Okayama
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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OkayamaGardensOkayama
Okayama Korakuen Garden
The great garden of Tsunamasa Ikeda, lord of the Okayama domain, counted among Japan's three finest gardens.
OkayamaArt & CraftsKurashiki
Ohara Museum of Art
Japan's first private museum centred on Western painting, opened in 1930 by the industrialist Magosaburo Ohara.
OkayamaArchitectureTakahashi
Fukiya Furusato Village
A townscape in Takahashi that prospered on bengara pigment, with red Sekishu tiles and red walls.
Mimasaka - Tsuyama - Hiruzen
Samahara Shrine
A shrine at Kamo in Tsuyama, held to be the origin of the Samuhara Shrine in Osaka.
OkayamaArchitectureTakahashi
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.
OkayamaCulture & HistoryOkayama
Okayama Castle (Ujo Castle)
A castle called the crow castle for its black walls, refurbished in November 2022.
Okayama
Kurashiki Riverboat Ride
A sightseeing boat on the Kurashiki canal, viewing the white-walled streets from the water.
Okayama
Shimotsui Historic Townscape Preservation District
A preserved townscape in Kurashiki, keeping traces of a port that prospered on the kitamaebune trade.
Okayama
Mizushima Industrial District (Mizushima Kombinat)
An industrial belt in Kurashiki, with more than 200 works over some 2,500 hectares.
OkayamaCulture & HistoryMimasaka - Tsuyama - Hiruzen
Okutsu-kei
A gorge of about three kilometres in Kagamino, the prefecture's signature place for autumn colour.
OkayamaCulture & HistoryOkayama
Saijo Inari
A temple in Okayama, counted among Japan's three great Inari, keeping the fusion of Buddhist and Shinto forms.
OkayamaArchitectureSoja
Bitchu Kokubunji Temple
A temple in Soja, one of the provincial temples founded in the Nara period, with a five-storey pagoda.
OkayamaCulture & HistoryMimasaka - Tsuyama - Hiruzen
Katsuyama Historic Townscape Preservation District
A preserved townscape in Maniwa, a post town on the Izumo highway and the first such district designated in the prefecture.
Mimasaka - Tsuyama - Hiruzen
Joto Traditional Buildings Preservation District
A preserved townscape in Tsuyama on the old Izumo highway, with namako walls and latticed windows.
Okayama
Bitchu Takamatsu Castle Ruins Museum
A museum in Okayama on the site of Bitchu-Takamatsu Castle, known for the water attack of 1582.
OkayamaCulture & HistoryOkayama
Former Shizutani School
A school in Bizen founded in 1670, held to be Japan's first public school for commoners.
Okayama
Bizen City Museum of Art
A museum opened in Bizen in July 2025, showing Bizen ware and contemporary ceramics.
Okayama
Ushimado Townscape
A townscape in Setouchi, a port where ships waited for wind on the western sea route, and where Korean envoys called.