Best Spots In Okayama-shi

One Of The Three Best Japanese Garden With 3 Michelin StarKorakuen Garden

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.

Beautiful Cloister As Long As 400m At A Shrine Of Momotaro FolkloreKibitsu Shrine

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.

Cool Illumination Of Okayama Castle In SummerOkayama Castle

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.

'Demikatsu-don' With Rich Demi-Glace Sauce & Pork Cutlet At Its BirthplaceNomura

A specialty of Okayama, 'Demikatsu-don' has pork cutlet on rice with demi-glace sauce. Nomura is famous as its birthplace. The thick, rich and sweet sauce is excellent with the crisp cutlet. I have no doubt that it's a delicious local specialty food in Okayama.◎It's called also as 'Domikatsu'. A specialty Demi-glace sauce cutlet on rice 800 yen.

Crossing The Industrial Legacy And Arts, A Museum With The New Space-TimeInujima Seirensho (Refinery) Art Museum

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.

Sweet Summer Blessing At A Photogenic Farm♡ Peach As Many As You WantNishiyama Farm

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.

The Hamburg Stake Made from Chiya Beef that is a Rare and Expensive Japanese Beef Grown in OkayamaOlivier

The hamburg is made from 100% Chiya beef that is famous as expensive wagyu grown in Okayama. With miso and red wine demiglace sauce. Because it is very rare and called visionary beef, I was attracted to it. I could find the sweet flavor of high quality beef.

Shaved Ice Made with Whole PeachesPeach Farmers Village

The café "Peach Farmer's Village" in Okayama's white peach farm is eye-catching with its house-style building that uses the hilly peach fields. "Momo-chan white peach milk shaved ice" is the farm character Momo-chan. It's cute no matter how you look at it. Top with peach syrup or milk syrup as you like. They also have pizza and drinks. The terrace seats also include dogs.

Tokujo Nigiri For Okayama's SpecialtiesFuku-zushi

Tokujo Nigiri (a set of 10 nigiri-zushi of deluxe seafood) for Okayama's specialties such as mamakari and hira. I really enjoyed the tastes I ate for the first time together with a sea urchin and a prawn. A miso-soup of yellow chive, an Okayama's specialty was also good.

A Fusion Of An Island And Arts 'House Project', I Want To Live Such A PlaceInujima Island

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.

At A Patisserie In Fruit Kingdom♡ Stylish Fruit ParfaitPatisserie Souhait

Okayama's fruit is delicious as it is, but you can eat it in such a stylish parfait! Its sponge cake in it is also delicious. The owner was a pupil of a famous pastry chef Hironobu Tsujiguchi.◎Okayama Seasonal Parfait (spring-summer) 880yen. There's a parking space in front of the shop.

Surprised To Do A Double Take! Retro & Photogenic Cafe Of London BusMONTAGUE

I was surprised and did a bubble take when I found the two storied London bus at the West Bypass! This genuine London bus was shipped and renovated to a cafe. The bus itself and also the interior have an atmosphere of antique, and photogenic!◎The 180th National Road (West Bypass). 15min by car from Okayama Station.