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Kurashiki Bikan Historical Quarter

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Ohara Museum of Art

4.5

721 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

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

4.0

219 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

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

Travel / Tourism

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.
Kurabo Memorial Hall

4.0

114 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

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

4.0

103 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

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...
Momotaro Karakuri Museum

4.0

64 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

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

4.0

57 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

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

4.0

52 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

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

4.0

52 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

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

4.0

48 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

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。
Kurashiki City Monogatari-kan

3.5

46 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

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

3.5

38 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

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

3.5

20 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

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

4.0

23 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

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。
Kurashiki City Oyama Meijin Memorial Museum

4.0

10 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Okayama Kurashiki-shi Chuo 1-18-1

A 20-minute walk from JR Kurashiki Station. This memorial museum is dedicated to Kurashiki local 15th Lifetime Meijin shogi chess master, Yasuharu Oyama. Master Oyama was an A-class ranked shogi player for 45 years and received five lifetime titles. He was one of the greatest and most unprecedented shogi players ever recorded. In the museum you'll find a number of championship cups and hanging scrolls written in his hand as well as other mementos on display including his trademark glasses. To further promote Master Oyama's passion for teaching and diffusion of shogi special shogi classes for children and shogi workshops for adults are held at the museum.

午前9時からの開館で、入館料無料とありがたい。私が少年の頃は、名人と言えば大山名人だったので、たまたま見つけたこの記念館に興味津々で訪問した。升田名人との対局の写真の他、たくさんの写真や棋譜が展示され、将棋の勝負の緊張感を感じることができた。記念品も販売されている。
Ohara Museum of Art Museum Shop

3.5

7 Reviews

Shopping

Okayama Kurashiki-shi Chuo 1-1-15 Ohara Art Museum

A 15-minute walk from JR Kurashiki Station. A shop located within Ohara Museum of Art, Japan's first western modern art museum, situated on the corner of Kurashiki Bikan Historical Quarter. They sell art books and merchandise such as stationary decorated with motifs of the art in the museum's collection. In particular they offer a wide selection of postcards decorated with the works of artists including El Greco, Monet, Gauguin, and Picasso. Also popular is the Original Book Tin Cookies which come in a tin shaped like a book and decorated with a print of a classic novel. You can enter the shop without entering the museum.

今回は美術館には寄らず、美観地区散策の際にミュージアムショップにだけ寄りました。 25年以上前は、美術館や展覧会でポストカードなど買うと100円くらいしましたが、その当時は、こんなにおしゃれなミュージアムショップなどはなかったけれど大原美術館は美術館本体の内容もお値段以上でしたが（笑）、びっくりするくらいポストカードとかが安くって、たくさん買いました。ほとんどは手紙など送って使い切ってしま...
Kuku

4.5

17 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Okayama Pref. Kurashikishi Honmachi 11-19

It is a curry restaurant located on the eastern outskirts of the Bikan Historical Quarter. Enjoy vegetable and chickpea curries as well as authentic green curry and keema curry. The lunch set, which includes salad, dessert, and chai with curry, is a popular choice.

Tasty food, reasonable prices, comfortable atmosphere, friendly service....overall a solid dining experience.
Kurashiki Coffee-kan

4.5

67 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Okayama Pref. Kurashikishi Honmachi 4-1

A coffee and bean roasting specialty shopped founded in 1971 standing in the center of the Bikan Historical Quarter. The shop’s popular coffee is made from carefully selected beans which are further sorted in the shop, then carefully roasted and nel drip brewed. In addition to menu standards such as Kilimanjaro, customers can also enjoy daily and seasonal coffees. The shop also sells beans for home use.

I think this is the world’s most original coffee. Not cheap but their interpretation of a cappuccino delicious. Lovely in the garden out back.
Hamayoshi

4.0

39 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Okayama Pref. Kurashikishi Achi 2-19-30

"This local restaurant is located approximately a seven-minute walk from JR Kurashiki Station. You can taste delicious, special seafood dishes using freshly caught seafood delivered daily from Shimotsui Fishing Port. An especially recommended item is the ""Omakase Kaiseki"" course that you can enjoy seasonal tastes of Setouchi from sashimi to simmered dishes and desserts using the Okayama specialty ""Mamakari"" (Japanese scaled sardine). Their ""Mamakari Teishoku"" and ""Hamayoshi Teishoku"", lunch menu items that let you taste Okayama seafood, are also popular."

予約対応有りで、魚介料理は絶品。特にオコゼ刺身の薄造り、肝•皮、唐揚げ、あます事なく堪能しました。地酒も良く、特に伊佐見の芋焼酎は最高です。定番の酒類は良心的価格だと思います。３人だったのですが、料理も良く予算オーバー気味でしたがクレジット決済可能ですので問題ありません。倉敷市に立ち寄る事があれば、また行きたいと思います。
Miyake Shoten Cafe Kōbō

4.5

117 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Okayama Pref. Kurashikishi Honmachi 3-11

A café operated out of a remodeled old private home with lattice doors, a tiled roof, and white walls located in Hommachi, Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture. Inside, the café retains much of the original old interior style, giving it a soothing and quiet atmosphere. A tatami mat seating area is situated just past the earthen floor of the entrance; in the inner part of a café, customers can view the elegant inner garden. The restaurant’s seasonal fruit parfaits are particularly popular—strawberry in spring, peach in summer, Japanese chestnut in fall, and more. The spicy, flavorful Miyake curry and homemade cakes are also well-reviewed.

It was late afternoon on a cold December day and we longed for a warm place to stop for some hot tea and cake. But most cafes had already closed or featured big plastic ice cream cones outside. So we...

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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.