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Okayama (岡山) is the capital of Okayama Prefecture, and the largest city in the Chugoku Region after Hiroshima. The city is an important transportation hub, being the location where the Sanyo Shinkansen meets with the only rail connection to Shikoku. The city developed as a castle town during the Edo Period (1603-1868) and became a significant regional power. Okayama's most famous ...
Korakuen (後楽園, Kōrakuen) is a beautiful landscape garden and Okayama 's main attraction. Along with Kanazawa 's Kenrokuen and Mito 's Kairakuen, Korakuen is ranked as one of Japan's three best landscape gardens. It is located just beside Okayama Castle, which can be seen from the garden as "borrowed scenery". The local feudal lord ordered the construction of Korakuen in 1687 as a place ...
Okayama Castle (岡山城, Okayamajō), also known as "crow castle" due to its black exterior, was built in 1597 in the style of the Azuchi-Momoyama Period. The original castle was destroyed in the last year of World War 2, but a reconstruction was made in 1966. The castle is located on the Asahi River, which was used as a moat, just across ...
Okayama Prefecture (岡山県, Okayama-ken) is located along the Seto Inland Sea in the Chugoku Region. The prefectural capital is Okayama City. Just 15 minutes west of Okayama City, Kurashiki attracts tourists with its nicely preserved old canal area. Travel guide for Okayama Prefecture, Japan.
Okayama City in western Japan is a haven for those looking for a travel destination that combines history, folklore and local fare. The city is almost equidistant between the two other major tourist destinations of Osaka in the east and Hiroshima in the west. Well-known for Okayama Castle, Okayama Korakuen Garden, one of Japan's top three landscape gardens, and noted as a major fruit ...
Tokyo and Okayama are two major stations along the JR Tokaido/Sanyo Shinkansen. The one way trip costs around 17,000 yen and takes approximately 3.5 hours by Nozomi train or 4 hours by Hikari train. The trip is fully covered by the Japan Rail Pass if using a Hikari train, but a supplement fee is required on Nozomi trains.
Take a JR Uno Line from Okayama Station to Uno Station (45-60 minutes, 590 yen one way, covered by the Japan Rail Pass). One transfer may be required at Chayamachi Station. Across the street from Uno Station is the ferry terminal from where ferries depart frequently for Miyanoura Port on Naoshima (20 minutes, 300 yen one way) and less frequently to Honmura Port on the opposite side of the ...
The JR Okayama Hiroshima Yamaguchi Area Pass is a rail pass for exclusive use by foreign tourists, providing five consecutive days of unlimited travel on designated JR train and bus lines (including shinkansen and limited express trains) in Okayama, Hiroshima and Yamaguchi Prefectures and the shinkansen to/from Fukuoka. Reduced rates apply to ...
Inujima (犬島, literally: "dog island") is a small island off Okayama in the Seto Inland Sea that is named after a large rock resembling a sitting dog. Like nearby Naoshima Island, Inujima has become known as a site for contemporary art and serves as a venue of the Setouchi Triennale modern art festival. Due to its small size, the peaceful island can be explored entirely on foot. Before ...
Takebenomori Park is a spacious park in the hills north of Okayama with about 15,000 spring flowering trees of one hundred different varieties, including many weeping cherry trees. Lawned areas with views into the hills and wooden platforms for picnics provide a wonderful environment for hanami activities.
