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Kurashiki

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Travel / Tourism

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Ruin / Grave / Ancient Tomb

Yata-Otsuka Burial Mound

Travel / Tourism

Okayama Kurashiki-shi Mabicho Yata

A 12-minute drive from the Tamashima Interchange on the Sanyo Expressway. This stone burial mound is one of the three largest in the prefecture with a 54-meter diameter and is believed to have been built during the latter half of the 6th century. The tomb features an internal stone chamber made of precisely joined giant stones with a passageway stretching from the entrance to the inner chamber. The overall span of the stone burial chamber is 19.1 meters with the inner chamber measuring 8.4 meters long by 3 meters wide and 3.8 meters tall. In 1901 investigation led to a large number of discoveries including Sue-ware pottery, Haji-ware unglazed pottery, swords, horse tack, gold rings, and Magatama jewelry. Most of the discoveries are preserved in the Tokyo National Museum.
Tatetsuki Site

Travel / Tourism

Okayama Kurashiki-shi Yabe

A 15-minute drive from the Okayama-Soja Interchange on the Okayama Expressway. This Yayoi period tomb is embedded on the northern side of the Oubosan Burial Mound, one of the largest grave mounds in Japan. Built in the late Yayoi period this round burial mound is nearly 50-meters in diameter and five-meters tall. Five megaliths are set atop the burial mound and a pebble ring surrounds the slope. Inside a cinnabar covered casket and traces of a wooden exterior casket were discovered. Also discovered were swords and a large number of glass beads and earthenware magatama jewels leading to the belief that the grave was for a local leader who ruled over the Kibi region.
Kuromiya Ancienct Burial Mound

Travel / Tourism

Okayama Kurashiki-shi Mabicho Osaki
Tennoji Temple Ancienct Burial Mound

Travel / Tourism

Okayama Kurashiki-shi Tamashimayashima
Nimaotsuka Ancienct Burial Mound

Travel / Tourism

Okayama Kurashiki-shi Mabicho Shimonima
Keiterayamakofun

Travel / Tourism

Okayama Pref. Kurashikishi Fujitochou Fujito
HOUSE DO Kurashiki Central

Travel / Tourism

Okayama Kurashiki-shi Okishinmachi 2-5
HOUSE DO Kojima

Travel / Tourism

Okayama Kurashiki-shi Kojimaekimae 1-55-11
HOUSE DO Kurashiki Ekihigashi

Travel / Tourism

Okayama Kurashiki-shi Hirata 681-4
HOUSE DO Kurashiki Bypass

Travel / Tourism

Okayama Kurashiki-shi Shinden 2971-1
Kurashiki Sakura Rikyu

Travel / Tourism

Okayama Kurashiki-shi Tsubue 1405-1

Okayama Kurashiki

Kurashiki Bikan Historical Quarter Around Mt. Washu and Kojima

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Okayama Areas

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.