Spots in Okayama City / Around Korakuen Area

  • Okayama Kinshu Kaikan
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    3.5
    17 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Okayama Okayama-shi Kita-ku Marunouchi 1-1-15
    This wooden, western-style building was built in 1923. It was originally built as a temperance center, to help rehabilitate those whose lives had been damaged by alcohol. It was used in a variety of temperance related activities. Despite its wooden structure, it survived the bombing of Okayama, and is now a registered Cultural Property with the Agency for Cultural Affairs. The first floor is a religious bookstore and a retro cafe. The second floor and third floor hold rental offices and meeting rooms.

    There is a retro building beside Nishite Yagura scaffold. This used to be an office of anti-smoking movement. It was built in Taisho Time, about 100 years ago. Now it is a coffee shop.

  • Old Inukai Family Residence
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    4.0
    8 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Okayama Okayama-shi Kita-ku Kawairi 102-1
    This private home building is a nationally designated Important Cultural Property, and is found along the Sanyo Shinkansen tracks about two kilometers north of JR Niwase Station. This was the birthplace of Tsuyoshi Inukai (also known as Bokudo , his pseudonym), a politician active from the Meiji into the early Showa period. The building is believed to date from the mid-Edo period, and is particularly valuable as a well-preserved village-headman's manor. Inside, it holds displays of items, pictures, letters and more related to Inukai. The joists lain across the ceiling in the earthen floor area, and the appearance of the main house still radiate the stately dignity of an official's home. The Inukai Bokudo Memorial Museum is next door, offering even more education about this man once called God of the Constitution.

    「話せばわかる」の犬養毅の生家です。 歴史を感じさせる建物に多数の書物が展示されています。 岡山駅、庭瀬駅からも近いのに、入場無料は驚き。 読み物が多いので、たっぷりと時間のある時に行くべき施設だと思います。

  • Renaiss Hall
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    3.5
    9 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Okayama Okayama-shi Kita-ku Uchisange 1-6-20

    In this area there are many financial institutions. This building, almost 100 years old, used to be Okayama branch of the Bank of Japan. Its classic architecture is quite imposing.

  • Yasutomi Farm
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    4.0
    7 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Okayama Pref. Okayamashi Kita-ku Shimoashimori 402-3
    Yasutomi Farm is located in Shimo-Ashimori, Kita Ward, in the city of Okayama. In addition to trying their hand at rural activities like milking cows, making butter, or making ceramics, or holding a barbecue, there is a shop on the grounds where visitors can buy soft-serve ice cream, gelato, or hard ice cream made from the milk of the farm's cows. The Farm Festival held several times each year, features sales of beef, vegetables, and processed foods produced by local farmer, in addition to a flea market.

    細い道路を登ったらたどり着きます。600円のパフェを頂きましたが、もう少し果物があればうれしい。ジェラートはさっぱりとした甘さがあり大変おいしかった。

  • Okayama Miyabi Onsen daikazokunoyu
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Okayama Pref. Okayamashi Kita-ku Kume 197-1
    Okayama Miyabi Onsen is a hot spring facility located along Prefectural Route 162 in Kume, Kita Ward, in the city of Okayama. Options include a wide variety of indoor baths, a semi-enclosed bath, an outdoor bath, a salt sauna for women, a steam sauna for men. There is also a pool zone containing a vortex pool, a 20-meter pool, a fitness zone, a body care zone, a restaurant, and a lounge.
  • Inariyama Health Center
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    4.5
    5 Reviews
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Okayama Pref. Okayamashi Kita-ku Takamatsuinari 570
    This hot spring facility is located in the Takamatsu Inari area of Kita Ward, Okayama City. It has natural hot springs, a medicinal bath using eight kinds of natural herbal medicine, and a large sauna. After bathing, you can relax with well-equipped facilities such as a rest area, manga comic corner, restaurant, banquet hall and karaoke.

    薬湯で有名な最上稲荷のすぐ横に位置している温泉でとても温まり暖かいお湯です。岡山駅から無料送迎バスを運行しております

  • Okayama Prefectural Local Products Hall
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    3.5
    6 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Okayama Okayama-shi Kita-ku Omotecho 1-1-22
    This select shop offers the very best of Okayama. It is found just inside the shopping arcade stretching from Shiroshita Station on the Okaden Higashiyama line. They offer Okayama specialty fruits like nashi pears, peaches, and grapes, as well as seafood from the Seto Inland Sea, and local sake. In addition to food and drink, they also sell knickknacks and handicrafts like Bizen ware and Kurashiki Igusa straw bags. This shop is packed with all the charms of Okayama prefecture. They also have regular seasonal events. It's the perfect spot to look for your Kibiji souvenirs.

    市電の城下駅から表町商店街のアーケードに入ったところにある物産施設です。店舗の規模は大きくありませんが、きび団子をはじめ岡山土産が揃っています。

  • Kibiji Literary Museum
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    3.5
    5 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Okayama Okayama-shi Kita-ku Minamigata 3-5-35
    This museum introduces important cultural figures from Okayama active since the end of the Meiji period, including luminaries like Renzaburo Shibata, Yumeji Takehisa, and Seishi Yokomizo. It's found alongside the Nishigawa river, about a 15-minute walk from Okayama Station. Inside, they display valuable items like books and hand-written manuscripts. There is no permanent exhibit, rather they introduce a variety of cultural figures through temporary and special exhibitions. Apart from the gallery, they also have a concert hall and mini-theater event spaces, as well as study rooms suitable for poetry sessions, and more. The grounds once held a samurai residence, and the garden still has stone bridges, stone garden lanterns, a maple forest and ukon cherry trees offering delightful scenery year-round.

    岡山駅から少し歩いた場所にあります。 一階、二階に展示フロアがあります。 企画展『あやかし、まぼろし文学展』、 『吉備路ゆかりの文学者 生誕記念展』がかいさいされていて色紙、図書などが展示、解説していて文学に関してしることができました○

  • Miyashita Sake Brewery Craft brewery Doppo-kan
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    4.5
    3 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Okayama Pref. Okayamashi Naka-ku Nishigawara 185-1
    Miyashita Brewery is located in Nishigawara, Naka Ward, in the city of Okayama. It is a destination brewery located inside Craft brewery Doppo-kan. It manufactures more than 15 kinds of craft beers, and along with the adjacent sake brewery and whiskey distillery, it offers tours (reservations required) that allow visitors to observe the manufacturing process. There are also a restaurant and a shop on the grounds.

    妻との2泊3日旅行(岡山市内、足守、備前焼まつり)にて 宿泊ホテルの内1泊が[岡山プラサホテル]だったこともあり 徒歩で訪問し [マスカットピルス 660円税込][雄町米ラカーヒール 660円税込][スパークリンクヒール 660円税込][ソーセイシ盛り合わせ 1100円税込][和風パフェ...

  • Okayama Prefectural Ancient Kibi Cultural Properties Center
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    4.0
    3 Reviews
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Okayama Pref. Okayamashi Kita-ku Nishihanajiri 1325-3
    "This museum is located approximately a 20-minute drive from the west exit of JR Okayama Station. It is situated on the southern side of Mt. Kibi-nonakayama, one of the famous mountains appeared in ""The Pillow Book"". As a base for the protection and preservation of buried cultural properties of the prefecture, about 400 excavated items such as Jomon pottery and Yayoi pottery are displayed regularly. It regularly carries out temporary exhibitions, and you can learn more about the history of the local area from the exhibits and panel explanations."

    展示室は小規模ながら、出土品を選りすぐり、コンパクトに縄文時代から中世までの岡山県の歴史を概観できるように工夫してあります。企画展も定期的にやっています。先の口コミの情報は正確ではなく、土日も基本的に開いているようです。

  • Omiyage Kaido Hare no Kuni
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    3.0
    3 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Okayama Okayama-shi Kita-ku Ekimotomachi 1-1
    This souvenir shop is on the second floor of Okayama Station, inside the local train ticket gates. They have a wide range of local specialty treats that are perfect Okayama souvenirs, including kibidango dumplings, Ote manju buns, and Murasuzume bean cakes.

    岡山駅在来線改札内の店舗でした。各方面との乗換駅だけあって、岡山県だけでなく山陰方面や四国方面の土産物も充実しており、新幹線乗換前に手土産調達が可能でした。猶、レジは別になっているものの駅弁販売店も同居しておりバラエティに富んだ弁当調達にも便意でした。

  • Ajitsukasa Nomura
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    4.0
    156 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Okayama Pref. Okayamashi Kita-ku Heiwachou 1-10 Nomura Building 1F
    Located a seven-minute walk from JR Okayama Station is a long-established deep-fried pork cutlet restaurant established in 1931. Their speciality is a pork cutlet on a bed of rice covered with a special demi-glace sauce as well as the normal pork cutlet and rice covered with beaten egg. The restaurant has 2/3 child size and 1/2 grandchild size portions and is recommended to those who want to try a variety of flavors. Some of the menu can be ordered as take out.

    I went there during off-peak hours on Sunday but had to queue for approximately 15 minutes. I was still lucky not to wait so long due to COVID-19 and the lack of tourists. They offer menus in...

  • Domremy Outlet Okayama Store
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    4.0
    7 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Okayama Okayama-shi Minami-ku Fujita 566-276

    岡山市のちょっと外れにある洋菓子のアウトレット。大人気です。駐車場も広いです。土日は入るのに待たないといけないことも。 最近は東京でもスーパーやコンビニでドンレミーの商品を見かけます。 ただ、規格外商品を取り扱っているので格安でケーキやプリン、ロールケーキなどを買えます。家族4人分、数日もつほど買ってもせいぜい1000円台かと。普通に美味しいし、オススメです!

  • Takebe no Mori Park
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Okayama Okayama-shi Kita-ku Takebecho Tajiko 1571-40
  • Yebisu Ya Pro
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Okayama Pref. Okayamashi Kita-ku Nakasange 1-10-30 Fukutake Jolly Building B2F
    Long a favorite entertainment venue in Okayama, this club has a casual and friendly atmosphere that makes patrons feel at home. It frequently sponsors live events with guest DJs, dancers, and other artists, and it is a lively and popular spot any night of the week. It has a large number of coin lockers where patrons can leave their belongings and enjoy dancing or listening to live music unencumbered.
  • Kappo Mamakari
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    4.0
    4 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Okayama Pref. Okayamashi Kita-ku Omotechou 3-9-2
    "This long-established Japanese restaurant is located approximately a five-minute drive from JR Okayama Station. ""Mamakari,"" which is also the name of the restaurant, is another name for Japanese scaled sardines, and cuisine using the fish is Okayama Prefecture's famous local dish. More than 90% of the fish which the restaurant uses is naturally raised, rice and vegetables that are pesticide-free much as possible, and you can taste delicious seafood dishes prepared without any chemical seasonings. One popular menu item is the lunch course ""Horai"" that is recommended for gatherings such as among friends."

    郷土料理を食べることが出来る店です。比較的安いのにボリュームもあり満足でした。おいしい酒もありました。

  • Korakuen Shikisai
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    4.0
    10 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Okayama Pref. Okayamashi Kita-ku Kourakuen 1-5
    "This restaurant is located approximately an eight-minute drive from JR Okayama Station. Situated on the outer garden of ""Okayama Korakuen,"" one of Japan's three great gardens, you can enjoy Japanese and regional cuisine using plenty of local ingredients from Okayama. They also handle banquets, wedding parties and Buddhist memorial services. Their ""bara sushi"", a specialty of Okayama scattered with rich amounts of seafood and mountain delicacies, is especially recommended. In addition, their ""Hanayaka Gozen"" is a set that includes tempura, a simmered dish and dessert, and is popular with female patrons."

    よく冷えてだしがおいしいでした パンフレットで見たのと同じで友人に早速紹介する予定で友人もきっと行くと思います このようなお店が岡山にたくさんできることを希望します

  • Asahi River
    Travel / Tourism
    Okayama Okayama-shi Naka-ku
    This river is a famous destination for cherry blossom viewing in spring, and over 200 Yoshino cherries grow along a 1.3 kilometer stretch of the river. The cherry trees extend east from JR Okayama Station. Adjacent to Okayama Korakuen, visitors can see Okayama Castle across the river. The Okayama Sakura Carnival is held here from late March to early April each year. During the festival, stalls and playland facilities line the river, attracting large numbers of visitors. From nightall until 9 p.m., paper lanterns light up the area, creating a magical atmosphere.
  • Ebimeshiya (Mannari Shop)
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    4.0
    37 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Okayama Pref. Okayamashi Kita-ku Mannarinishimachi 2-53
    This veteran western-style restaurant was established in 1966. It's located just east of National Route 180 and the Sasagase River. They are best known for offering the Okayama specialty Ebimeshi. Their Ebimeshi features black rice topped with prawns, and they make it with the same old-fashioned flavor they always have. Other items include Japanese rice omelets with prawns and limited menu only in winter such as Japanese rice omelets with prawns and white sauce, rice gratin with prawns, funameshi rice bowls with minced crucian carp. They also have lots of standard fare like curry and rice, hamburger steaks, and cutlets.

    家族がえびめし食べたいなという一声で訪問することになりました。 このお店に来るのは2回目、前回同様満席で、少し入店待ちしました。 家族が『えびめし』を注文したので私は、『カツカレー』を注文。 期待値は高かったですが、味は標準的な内容でした。 えびめしは相変わらずの美味しさ。ハマる味わいです。

  • Tsukuriyama Burial Mound
    Travel / Tourism
    Okayama Okayama-shi Kita-ku Shinjoshimo
    The keyhole-shaped burial mound boasts being the fourth largest in scale nationally. It is estimated that it was built in the first half of the 5th century, with a total length of 350 meters. A large amount of ironware such as mirrors and bells have been excavated, but the entombed person is still a mystery.

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Overshadowed by Hiroshima to the west and the Kansai region to the east, Okayama is an easy spot to miss but a nature-rich gem where the Seto Inland Sea laps at its toes and peach and grape farms complete its interior. One of Japan’s Three Great Gardens, Koraku-en in Okayama city is well worth a visit before progressing to Kurashiki, where preserved wooden Edo buildings line the picturesque canal.

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