Culture / Tour 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...

  • 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...

  • 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。

  • 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。

  • 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。

  • 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。

  • Betty Smith Jeans Museum
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    Okayama Pref. Kurashikishi Kojimashimonochou 5-2-70
    Betty Smith Jeans Museum and Village is located in Kojima Shimono-cho, 5-chome in the city of Kurashiki. Opened in 2003, it is the first museum devoted to jeans, and its exhibits describe the origin of jeans, their history, the history of domestically produced jeans, the history of Kojima, which is known as a center for manufacturing jeans; as well as some of the machines used in making jeans. Visitors can even order custom-made jeans for themselves.
  • Ohara Art Museum Motodate
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    Okayama Kurashiki-shi Chuo 1-1-15 Ohara Art Museum Shikiji
  • Ohara Museum of Art - Craft Art Gallery & Asiatic Art
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    Okayama Kurashiki-shi Chuo 1-1-15 Ohara Art Museum Shikiji
  • Kurashiki Museum of Natural History
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    Okayama Kurashiki-shi Chuo 2-6-1
    A 15-minute walk from KR Kurashiki Station. This museum is organized into four different themes; Earth Sciences, Flora, Insects, and Fauna, and has exhibits introducing you to the flora and fauna of Okayama Prefecture as well as the insects and plants of the world. In the entrance hall you'll be greeted by parent and child models of ancient Elephas naumanni elephants which move and make sounds. With the large number of specimens and elaborate replicas you'll be able to explore the history of all sorts of living things almost as if you were out in the wilds yourself. There's even tanuki and inoshishi boar fur, dinosaur foot bones, and fossils of Elephas naumanni elephants that you can touch.
  • Kurashiki Moneybox Museum
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    4.0
    17 Reviews
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    Okayama Kurashiki-shi Funaguracho 1224

    I dont know how we got wind of this museum but its a gem and a steal at 300yen admission. The museum itself is only three rooms over an antiques shop (have a browse it may surprise you) but it is...

  • Kake Art Museum
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    3.5
    10 Reviews
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    Okayama Kurashiki-shi Chuo 1-chome 4-7

    午前中に大原美術館に行ったこともあり、あまり期待はしていませんでしたが、やはりというレベルに感じてしまいました。この美術館は現代芸術に完全にフォーカスしているので、そちらに興味があればおもしろいのかもしれません。建物入口近くにショップがあり奥が美術展示になっていました。

  • Kurashiki City Isozaki Sleeping Turtle Memorial Hall
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    3.5
    2 Reviews
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    Okayama Kurashiki-shi Chayamachi 195

    ジェイアール茶屋町駅近くに位置している、磯崎家についてに関する博物館です。生い立ちや記念の品を見れます。

  • Showa War Museum Preparation Exhibition Room
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    5.0
    1 Reviews
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    Okayama Kurashiki-shi Tsurugata 2-5-15

    倉敷美観地区の近くに位置している、昭和の戦争に関する博物館です。ここは準備段階の展示室でいとをかし。

  • Yumikoubou
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    Okayama Pref. Kurashikishi Tamashima Central 1-6-21
  • Kawasaki Medical University Contemporary Igaku Education Museum
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    Okayama Kurashiki-shi Matsushima 577
  • Go Ryu Museum
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    Okayama Kurashiki-shi Hayashi 952
  • Kurashiki Swords Art Museum
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    3.5
    3 Reviews
    Life / Living / Hospital
    Okayama Kurashiki-shi Chayamachi 173

    倉敷に来た際はぜひ行きたいところでした。入場料は1,000円の年間パスポートで見学でき、手袋付けて刀にも触れることができます。その場で購入も可能。2階には歴史上有名な人物の刀がショーケースに収められてました。本物ではないと思われます。

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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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