Speaking of Okayama, Seto Ohashi Bridge, Momotaro, Kibidango, etc. are famous and are also called “Clear Weather Land Okayama”. Okayama is famous for its many limestone caves, including "Makido Stalactite Cave". Introducing information and access to “Makido”, which is said to be the earliest found in the limestone cave in Okayama. Around the end of the Edo period, Makido, … [Read more...] about Makido Stalactite Cave, Okayama
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Kurashiki Bikan Historical Area, Okayama
Kurashiki City is located in the southern part of Okayama Prefecture. It has flourished as a port city with a long history of water transportation. Merchants who have fallen out of control of the Tokugawa Shogunate and have become self-governed and become wealthy will set up a luxurious warehouse on the banks of the Kurashiki River. That is the photogenic spot “Kurashiki Bikan … [Read more...] about Kurashiki Bikan Historical Area, Okayama
Okayama-jo Castle, Okayama
"Okayama-jo Castle" in Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture is a popular tourist attraction that you definitely want to visit if you visit Okayama Prefecture. It is characterized by a dark mastery which became the origin of another name "Ujo" (Crow Castle). Although it suffered great damage in the air raid in World War II, it was rebuilt and remodeled many times throughout the … [Read more...] about Okayama-jo Castle, Okayama
Korakuen, Okayama
Okayama Korakuen is located at a position that you can visit from Okayama station by walking. Okayama Korakuen which is known as one of the "three Japanese national parks" is a garden representative of Genroku culture (in the middle stage of the Edo period), which was created around 1700. Okayama Korakuen is a garden created by Tsunamasa Ikeda, the second lord of the Okayama … [Read more...] about Korakuen, Okayama