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Kurashiki Bikan Historical Quarter
A quarter along the Kurashiki canal, with white-walled storehouses and willows. An Edo-period townscape survives.
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Hiruzen Highlands
Uplands in Maniwa, known for grazing Jersey cattle — a leading upland resort in western Japan.
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Kurashiki Denim Street
A street in the Kurashiki Bikan quarter dealing in denim, in the birthplace of Japanese-made jeans.
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Mount Kinojo (Kinojo Castle)
The site of an ancient mountain fortress in Soja. One of Japan's hundred fine castles, though no history records it.
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Shichifukumaru
Octopus-pot fishing at Shimotsui in Kurashiki, watching the fishermen at work close up.
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Kuroshima Venus Road
An island off Ushimado in Setouchi. At low tide a path of sand appears, joining three islands.
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Okayama Korakuen Garden
The great garden of Tsunamasa Ikeda, lord of the Okayama domain, counted among Japan's three finest gardens.
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Kojima Jeans Street
About 400 metres of street at Kojima in Kurashiki, lined with the shops of local jeans makers.
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Ohara Museum of Art
Japan's first private museum centred on Western painting, opened in 1930 by the industrialist Magosaburo Ohara.
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Fukiya Furusato Village
A townscape in Takahashi that prospered on bengara pigment, with red Sekishu tiles and red walls.
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Samahara Shrine
A shrine at Kamo in Tsuyama, held to be the origin of the Samuhara Shrine in Osaka.
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Kibitsu Shrine
A shrine in Okayama honouring Kibitsuhiko, the origin of the Momotaro legend, with a long corridor.
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Mount Washu Observation Deck
A lookout in Kurashiki, taking in the Great Seto Bridge and the islands of the Inland Sea.
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Bitchu Matsuyama Castle
A mountain castle in Takahashi, the only one in Japan with an original keep, known for floating on a sea of clouds.
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Okayama Forest Park German Forest
A theme park in Akaiwa modelled on the German countryside, with flowers through the seasons.
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Hannya-ji Onsen
A riverside hot spring in Kagamino, hired by the hour, reached along a path through bamboo.
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Okutsu Onsen
A hot spring in Kagamino, where the custom of washing clothes in the river with the feet survives.
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Momotaro Karakuri Museum
A museum in the Kurashiki Bikan quarter, gathering the Momotaro legend and material about it.
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Yubara Onsen Sunayu
An open-air bath on the bed of the Asahi River in Maniwa, mixed bathing and free.
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Japan's Largest Dagashi Store
A sweet shop in Setouchi, with some 5,000 kinds of sweets and toys together.
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Mount Washu
A hill in Kurashiki, named for its likeness to an eagle with spread wings, a scenic site of Setonaikai National Park.
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Yunogo Onsen
A hot spring in Mimasaka, said to have been found about 1,200 years ago by the priest Ennin, who saw a white egret there.