sea of clouds: the beginning of November to December

Fuji Park

1 Reviews

Fuji Park has more than 100 kinds of Japanese Wisteria. Good fragrances come from the pale purple wisteria flowers.

Spots With Beautiful Flowers

Road Station Kasaoka Bay Farm

4 Reviews

Kasaoka Bay Farm in Kasaoka City, Okayama Prefecture. This is a roadside station where you can find local agricultural products and fresh fish, but you can also enjoy various flower fields depending on the season! From January to February, the rape blossoms are in full bloom, so I went to see the rape blossoms in full bloom. I am grateful that the parking lot is free.

Shizutani School

5 Reviews

The cherry blossom around a museum of Old Shizutani School, is now at it's best. Now, we can see the collaboration of cherry blossom and Japonica flowers.

Fuji Park

1 Reviews

Fuji Park has more than 100 kinds of Japanese Wisteria. Good fragrances come from the pale purple wisteria flowers.

Activities

Kurashiki Bikan Historical Quarter

7 Reviews

Okayama's popular tourist destination 'Bikan Chiku (Historical Quarter)'. It was flourished as a merchant town and now it leaves buildings with beautiful white walls and willow trees along the river, which are the taste of Edo Period. You can enjoy boating and rickshaw like traveling to the old times of Japan. And also the delicious food around here.◎Access: about 10min from Kurashiki Station. There're lot of parking lots around the area. The boating is so popular that you should buy tickets as soon as you arrive.

Nishiyama Farm

1 Reviews

Nishiyama Farm offers the experience of picking seasonal fruit. You can enjoy all-you-can-eat peach from the early July to the early September. You can eat well-chilled and fully ripened sweet peach as many as you want! I like also the outside eat-area, which is photogenic and lovely. ◎Reservation is required for all-you-can-eat and picking fruit. There's a limit for the number of picking peach for a day. Chilly Peach All-YOU-CAN-EAT fees: adult 2250 yen, child 1100 yen. You can buy fruit to bring home at a market located at the same site of the farm.

Mt.Ojigadake

5 Reviews

Mt.Ojigadake is a famous scenic spot but also popualr for paragliders. Take off to the sutunning view of the sea and Seto Ohashi Bridge! It may feel so nice. I want to fly, too!◎A hill beside Ojigadake Park Center is the taking-off point. You can see the moment of taking off, but be careful not to get in the way.

Architectures

Kurashiki Bikan Historical Quarter

7 Reviews

Okayama's popular tourist destination 'Bikan Chiku (Historical Quarter)'. It was flourished as a merchant town and now it leaves buildings with beautiful white walls and willow trees along the river, which are the taste of Edo Period. You can enjoy boating and rickshaw like traveling to the old times of Japan. And also the delicious food around here.◎Access: about 10min from Kurashiki Station. There're lot of parking lots around the area. The boating is so popular that you should buy tickets as soon as you arrive.

Bicchu Kokubun-ji Temple

1 Reviews

You can't find five-storied pagoda elsewhere in Okayama. Located among the vast rice fields, this pagoda is a symbol of Kibi-ji Road and has Japanese nostalgic scenery. This area is popular for not only walking but also for cycling.◎The former temple had been built in Nara period and now this building was rebuilt in Edo period. The five-storied pagoda is a National Important Cultural Asset.

Kibitsu Shrine

2 Reviews

This is a shrine of Kibitsuhiko-no Mikoto, a model of an Japanese folk tale 'Momotaro'. Its precinct is huge and has many things to see. Among them, beautiful cloister as long as 400 meters making the best use of nature slope is the very highlight. You can see the scenery of impressive atmosphere.◎Parking lot: free Entrance fee: free It's also famous for seasonal flowers such as hydrangea, Japanese tree peony and Japanese plum trees.

Restaurants

Kurashiki-Momoko Civic-Center-Store

22 Reviews

Momoko Kurashiki's MOMO can is a fun dessert with seasonal fruit cakes packed in a transparent bottle. When you open the lid like opening a can, it appears in layers such as fresh fruit, whipped cream, custard cream, jelly, jelly, and pudding. MOMOcan, which is not too sweet and refreshing, is convenient to carry and is recommended as a souvenir for your trip.

Kurashiki Momoko Head Store

36 Reviews

I went to Kurashiki Momoko's flagship store for strawberry premium afternoon tea. Afternoon tea that can be enjoyed in a private room is full of strawberry sweets and strawberry sweets. A very popular afternoon tea that is difficult to book every time.

Kurashiki Momoko Main Shop

5 Reviews

The afternoon tea of Kurashiki Momoko Kurashiki Main Store starts that of gorgeous grape and muscat after the season of peach. They also prepare the dishes of fig, so we can enjoy the autumn specialties to our heart's content.

Shrines And Temples

Kibitsu Shrine

2 Reviews

This is a shrine of Kibitsuhiko-no Mikoto, a model of an Japanese folk tale 'Momotaro'. Its precinct is huge and has many things to see. Among them, beautiful cloister as long as 400 meters making the best use of nature slope is the very highlight. You can see the scenery of impressive atmosphere.◎Parking lot: free Entrance fee: free It's also famous for seasonal flowers such as hydrangea, Japanese tree peony and Japanese plum trees.

Achi Shrine

3 Reviews

The Hanatomamori is a gift that was born out of Akaiwa City's connection with Okayama Race, and was created in the image of the prefecture-designated natural monument ``Achi no Wisteria,'' which inhabits the company's grounds. Achi Shrine is a shrine that I absolutely wanted to visit after seeing its beautiful amulet on SNS. I enjoyed the goshuin stamps and pigeon fortune slips, and received a lot of energy from the beautiful shrine overlooking the Kurashiki Bikan Historical Quarter from the hill.

Bicchu Kokubun-ji Temple

1 Reviews

You can't find five-storied pagoda elsewhere in Okayama. Located among the vast rice fields, this pagoda is a symbol of Kibi-ji Road and has Japanese nostalgic scenery. This area is popular for not only walking but also for cycling.◎The former temple had been built in Nara period and now this building was rebuilt in Edo period. The five-storied pagoda is a National Important Cultural Asset.

Search In Okayama by Area

Kurashiki

Kurashiki Bikan Historical Quarter

7 Reviews

Okayama's popular tourist destination 'Bikan Chiku (Historical Quarter)'. It was flourished as a merchant town and now it leaves buildings with beautiful white walls and willow trees along the river, which are the taste of Edo Period. You can enjoy boating and rickshaw like traveling to the old times of Japan. And also the delicious food around here.◎Access: about 10min from Kurashiki Station. There're lot of parking lots around the area. The boating is so popular that you should buy tickets as soon as you arrive.

Mt.Ojigadake

5 Reviews

With some big and small strange stones on its slope, Mt.Ojigadate is a scenic spot in Okayama. It's very thrilling to stand on the stone and overlook the panoramic view of Seto Inland Sea, but so beautiful that I can't describe. Of course, you can see also from safer places.◎Coming from Kurashiki, you can climb up by car just before you arrive Shibukawa Beach. Parking lot is available. Please enjoy the scenery from safe place such as an observatory.

Achi Shrine

3 Reviews

The Hanatomamori is a gift that was born out of Akaiwa City's connection with Okayama Race, and was created in the image of the prefecture-designated natural monument ``Achi no Wisteria,'' which inhabits the company's grounds. Achi Shrine is a shrine that I absolutely wanted to visit after seeing its beautiful amulet on SNS. I enjoyed the goshuin stamps and pigeon fortune slips, and received a lot of energy from the beautiful shrine overlooking the Kurashiki Bikan Historical Quarter from the hill.

Okayama-shi

Korakuen Garden

6 Reviews

Koraku-en is one of the three best Japanese garden and has won three stars in Michelin Green Guide Japan. From around the ponds, small hill and everywhere you can see the beautiful garden scene that can be said to 'simple is best'.◎Entrance fee: adult 400yen It's also good to look Okayama Castle just behind the garden together.

Kibitsu Shrine

2 Reviews

This is a shrine of Kibitsuhiko-no Mikoto, a model of an Japanese folk tale 'Momotaro'. Its precinct is huge and has many things to see. Among them, beautiful cloister as long as 400 meters making the best use of nature slope is the very highlight. You can see the scenery of impressive atmosphere.◎Parking lot: free Entrance fee: free It's also famous for seasonal flowers such as hydrangea, Japanese tree peony and Japanese plum trees.

Okayama Castle

2 Reviews

Okayama Castle is called 'Cormorant Castle' for its black outer wall. Summer illumination event is held during August. You can see the gentle and cool Japanese atmosphere with traditional umbrellas and lanterns. Must see in summer!◎Event info: 2017/8/1-8/31 (18:00-21:30) Entrance fee to the castle tower: 300yen, but the garden is free.

Review Ranking

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Okayama's popular tourist destination 'Bikan Chiku (Historical Quarter)'. It was flourished as a merchant town and now it leaves buildings with beautiful white walls and willow trees along the river, which are the taste of Edo Period. You can enjoy boating and rickshaw like traveling to the old times of Japan. And also the delicious food around here.◎Access: about 10min from Kurashiki Station. There're lot of parking lots around the area. The boating is so popular that you should buy tickets as soon as you arrive.

Name

Kurashiki Bikan Historical Quarter

Address

Chuo, Kurashiki-shi, OkayamaGoogle Map

How to get there

10 min walk from Kurashiki Station

Parking

Nearby toll parking area is available

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Koraku-en is one of the three best Japanese garden and has won three stars in Michelin Green Guide Japan. From around the ponds, small hill and everywhere you can see the beautiful garden scene that can be said to 'simple is best'.◎Entrance fee: adult 400yen It's also good to look Okayama Castle just behind the garden together.

Name

Korakuen Garden

Address

1-5 Korakuen Kita-ku, Okayama-shi, Okayama, Okayama-shi, OkayamaGoogle Map

Tel

086-272-1148

Hours

7:30-18:00,8:00-17:00

Fee

Adult 400 yen、Child 0 yen

How to get there

Parking

Parking area is available

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Kasaoka Bay Farm in Kasaoka City, Okayama Prefecture. This is a roadside station where you can find local agricultural products and fresh fish, but you can also enjoy various flower fields depending on the season! From January to February, the rape blossoms are in full bloom, so I went to see the rape blossoms in full bloom. I am grateful that the parking lot is free.

Name

Road Station Kasaoka Bay Farm

Address

245-5 Kabuto Minami-machi, Kasaoka-shi, OkayamaGoogle Map

How to get there

10 min by car, from Kasahara Station

Parking

Parking area is available

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With some big and small strange stones on its slope, Mt.Ojigadate is a scenic spot in Okayama. It's very thrilling to stand on the stone and overlook the panoramic view of Seto Inland Sea, but so beautiful that I can't describe. Of course, you can see also from safer places.◎Coming from Kurashiki, you can climb up by car just before you arrive Shibukawa Beach. Parking lot is available. Please enjoy the scenery from safe place such as an observatory.

Name

Mt.Ojigadake

Address

4 Shibukawa, Tamano-shi, OkayamaGoogle Map

How to get there

Parking

Free parking area is available

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This is a shrine of Kibitsuhiko-no Mikoto, a model of an Japanese folk tale 'Momotaro'. Its precinct is huge and has many things to see. Among them, beautiful cloister as long as 400 meters making the best use of nature slope is the very highlight. You can see the scenery of impressive atmosphere.◎Parking lot: free Entrance fee: free It's also famous for seasonal flowers such as hydrangea, Japanese tree peony and Japanese plum trees.

Name

Kibitsu Shrine

Address

931 Kibitsu Kita-ku, Okayama-shi, OkayamaGoogle Map

How to get there

Parking

Free parking area is available

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Okayama Castle is called 'Cormorant Castle' for its black outer wall. Summer illumination event is held during August. You can see the gentle and cool Japanese atmosphere with traditional umbrellas and lanterns. Must see in summer!◎Event info: 2017/8/1-8/31 (18:00-21:30) Entrance fee to the castle tower: 300yen, but the garden is free.

Name

Okayama Castle

Address

2-3-1 Marunouchi Kita-ku, Okayama-shi, OkayamaGoogle Map

How to get there

Parking

Toll parking area is available

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The Hanatomamori is a gift that was born out of Akaiwa City's connection with Okayama Race, and was created in the image of the prefecture-designated natural monument ``Achi no Wisteria,'' which inhabits the company's grounds. Achi Shrine is a shrine that I absolutely wanted to visit after seeing its beautiful amulet on SNS. I enjoyed the goshuin stamps and pigeon fortune slips, and received a lot of energy from the beautiful shrine overlooking the Kurashiki Bikan Historical Quarter from the hill.

Name

Achi Shrine

Address

12-1 Honmachi, Kurashiki, Okayama, JapanGoogle Map

Tel

086-425-4898

How to get there

7 min walk, from Kurashiki Station

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Kamba Waterfall is as high as 110 meters and the biggest one in western Japan. What's more, you can see the beautiful fall foliage with the great waterfall in autumn. The path takes you very near Kamba Waterfall and you can feel it impressive!◎Open hours: 8:30-17:15 Admission fee: 300yen You need to walk about 7minutes to Kamba Waterfall. Fall foliage season is the middle of November.

Name

Yubaraokutsu Prefectural Natural Park

Address

Kagamino-cho, Tomata-gun, OkayamaGoogle Map

How to get there

Parking

Parking area is available

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Bicchu Matsuyama Castle can be folded in magnificent sea of clouds on autumn day with big difference in temperature. From an observatory located a neighboring mountain, you can see its existing castle tower, which has been protected for hundreds of years, floating in the sea of clouds.◎Bicchu Matsuyama Castle Observatory is located at the mountain next to the castle. I went there by car, but you can use also 'Unkai Taxi' from Bicchu-takahasi Station in this season (resavation only).

Name

Bicchu Matsuyama Castle

Address

1 Uchisange, Takahashi-shi, OkayamaGoogle Map

How to get there

Parking

Parking area is available

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Camellia Mountain in Old Shizutani School. About 400 camellia trees make a green tunnel wrapped in a sacred atmosphere. Now, spring is coming, some flowers has began to bloom here and there.

Name

Shizutani School

Address

784 Shizutani, Bizen-shi, OkayamaGoogle Map

Tel

0869-67-1436

Hours

9:00-17:00

How to get there

By car, 8 min from JR Yoshinaga Station, or 15 min from Bizen IC. Parking area is available.

Parking

Parking area is available

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Nagi MOCA located on north of Okayama, thought it's small, there're some interesting exhibition rooms for experiences. I want you to experience the marvelous feelings of 'moon' and 'sun'.

Name

Nagi Museum Of Contemporary Art

Address

441 Toyosawa Nagi-cho, Katsuta-gun, OkayamaGoogle Map

Tel

0868-36-5811

Hours

9:30-17:00

Closed

Mon

How to get there

Parking

Parking area is available

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Mizushima Complex is in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture. Many factories and so forth stand densely here, and glitter so much. From the observatory of Washuzan Sky Line, we can see the whole view of them.

Name

Washuzan Sky Line, Mizushima Observatory

Address

Mizushima Kawasaki Dori, Kurashiki-shi, OkayamaGoogle Map

How to get there

By car or taxi, 10 min from Kaminocho Station, or 45 min from Okayama Station

Parking

Parking area is available

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716meters long track, and train runs smoothly like Shinkansen, though on the bridge.

Name

Takahashi River Bridge Of Ibara Line

Address

Kiyone, Soja-shi, OkayamaGoogle Map

How to get there

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You can't find five-storied pagoda elsewhere in Okayama. Located among the vast rice fields, this pagoda is a symbol of Kibi-ji Road and has Japanese nostalgic scenery. This area is popular for not only walking but also for cycling.◎The former temple had been built in Nara period and now this building was rebuilt in Edo period. The five-storied pagoda is a National Important Cultural Asset.

Name

Bicchu Kokubun-ji Temple

Address

1046 Kambayashi, Soja-shi, OkayamaGoogle Map

How to get there

Parking

Parking area is available

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Nishiyama Farm offers the experience of picking seasonal fruit. You can enjoy all-you-can-eat peach from the early July to the early September. You can eat well-chilled and fully ripened sweet peach as many as you want! I like also the outside eat-area, which is photogenic and lovely. ◎Reservation is required for all-you-can-eat and picking fruit. There's a limit for the number of picking peach for a day. Chilly Peach All-YOU-CAN-EAT fees: adult 2250 yen, child 1100 yen. You can buy fruit to bring home at a market located at the same site of the farm.

Name

Nishiyama Farm

Address

1077 Nibori Higashi, Akaiwa-shi, OkayamaGoogle Map

Tel

086-958-2553

How to get there

By car or taxi, 50 min from Okayama Station, 35 min from Okayama Airport, 30 min from Mimasaka IC or Sanyo IC. By bus, 70 min from Okayama Station to Kikkatouge, then 5 min walk.

Parking

Free parking area is available

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10 minutes walk up from the parkin lot, from the top of the mountain you can see the bridge at very close range, and also the same height as the bridge top.

Name

Washuzan

Address

Shimotsuitanora, Kurashiki-shi, OkayamaGoogle Map

How to get there

Parking

Parking area is available

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The old spinning mill was remodeled into a hotel and restaurant. Surrounded by red bricks and ivy, this square is full of retro atmosphere.

Name

Kurashiki Ivy Square

Address

7-2 Honmachi, Kurashiki-shi, OkayamaGoogle Map

Tel

086-422-0011

How to get there

Parking

Toll parking area is available

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It's a landmark of Kurashiki. The structure like a genuine Greek Temple is splendid.

Name

Ohara Art Museum

Address

1-1-15 Chuo, Kurashiki-shi, OkayamaGoogle Map

Tel

086-422-0005

Hours

9:00-17:00

Closed

Mon

How to get there

Parking

Nearby toll parking area is available

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The legacy of industrial modernization, Inu-jima refinery's retro appearance got mixed with art works and buildings to make you feel being in an another time at this museum.

Name

Inujima Seirensho (Refinery) Art Museum

Address

327−4 Inujima Higashi-ku, Okayama-shi, OkayamaGoogle Map

Tel

086-947-1112

Hours

10:00-16:30

Closed

Tue, Tue・Wed・Thu

How to get there

5 min walk from Inujima Port

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