Okayama

One of Japan’s Three Great Gardens. The huge garden exists in exquisite harmony with Okayama Castle.

The first museum of art in Japan to display Western and contemporary art

A white walled area that integrates Japanese and Western styles while still retaining the Edo era townscape

This mountain castle, with the only surviving keep in Japan, is a castle in the sky floating in a sea of clouds

A street with many shops selling denim made in Kojima, the birthplace of Japanese denim.

The impressive 19th-century red brick factory covered in ivy

See the jet-black castle towering over Okayama Koraku-en Garden, one of Japan’s three great daimyo gardens

This Okayama souvenir has deep-rooted popularity! It is a brand name sweet that has continued since the Edo Era when it found its fame through the old tale of Momotaro (Peach Boy) 　

Traditional Okayama sushi adorning a wonderful day. Seafood of the Seto Inland Sea and vegetables generously grace this dish

Distinctive yakisoba in a rich miso sauce that you will want to taste within the great nature of the plateau

Have your fill of the famous Okayama fish known as mamakari as sushi that is “…so tasty that you will want to go out and borrow some rice”

Greatly beloved by the people of Okayama Prefecture, sawara is said to be the treasure of the Seto Inland Sea, an area rich in the fruits of the sea.

These precious gems of fruits are available from early summer to autumn. High-grade grapes that are large and rich in sweet juice

The peaches of Okayama Prefecture with their smooth and white appearance that almost make them seem translucent. They have that luscious taste only to be found in summer

Okayama Prefecture’s proud demikatsudon has rich demiglace sauce draped over freshly deep-fried pork cutlet on rice

Tender and crunchy offal make a fine match with udon noodles!