Location List

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...

Take the tram to Higashiyama from JR Okayama and get off at the Higashiyama terminal. In the park is a big playground as well as a water fountain and paths with many trees. Climb up the stone steps...

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...

the park established based on the legend that MINAMOTO no Yoshitsune, a busho (Japanese military commander) of Kawachi-Genji (Minamoto clan) in the late Heian period had visted.

Ogata Akatsuki-kan is a contemporary architecture built in 1998 with white modern exterior and huge steps, considered as a landmark in Kuroshio Town. The multi-purpose facility includes the Akatsuk...

Although Mt. Hitsuzan is a small mountain a little south of central Kochi city with an altitude of only 118 meters, the view of Kochi City from the parking lot is simply stunning and beautiful.

Designed by Masako Hayashi, this seashell gallery is a rare shellfish exhibition hall in Japan. The building was selected by DOCOMOMO JAPAN and the Architectural Institute of Japan as one of the to...

There are huge rocks under this submersible bridge, making it look quite different from other submersible bridges.

Odoyama Observatory is a great place to see the Odo Coast and Kashiwajima Island surrounded by crystal clear blue sea, making it look like a ship floating in the air. The island became famous on th...

Hayashitei (Hayashi Residence) was built in 1887 by Yuzo Hayashi, a politician from Sukumo City. Built for a politician, it has unique facilities such as a lookout room and a hidden ladder. The hou...

This is the pilgrimage road from Fujii-dera Temple (Stop 11) to Shosanji Temple (Stop 12).

A 116m tall government building with a green park built in 1998. It is the tallest administrative building with an observation deck on the roof floor. Only available to use as a filming location d...

The site is approximately 1 hectre and the house is 0.4 acre.

Built in 808 in imitation of Kiyomizudera in Kyoto.

Fukushimagata is connected to the Araigo River and the Fukushimagata Floodway, and the Fukushimagata Nature Park has been established as a water park in the surrounding area.

It is said to be the oldest movie theater in Japan that is currently in operation, and the building that retains the atmosphere of that time is designated as a national registered tangible cultural...

A prefectural convention facility that opened in May 2003. It consists of two skyscrapers, the Bandaijima Building and the Niigata Convention Center, where Hotel Nikko Niigata and the Prefectural B...

Sado gold mine maintain Edo state