Sightseeing Spot Spots in Ibara / Kasaoka Area

  • Kasaoka Bay Reclaimed Land Rape Blossom and Sunflower Fields
    Travel / Tourism
    245-5 Kabuto Minami-cho, Kasaoka-shi, Okayama-ken
    These flower fields are located in the Kabuto Nishimachi area of Kasaoka City. You can see the approximately 10 million rape blossoms that bloom from mid-March to early April, poppies that blooms around May, sunflowers that blooms around August, and approximately 30 million cosmos that blooms from September to late October. Events are also held at the adjacent Roadside Station Kasaoka Bay Farm along National Route 2 when the flowers are at their best.
  • Osaka Pond
    Travel / Tourism
    Okayama Kasaoka-shi Osaka
    This is an irrigation-use earth fill dam in Kasaoka City, Okayama prefecture, built to serve irrigation needs for the surrounding 470 hectares of rice paddy fields. The local farmers have long used waterwheel run mills to polish their grain, and the history of this water wheel community goes back to the early Showa period. Today, the area is filled with about 600 Yoshino and double-blossom cherry trees that bloom in spring, offering a lovely walk along the waterways with the water shining pale pink under them. There are also many natural fishing ponds dotting the spaces between the mountains, like Kosaka pond.
  • Ihara Zutsumi
    Travel / Tourism
    Okayama Ibara-shi Ibaracho
  • Saliva Jiseichi
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Okayama Pref. Asakuchishi Yorishimachou Nearby island reclaimed land in
  • Tenjin Valley no Momiji
    Travel / Tourism
    Okayama Ibara-shi Yoshiicho Yoshii
  • Kamogata Machi Ya Park
    Travel / Tourism
    Okayama Asakuchi Kamogatacho Kamogata 240
  • Manabeshima
    Travel / Tourism
    Okayama Kasaoka-shi Manabeshima
  • Manabeshima Furusato Mura
    Travel / Tourism
    Okayama Kasaoka-shi Manabeshima
  • Atohakkaikyukyo
    Travel / Tourism
    Okayama Pref. Asakuchishi Kamogatachourokujouinhigashi 2385
  • Horseshoe crab breeding ground
    Travel / Tourism
    Okayama Pref. Kasaokashi Nishioshima

Okayama Areas

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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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