Spots in Kurashiki Area

  • Ohara Museum of Art
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    4.5
    721 Reviews
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    Okayama Pref. Kurashikishi Chuou 1-1-15
    Located in the Kurashiki Bikan Historical Quarter, this museum was Japan’s first private museum dedicated to Western art. The museum was built by Kurashiki industrialist Magosaburo Ohara in 1930. The Main Gallery, styled like a Greek temple, remains as it looked when the museum first opened. Inside, works by master Western painters such as Cezanne, Degas, and Renoir are on display. Several gallery concerts are held each year, a tradition which began in 1950.

    Definitely recommend this as a part of a day Trip to Kurashiki /this small and elegant museum privately owned showcases some of the icon>c. Artisists of the early to m>d. 20th century. Picasso Dali...

  • Achi-jinja Shrine
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    4.0
    219 Reviews
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    Okayama Pref. Kurashikishi Honmachi 12-1
    This shrine stands atop a small hill in a corner of the Bikan Historical Quarter. The land is connected with the family of Achi no Omi, who came to Japan from the Korean Peninsula during the time of Emperor Ojin and helped develop Kibi Province, the predecessor to modern-day Okayama, with new technologies. The shrine grounds are home to the largest Akebono wisteria tree in the country; the best time to visit is when the tree is in bloom, from the end of April through May. The shrine sells Achi no Fujimori charms which contain wisteria seeds and are said to bring long life and good health.

    Stunning views over Kurashiki. It’s worth the climb up the stairs! Follow the path from one end of the hilltop to the other! Beautiful cherry blossoms, very picturesque!

  • Kurashiki Bikan Historical Quarter
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    Okayama Pref. Kurashikishi Chuou - Hon, Higashi-Achi
    The Bikan Historical Quarter in Kurashiki City is an area established based on landscape ordinance. Strictly speaking, it was selected as one of Japan’s “Important Preservation Districts for Groups of Traditional Buildings”, “a preservation district for the group of traditional building in Kurashiki Riverbank in Kurashiki City” and the “Traditional Aesthetic Preservation District” which was established by ordinance of Kurashiki City. The “Kurashiki Riverbank” with its rows of willows which line Kurashiki River and the white earthen-walled warehouses are representative of the Bikan district. There are also cultural facilities and sightseeing spots standing side by side including Ohara Museum of Art.
  • Brazilian Park Washuzan Highland
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    3.5
    78 Reviews
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    Okayama Pref. Kurashikishi Shimotsuifukiage 303-1
    An amusement park in Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture with a spectacular view of the Seto Inland Sea and Seto-ohashi Bridge. In addition to bungee jumping, a rarity in the Chugoku and Shikoku region, that park offers a variety of exciting attractions, including four roller coasters and the Turbo Drop vertical free fall drop ride. There's also an inline skate park, pool in summer, petting zoo, and dog park, making Washuzan Highland a popular destination for people of all ages. Brazilian samba shows are held in the park every day.

    Visited the pub on Thursday for a drink then decided to have food took advantage of the free starter & dessert deal with big plate specials service was good staff were friendly & the food was good...

  • Kurabo Memorial Hall
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    4.0
    114 Reviews
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    Okayama Kurashiki-shi Honmachi 7-1
    The museum is a corporate museum that tells the history of KURABO (Kurashiki Spinning Co., Ltd.), which was founded in 1888 as Kurashiki Spinning Works, and introduces the history of the company's challenges from its founding to the present day. The stately memorial hall is recognized as a registered tangible cultural property, a Heritage of Industrial Modernization, and a Heritage of Japan.

    建物は魅力的だが、展示物は興味の分かれるところ。 料金ほどの魅力は無いと感じる人もいれば、明治から昭和にかけての紡績の発展に興味があればあそれなりに面白いはず。

  • The Ohashis’ House
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    4.0
    103 Reviews
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    Okayama Pref. Kurashikishi Achi 3-21-31
    This building has the architecture of a merchant’s house and is located in Kurashiki City. The Ohashi family were large land-owners who made their fortune developing fields for drying salt and fields for growing rice in the late Edo period. The house has a Nagaya-mon gate which faces the street, while the main house is arranged with features such as having a front garden which is separated by a gate. The house was designated as an Important Cultural Property of Japan in 1978.

    We saw the signage along the road and followed it to Ohashi House. This old historical house is preserved for all to see, for a small entry fee. Explore the gardens and interior. It is beautifully...

  • Yakuyoke Sohonzan Yuga-jinja Shrine Hongu (Mt. Yuga)
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    4.0
    44 Reviews
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    Okayama Pref. Kurashikishi Kojimayuga 2852
    This shrine is located in the Kojima Yuga area of Kurashiki City. The main shrine of the 52 Yuga shrines in Japan, the yakuyoke no sohonzan (head temple of warding off evil) is also known as one of Japan’s three top incarnations of buddha. Yugasan Rendai-ji Temple was founded in 733 by Gyoki, is became the sacred mountain for the mixing of Buddhism and Shinto. There is the custom of visiting both Mt. Yuga and Kagawa’s Kotohiragu Shrine for high divine blessings.

    岡山旅行中、どこ行こっかってなってたまたま見つけたこちらの神社。 金比羅さんと両方お参りするといいとあったので、参詣。 車で山道を登る途中、歩いて登る人もいて、なんで車で行かないのかなぁと思っていたら、上の駐車場はほぼ満車! こんな大きな神社とは思わず気軽に立ち寄ってしまったw すごい行列してる所があって見てみたら「岡山県下ここにしかない推命おみくじ」とあって、気になって並んでみる。 こ...

  • Momotaro Karakuri Museum
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    4.0
    64 Reviews
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    Okayama Pref. Kurashikishi Honmachi 5-11
    It is a museum dedicated to the traditional Japanese folk story of Momotaro, to which Okayama Prefecture is said to be connected. In addition to historical materials related to the Momotaro story, the museum also houses interactive attractions such as the haunted house-style tunnel through Onigashima, the Island of Demons. The museum’s optical illusions, such as a photo spot where you can take a picture of your head emerging from a peach, are particularly popular. During the summer, the museum hosts an evening haunted house event.

    This is one of my favorite places in Kurashiki. The museum has a lot of interactive activities related to Momotaro. Oh, if you havent experienced a Japanese haunted house, try visiting this place...

  • Kurashiki Museum of Folkcraft
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    4.0
    57 Reviews
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    Okayama Pref. Kurashikishi Chuou 1-4-11
    The museum is located on the banks of the Kurashiki River in the Bikan Historical Quarter. Housed inside late Edo period rice granaries, the museum was the first project in Kurashiki to re-use such granaries for a new purpose. The museum displays some 15,000 examples of beautiful folk crafts from around the world, including pottery, glass, stone, textile, and wooden items. The museum shop also offers a wide variety of folk crafts for sale.

    There are many baskets and pottery of Japan used for everyday life. Different from fine art,folk art doesnt looks special ,especially from the standpoint of local Japanese like us.So,we feel 700 yen...

  • Kurashikikan Tourist Information Office
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    4.0
    52 Reviews
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    Okayama Pref. Kurashikishi Chuou 1-4-8
    This Western-style building constructed in 1917 as the Kurashiki Town Hall today serves as the tourist information office. The building is equipped with a multipurpose toilet, diaper changing stations, and coin lockers. Wheelchairs and baby strollers can also be rented from here. Tickets for the Traditional Boat Tour of Kurashiki Canal can also be purchased here.

    This is the tourist information center where you can purchase the canal boat cruise. It is also the meeting place for the walking tours. Standard tourist centers with a washroom. There were...

  • Senichi Hoshino Memorial Museum
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    4.0
    52 Reviews
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    Okayama Pref. Kurashikishi Chuou 1-10-11 Hilltop Building C Building 2F
    This museum is about 15 minutes on foot from JR Kurashiki Station in the Kurashiki Bikan Historical Quarter. Born in Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture, Hoshino played pitcher for the Chunichi Dragons. He also served as the head coach of the Chunichi Dragons, Hanshin Tigers, and Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles. He led his teams to four league championships and one Japan Series championship and has been inducted into Japan's Baseball Hall of Fame. The museum has about 450 items, including trophies like his Eiji Sawamura Award, memorial plaques, uniforms from different parts of his career, his cleats, photographs, and panel displays. You can also watch a video about his career.

    倉敷の美観地区にあるデニムストリートの中にありました。星野仙一さんは倉敷商業出身故にこちらに記念館があるようです。星野さんの胸像が入口にありました。入場料は500円。

  • Design Market Kurashiki Hayashi Genjuro Shouten
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    4.0
    48 Reviews
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    Okayama Pref. Kurashikishi Achi 2-23-10
    This is a shopping complex opened in 2012 in the restored main building, house, annex, storehouse and courtyard of the drug store Hayashi Genjiro Shouten built in the early Showa period. There are eight shops on the theme of affluent lifestyles in the complex such as everyday goods select shops, original cafes, restaurants where you can enjoy wood-kiln pizza, and denim specialty shops. There is a memorial room in the main building introducing the history of the drug store Hayashi Genjiro Shouten. The nearest station is Kurashiki Station.

    セレクトショップとカフェ、林源十郎のヒストリーコーナー等、それぞれオーナーが異なるお店が入っているようです。 個人的にはナンシー関の消しゴムはんこを使った雑貨に心を奪われましたが、結局使えるものだけ購入してきました。 二階のグリーンが置いてある器のお店は、店主不在のため販売不可と張り紙してあったりと、自由な感じですね。 三階は展望コーナーとカフェ。カフェタイムでしたが空いていました。

  • Former Nozaki Family Residence
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    4.0
    46 Reviews
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    Okayama Pref. Kurashikishi Kojimajino 1-11-19
    This historical monument is located in the Kojima Ajino 1 Chome area of Kurashiki City. One of the houses of Nozaki Buzaemon who built his fortune in the salt-making industry in the late Edo period (1603–1868), it is a designated prefectural historic site. On the approximately 10,000 square meter premises, there are also the nationally-designated important cultural properties “Former Nozaki Family Residence” and several “dozo-gun” storehouses. In addition, it also exhibits materials as the “Nozaki Family Residence Salt Experience Museum.”

    This is amazing - not just the scale but natural beauty of buildings / gardens. The owner had a vision and created an ancestral home- Downton Abbey Japan - style; even can see how the servants worked...

  • Kurashiki City Monogatari-kan
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    3.5
    46 Reviews
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    Okayama Pref. Kurashikishi Achi 2-23-18
    Located at the entrance to Kurashiki Bikan Historical Quarter, this is your home base for sightseeing in the region. This building features an impressive nagaya gate outside, and exhibition rooms filled with Kurashiki’s history, as well as a multi-purpose room and a café inside.

    倉敷物語館が、内部がリニューアルされて、日本遺産の情報発信の展示に、日本遺産インフォメーションとしてリニューアルしてました。

  • Shimotsui Shipping Agent Museum
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    3.5
    42 Reviews
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    Okayama Pref. Kurashikishi Shimotsui 1-7-23
    This museum is located along Prefectural Route 21 in the Shimotsui 1 Chome area of Kurashiki City. Housed in a renovated Meiji period (1868–1912) shipping agency, it exhibits materials related to the history of Shimotsui. In addition, there is also a restaurant and shop that sells processed marine products.

    北前船が寄港し北海道や各地の産物をもたらした下津井の港、参勤交代や金毘羅参りの人々が訪れた下津井。歴史的な町並みが保存され、その一角に歴史を伝える施設がある。かつての廻船問屋の建物を活用している。蔵のカフェ、日本遺産の展示施設、売店などもあり、下津井の歴史と文化が1時間ほどでわかる。

  • Japanese Rural Toy Museum
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    3.5
    38 Reviews
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    Okayama Pref. Kurashikishi Chuou 1-4-16
    Located in the center of the Kurashiki Bikan Historical Quarter, this museum dedicated to toys is housed inside an Edo period rice granary. Countless time-honored Japanese toys from around the country are on display, including traditional toys, Daruma dolls, and hina dolls. Although an entry fee is required for the main building, one of the galleries inside a former inner storehouse, the museum shop, and café are free to enter.

    There is a cafe and souvenir shop street side. If you want to go into the museum, you first need to purchase entrance tickets at the souvenir checkout. The price of admission is ¥500 per person...

  • Kurashiki City Art Museum
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    3.5
    20 Reviews
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    Okayama Pref. Kurashikishi Chuou 2-6-1
    This art museum is located along Kurashiki Chuo-dori Street in Chuo, Kurashiki City. It is situated in the building of the former Kurashiki City Hall that was designed by the architect Tange Kenzo. Holding a collection centered on over 8,000 pieces by the Japanese painter Ikeda Yoson including those donated from the painter himself, the museum also holds events such as collection exhibits, temporary exhibits, art courses and gallery talks.

    過去の展示をチェックしてもこれという展示はなかったが、ここに来た理由は丹下健三の設計だから。 正面玄関よりも反対側に回ったほうがデザイン性が高い。 中に入るとロビー空間はかなり広々している。 訪問時は岡山ゆかりの作家「池田遥邨展」を開催していた。 市立だからか入場料はやたら安い。 でも東京なら都立でも区立でももう少し高いので、やはりここは安いと感じる。

  • Life Park Kurashiki Science Center
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    4.5
    14 Reviews
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    Okayama Pref. Kurashikishi Fukudachou Koshinden 940
    Life Park Kurashiki Science Center is a multipurpose facility located in Koshinden, Fukuda-cho in the city of Kurashiki, just north of Mizushima Ryokuchi Fukuda Park. Kurashiki Science Center contains a planetarium that projects images of the entire sky, while the Kurashiki Archeological Center collects and exhibits artifacts dug up in the city. The Kurashiki Civic Learning Center is used for public lectures, while the Kurashiki Information and Learning Center and the Kurashiki Education Center offer classes and training in various fields.

    プラネタリウムがリニューアルをしたそうで、かなり集客アップしていると 新聞で読みました。 入場料が500円にアップしていますが、65歳以上は無料とのこと。 新しくなって見ごたえがあると友人とその孫が言ってました。 私たちは4月に一度行きましたが、月曜日は休館日でした。 平日は、午後の上映しかしていないようなので、 次回はきちんと調べてから伺います。

  • Kurashiki Archaeological Museum
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    4.0
    23 Reviews
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    Okayama Pref. Kurashikishi Chuou 1-3-13
    This museum is in the Kurashiki Bikan Historical Quarter of Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture. It opened in 1950 in a renovated rice storehouse built in the Edo period. The building exterior is used as the background for stamps, posters, and location shoots, and it’s also a popular photo spot for tourists. Inside the building, you’ll find exhibits that focus on items excavated in the Kibi region and archaeological materials, covering from the Paleolithic period to the Muromachi period (1338-1573).

    水路沿いにある博物館 白い壁に瓦が張り付けられていて、白と黒のコントラストが良く 綺麗な感じでした。 展示物は古代の土器などが展示されていました。

  • Bicchu Tamashima Entsuji Temple
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    4.0
    19 Reviews
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    Okayama Kurashiki-shi Tamashimakashiwajima 451
    A 15-minute drive from the Tamashima Interchange on the Sanyo Expressway. A famous temple of Soto Sect Buddhism known as the place where monk and poet Ryokan trained during his younger days in the mid-Edo period. The temple is situated atop a small hill and on the grounds you'll find a zen garden, and stately temple buildings with thatched roofs including the Ryokan-do Hall, and the Zazen-do Hall. The area is also known as Entsuji Temple Park and you can enjoy beautiful flowers throughout the seasons including cherry blossoms and azaleas. When the cherry blossoms are in full bloom, they hold the Ryokan Tea Festival celebrating the virtues of Ryokan. In the fall they hold the Ryokan Festival which includes a children's sketch competition, tea ceremonies, and dedications of song and dance.

    絢爛豪華な寺院を想像していましたが、むき出しの岩肌の上に茅葺のこじんまりとした本堂。自然石を利用した石庭。逆に江戸時代にタイムスリップした感覚にもなる境内一円。良寛さんのイメージにピッタリのお寺でした。

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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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