Location List
79 potential locations in newly-arrived order.
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Tanjoji TempleKume Gun, Okayama Prefecture
Tanjoji Temple was built in 1193 on the site of the birthplace of Honen Shonin, the founder of Jodo sect of Buddhism. In fact, the famous ancient gingko tree is said to have been planted by the Hon...
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Okayama Saiseikai Outpatient Center HospitalOkayama City, Okayama Prefecture
With 28 departments, the Okayama Saiseikai Outpatient Center Hospital provides medical care to an average of 900 patients a day. It has 80 beds for integrated community care and 37 beds in the kidn...
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Okayama CastleOkayama City, Okayama Prefecture
Okayama Castle, one of Japan’s top 100 castles, was built in 1597, under the direction of Hideie Ukita. Architecture of this period is sometimes represented by the use of black lacquer painted boar...
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Former Samurai Residence of the Ashimori DomainOkayama City, Okayama Prefecture
The residence of the Sugihara family, chief retainer family of the Ashimori domain, stands out in the Ashimori City Scape Preservation District for its white walls and Namako (white grid on black s...
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Former Kyokuto KindergartenOkayama City, Okayama Prefecture
After Kyokutou Kindergarten (built in 1908) was dismantled due to aging in 1979, it was moved, reassembled, and restored in 1998. The exterior of the architecture is a typical western style buildin...
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Omizuen GardenOkayama City, Okayama Prefecture
Omizuen was a garden that belonged to Lord Kinoshita of the Ashimori Clan. It is one of the largest gardens in Okayama Prefecture and features a circular promenade around a pond. The garden has bee...
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Shorakuji Temple (Shigeyama)Bizen City, Okayama Prefecture
Shorakuji Temple is the third temple of Chugoku region's 33 Temple Pilgrimage, Many bamboos and cherry trees surround the temple which is with a magnificent traditional garden and nice views over t...
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Shinkoji TempleBizen City, Okayama Prefecture
Located in the center of Bizen City is the Chausuyama (Mount Chausu) Park. Cherry blossoms in the park and the view of the Katakami Bay is magnificent to see. The view between the park and Shinkoji...
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Wakihonjin Kishiro ResidenceManiwa City, Okayama Prefecture
Built in the Edo Period, the Kishiro Residence prospered as a wakihonjin (lodging house for samurais) in Shinjo Village for samurais who travelled to and from Izumo. It is very large with 6 rooms i...
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Former Okuni ResidenceWake Gun, Okayama Prefecture
A large residence of a successful sake brewery owner from the Edo Period. The main house was built in 1760 and the kurazashiki (tatami room in a warehouse) was built in 1801. The residence has been...
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Former Senkyo Jinjo Elementary SchoolManiwa City, Okayama Prefecture
Built in 1907, Former Senkyo Jinjo Elementary School is a wooden structure schoolhouse that was used as an elementary school until 1990. The Renaissance style building is completely symmetrical in ...
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Former Shizutani SchoolBizen City, Okayama Prefecture
Shizutani School is known as the nation's first public school. It was created by Mitsumasa Ikeda, Lord of Okayama in 1864 and 1865. The buildings that were built in the early Edo period remain prac...
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Bitchu Matsuyama Castle Takahashi City, Okayama Prefecture
One of only 12 castles in Japan that has an original keep, Bitchu Matsuyama castle was built in 1240 and restored in 1683. It stands on top of a mountain at an altitude of 430 meters, making it the...
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Former Katayama ResidenceTakahashi City, Okayama Prefecture
The Former Katayama Residence, built around 1830, is the home of the Katayama family who were a successful Bengara merchant for more than 200 years in the late Edo to Meiji Periods. Their wealth ca...
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Haibara Samurai ResidenceTakahashi City, Okayama Prefecture
This samurai residence was built about 170 years ago and stands in the Ishibacho Furusato Village. In addition to the residence that displays samurai armor, weapons, and other artifacts, the pond a...
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Orii Samurai ResidenceTakahashi City, Okayama Prefecture
This samurai residence was built about 170 years ago and stands in the Ishibacho Furusato Village. In addition to the residence that displays samurai armor, weapons, and other artifacts, the pond a...
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Yakushiin TempleTakahashi City, Okayama Prefecture
A temple of the Shingon sect of Buddhism. Was built from 985 to 987 and its Main Hall has been designated an Important Cultural Property of Okayama Prefecture. The Nio-mon (Deva) Gate and the Jizo ...
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Kinojo CastleSoja City, Okayama Prefecture
Kinojo Castle (or Ki Castle), which literally means a “demon castle,” is an ancient castle constructed in the late 7th century by the Yamato Imperial Court. A stone wall about 2.8 kilometers long a...
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Sojagu ShrineSoja City, Okayama Prefecture
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...
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Bitchu Kokubunji TempleSoja City, Okayama Prefecture
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...
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Nakayama ShrineTsuyama City, Okayama Prefecture
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...
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Josai Roman HallTsuyama City, Okayama Prefecture
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...
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Okayama Prefectural Tsuyama Senior High SchoolTsuyama City, Okayama Prefecture
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 ...
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Tsuyama Castle (Kakuzan Park)Tsuyama City, Okayama Prefecture
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...
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