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Okayama · Japan Capital
In the destination Okayama and Kurashiki.
In the photo: Okayama Castle Tower
Illustrative images. The pictures in this guide are illustrations based on the real place, not photographs, and may differ from it.
The city
Capital of the like-named prefecture, Okayama is on the Sanyo shinkansen line and at the junction for trains to Shikoku and Matsue. On the banks of the Asahi River are Korakuen Garden and Okayama Castle, with its black walls. To the west of the city, Kibitsu Shrine has a long covered corridor and is linked to the Momotaro legend.
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The local experience
A late-17th-century strolling garden on the banks of the Asahi River, with wide lawns, ponds, a viewing hill, tea and rice fields and Okayama Castle as a backdrop; one of Japan’s three most celebrated gardens.
A black-walled castle on the banks of the Asahi River, nicknamed the Crow Castle, with a reconstructed tower housing a museum about the domain and the Ikeda family, facing Korakuen.
Shinto shrine of the Kibi plain, with a main hall from 1425 in a unique style, a National Treasure, and a covered corridor of about 360 meters; associated with the Momotaro legend.
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