岡山県 · Chugoku Region
Okayama Hidden Gems
The 'land of sunshine' on the Inland Sea — one of Japan's three great gardens, a black castle, and a canal quarter of white-walled warehouses.
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Climate & Best Season
The driest, sunniest prefecture in Japan, with few rainy days and almost no snow. Comfortable most of the year.
Famous For (Food)
- White peaches
- Muscat grapes
- Barazushi
- Demi-katsudon
Signature Sights
- Korakuen garden
- Kurashiki Bikan quarter
- Okayama Castle
- Kibi Plain cycling route
Okayama
Okayama· Setouchi
Ushimado Olive Garden
Ushimado calls itself the Aegean of Japan, which sounds like tourist-board invention until you stand on the hill above t…
Ushimadoolive gardenSeto Inland Sea+2
Okayama
Okayama· Kurashiki
Mount Washu
Mount Washu is 133 metres high and stands at the southern tip of Honshu's Okayama coast, looking straight down the Seto…
Mount WashuSeto OhashiInland Sea+2
Okayama
Okayama· Soja
Bitchu Kokubunji
The five-storey pagoda at Bitchu Kokubunji is the only one in Okayama Prefecture and the fixed point of the Kibiji lands…
Bitchu Kokubunjifive-storey pagodaKibiji+2