Every Place in the Catalogue

Omijima Island

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Omijima Island (青海島) is a rugged, uninhabited coastal wilderness where volcanic rock formations, sea caves, and towering…

Hagi Yaki Pottery

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Hagi-yaki (萩焼) is one of Japan's Seven Ancient Kilns, producing pottery prized in tea ceremony for over 400 years. The s…

Akama Shrine

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Akama Shrine (赤間神宮) is a waterfront shrine dedicated to the child Emperor Antoku, who drowned at age 8 in the 1185 Battl…

Akiyoshido Cave

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Akiyoshido Cave (秋芳洞) is Japan's most extensive limestone cave system, with 10.7km of surveyed passages of which 1km is…

Tsunoshima Bridge

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Tsunoshima Bridge (角島大橋) is a 1,780-meter toll-free bridge connecting Honshu to tiny Tsunoshima Island, arcing over wate…

Motonosumi Inari Shrine

Motonosumi Inari Shrine (元乃隅神社) features 123 bright vermillion torii gates cascading down a coastal clifftop toward the…

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Kintaikyo Bridge

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Kintaikyo Bridge (錦帯橋) is a 193-meter wooden arch bridge spanning the Nishiki River with five graceful wooden spans supp…

Karato Fish Market

Shimonoseki is Japan's undisputed fugu (pufferfish) capital, handling 80% of the nation's catch and hosting the only ded…

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Okayama Muscat Grapes

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Okayama Prefecture produces Japan's finest Muscat of Alexandria grapes — large, emerald-green grapes with thin skins, cr…

Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art

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The Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art (岡山県立美術館, Okayama Kenritsu Bijutsukan) focuses on artists with connections to Okay…

Fukiya Furusato Village

Fukiya Furusato Village (吹屋ふるさと村) is a beautifully preserved Edo-period mining town in the Takahashi mountains, famous f…

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Momotaro Dori

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Momotaro Dori (桃太郎大通り, Momotaro Boulevard) is Okayama City's main shopping and entertainment street, running 1 kilometer…

Yumeji Seika Museum

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The Yumeji Seika Museum (夢二生家記念館, Yumeji Seika Kinenkan) preserves the birthplace and childhood home of Takehisa Yumeji…

Okayama Barazushi

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Okayama Barazushi (岡山ばら寿司), also known as Matsuri-zushi (festival sushi), is the prefecture's signature sushi dish — a c…

Yumeji Art Museum

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The Yumeji Art Museum (夢二郷土美術館, Yumeji Kyōdo Bijutsukan) celebrates the life and work of Takehisa Yumeji (1884–1934), an…

Okayama White Peaches

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Okayama Prefecture is Japan's premier white peach (白桃, hakutou) producer, cultivating some of the world's most expensive…

Tsuyama Castle Ruins

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Tsuyama Castle (津山城, Tsuyama-jō), also known as Kakuzan Castle, was once one of Japan's three greatest hilltop castles a…

Kibi Dango

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Kibi dango (吉備団子) is Okayama's most iconic confection, a soft mochi-like sweet made from millet (kibi) flour, rice, suga…

Bitchu Matsuyama Castle

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Bitchu Matsuyama Castle (備中松山城) sits atop Mount Gagyu at 430 meters elevation, making it Japan's highest castle with an…

Kibiji Cycling Road

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The Kibiji Cycling Road (吉備路自転車道) is a scenic 17-kilometer rural cycling route connecting Okayama City to Soja City, pas…

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Kojima

Kojima (児島), a district in southern Kurashiki, is revered worldwide as the birthplace of Japanese denim and the origin o…

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Ohara Museum of Art

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The Ohara Museum of Art (大原美術館, Ohara Bijutsukan) holds the distinction of being Japan's first museum dedicated to Weste…

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