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How to get out Okayama


How to get out Okayama

Okayama is a good place to launch day-trips to most of Chugoku and even Shikoku, as it is the regional transportation hub. Within Okayama prefecture you will find:
  • Bizen, known for its vast history of pottery and sword making, you can discover the history and even purchase authentic Bizen pottery
  • Kurashiki, known for its well-preserved merchant quarters and Japan's oldest art museum, is only 15 minutes away.
  • Tsuyama, known for Kakuzan Park, the best place to view cherry blossoms in Okayama Prefecture, as well as for its historic Joto street and Shurakuen Garden.
  • Takahashi, known for Bitchu Matsuyama Castle, one of only twelve remaining original castles in Japan and also the highest castle.
  • Soja, known for the famous Hofukuji Temple where the famous priest and poet Sesshu once studied, as well as containing half of the Kibiji District Trail which extends out from Okayama.
  • Niimi, a city famous for Ikura Ravine and Maki Cave
  • And in neighboring prefectures, but within day-trip distances are:
  • Takamatsu, known for Ritsurin Park, one of the largest gardens in Japan, as well as the historic Yashima Island where one of the final battles of the Gempei War took place.
  • Marugame, known as the home of Marugame Castle, one of Japan's remaining original castles.
  • Kotohira, home to Shikoku's largest shrine Konpirasan, is one hour away by express train.
  • Naoshima, a small island on Seto Inland Sea with superb contemporary art museums, can be easily reached from Uno port (one hour by JR train).
  • Himeji, most famous for Himeji Castle, the striking White Egret Castle, is 50 kilometers to the east along the Sanyo line.
  • Routes through Okayama
    Hiroshima ? Shin-Kurashiki ? WnoframeE ? Nishi-Akashi → Shin-Kōbe ? Shin-Osaka
    Hiroshima ? Kurashiki ? WnoframeE ? Bizen ? Kobe

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