Best Tourist Spots In Okayama
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
716meters long track, and train runs smoothly like Shinkansen, though on the bridge.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
A dome house built using the earthback construction method using sandbags. It's like a movie set. The cafe is also open several days a month. It's a place you'll want to go to over and over again, with a variety of events and buildings included. It is safe to climb or sit on what looks like an outside staircase. Seeing the surrounding mountains from a different perspective will make you want to take a deep breath. It's a perfect place for a drive.
Name
Haremani
Address
561-1 Takaya, Kibichuo-cho, Kaga-gun, Okayama, JapanGoogle Map
How to get there
15 min by car, from Kayo IC
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.
Name
A Huge Ginko Tree At Bodai-ji
Address
1532 Koen Nagi-cho, Katsuta-gun, OkayamaGoogle Map
How to get there
Parking
Parking area is available
Okutsukei Valley is famous for its beautiful rivers, rocks and waterfalls, and what's more, a most beautiful fall foliage spot in Okayama. The maple trees turn into vivid colors, so you can see the beautiful autumn scenery.◎Okutsu Momiji Matsuri Festival & Night Illuminations: 2017, 10/28-11/12. You can park your car at the side of the road. The best season is the first half of November.
Name
Okutsukei Valley
Address
Okutsukawa-nisi Kagamino-cho, Tomata-gun, OkayamaGoogle Map
How to get there
Do you want to have a daily life with arts? Some galleries are dotted to identify with the island, and I envy the beautiful sceneries of Inujima Island seen through the arts. It's C and A house.
Fuji Park has more than 100 kinds of Japanese Wisteria. Good fragrances come from the pale purple wisteria flowers.
Name
Fuji Park
Address
1893 Fujino Waki-cho, Wake-gun, OkayamaGoogle Map
How to get there
Parking
Parking area is available
