Things to see in Okayama
Okayama is a city in Japan, with an urban population of about 866 thousand. Below are 20 notable places within about 9 km of the centre, ranked by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
1Okayama Castle History
Okayama Castle is a Japanese castle in the city of Okayama in Okayama Prefecture in Japan. The main tower was completed in 1597, destroyed in 1945 and replicated in concrete in 1966.
2Kōraku-en Park
Kōraku-en is a Japanese garden located in Okayama, Okayama Prefecture. It is one of the Three Great Gardens of Japan, along with Kenroku-en and Kairaku-en.
3Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art Art
The Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art is located in Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. It is one of Japan's many museums which are supported by a prefecture.
4Kibitsu Shrine Place of worship
Kibitsu Jinja is a Shinto shrine in the Kibitsu neighborhood of Kita-ku, Okayama in Okayama Prefecture, Japan. It is the ichinomiya (first shrine) of former Bitchū Province.
5Takamatsu Castle History
Takamatsu Castle of Bitchū Province was a Sengoku period Japanese castle located in what is today the Kayo neighborhood of Kita-ku, Okayama in Okayama Prefecture.
6Okayama Orient Museum Art
Okayama Orient Museum is a museum of Ancient Near Eastern, Roman provincial, Byzantine, Sassanian, and Islamic Art in Kita-ku, Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan.
7Kibitsuhiko Shrine Place of worship
Kibitsuhiko Jinja is a Shinto shrine in the Ichinomiya neighborhood of the city of Okayama in Okayama Prefecture, Japan. It is the ichinomiya of former Bizen Province.
8Okayama Symphony Hall Arts & culture
Okayama Symphony Hall is a concert hall in Okayama, Okayama, Japan. It opened in 1991 and seats 2,001.
9Yumeji Art Museum Art
Yumeji Art Museum is an art museum in Okayama Prefecture split between the main museum in Naka-ku, Okayama and the Yumeji Seika and Shonen Sanso annex built in Setouchi, the birthplace of Yumeji Takehisa, a poet and artist who was active in the early 1900s.
10Hayashibara Museum of Art Art
The Hayashibara Museum of Art is an art museum owned by the Hayashibara Group, and located at 2-7-15 Marunouchi, Kita-ku, Okayama, Japan. It is on the site of a former guesthouse beside the inner moat of Okayama Castle.
11Handayama Botanical Garden Park
The Handayama Botanical Garden is a botanical garden located at 2-1319 Kitagata, Kita-ku, Okayama, Japan. It is open daily except Tuesdays; an admission fee is charged.
12Tsushima Site History
Tsushima Site is an archaeological site with the traces of a Yayoi period settlement, located in the Izumi neighborhood of Kita-ku, Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, in the San'yō region of Japan.
13Inryō-ji Place of worship
Inryō-ji is a Buddhist temple in Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. It is also known as Inryo-ji, Inryou-ji, or Inryoji.
14Jingu-ji-yama Kofun History
Jingūjiyama Kofun is a Kofun period burial mound located in the Nakai neighborhood of Kita-ku, Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, in the San'yō region of Japan.
15Onoue Kurumayama Kofun History
Onoe Kurumayama Kofun is a Kofun period burial mound located in the Onoe neighborhood of Kita-ku, Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, in the San'yō region of Japan.
16Shōda temple ruins History
The Shōda temple ruins is an archaeological site with the ruins of a Hakuho period Buddhist temple located in the Shōda neighbourhood of what is now Naka-ku in the city of Okayama, in the San'yō region of Japan.
17Tatetsuki Site History
Tatetsuki Site is a Yayoi period burial mound, located in the Yabe neighborhood of the city of Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, in the San'yō region of Japan.
18Mount Kibi no Nakayama Nature
Mount Kibi no Nakayama is a sacred hill in Kita-ku, Okayama, Japan.
19Magane Ichirizuka History
The Magane Ichirizuka is a historic Japanese distance marker akin to a milestone, comprising a pair of earthen mounds located in what is now part of the Kibitsu neighborhood of Kita-ku, Okayama, Okayama Prefecture in the San'yō region of Japan.
20Musa Otsuka Kofun History
Musa Ōtsuka Kofun is a Kofun period burial mound located in the Musa neighborhood of Kita-ku, Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, in the San'yō region of Japan.
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