Location List

Sojagu Shrine is where both Soja City and Soja Station got their names from. It is said that the gods of 324 shrines in the Bitchu region were enshrined together along with the principal deity of t...

One of several temples established by the order of Emperor Shomu in the Nara period (8th century). It is estimated that the original temple site was 160 meters wide and 178 meters long, but the bui...

According to the shrine's undocumented legend, the shrine was founded in 707 AD. In 1533, the shrine was burned down by Amago Haruhisa during his invasion of the province, and reconstructed by Haru...

Josai Roman Hall is the former main building of Nakashima Hospital which was completed in 1917. The two-story wooden architecture of a European taste features a dome on the roof and intricately det...

A two-story wooden schoolhouse with a history of more than 120 years. It was first established as jinjyo-chugakko (traditional Japanese education-system junior high school) in 1895. In 1948, after ...

Kakuzan Park is built on the ruins of an ancient castle, Tsuyama Castle, which was built about 400 years ago. The castle’s approximately 10-meter-tall stone wall remains today. Because of its beaut...

Closely associated with the figure believed to have inspired the famous Japanese folktale Momotaro, the Kibitsujinja Shrine is a National Treasure of Japan, officially listed as “The Main Sanctuary...

Once the Bank of Japan’s Okayama Branch, this prestigious architecture was built in 1922 and later renovated to serve as a multi-purpose hall. As the hall is used for performances and exhibitions 7...

A cultural facility that opened in 2005 with a hall that has a capacity of 970, a library, meeting rooms, and training rooms.

A guesthouse run by a couple of Japanese and Thai. The old residence which is approximately 130 years old is used as a Thai cafe. Can rent the whole house.

Once a flourishing town thanks to copper mining, this mountain village was famous as a major producer of vivid red “Bengara” color pigment made from oxidized iron. The uniqueness of Fukiya is that ...

Fish market having approximately 30 shops. Opens on Sundays.

The bridge in front of the shopping street called Ginza dori.

Yakage Honjin Former Ishii Residence is a well-known residence that offered lodging for feudal lords in the 18th century. It has been designated as a National Important Cultural Property, and sever...

Mt. Yosho is home to the Kyoto University Okayama Astronomical Observatory and Okayama Astronomical Museum. Thanks to the high rate of clear skies, ‘Seimei,’ one of the largest telescopes in Asia (...

The Katsuyama Historical Preservation District is a historic town with samurai residences from the Edo Period as well as the Katsuyama Local Historical Museum. Old sake breweries and samurai resi...

The Hiruzen Sanza are three mountains standing in a row, right at the boundary between Okayama and Tottori Prefectures. The Hiruzen Highlands, one of the leading resort areas in western Japan, is l...

Climb up the winding road to Hattoji Temple to reach its peak where a beautiful rural landscape unfolds. Hattoji Furusato Village is located on a plateau at an altitude of 400 meters. This is an ar...

Farmers’ houses, a mountain castle, a market from the Middle Ages (Sansai-ichi), residences and other structures are reproduced based on historical studies so that visitors can see and experience t...

Directed connected to JR Kita-Nagase Station and 10 minutes by car from Okayama Station, the Okayama City General Medical Center is a medical center that moved to its current location and opened in...

A townscape with a river and a tram offers a nostalgic look at Kyobashi Bridge, especially at sunset.

Okayama University opened as a national university in 1949, but its history as a school is more than 150 years. In addition to its convenient location (7 minutes by car from Okayama Station), it st...

Founded in 743, Daitsuji Temple is an ancient temple of the Soto sect. During the late Edo period, local Yakage gardeners spent 21 years to create the chisen-kansho style garden known as Sekiju-en,...

Known as the "mountain temple of flowers," Fumonji Temple is famous for the variety of flowers that bloom from season to season, such as rhododendrons in spring, hydrangeas in early summer, daylili...