- Location: Okayama – Day 2
- Walk: Kirashiki
- Weather: 50-70°/ partly cloudy, wind 15-25 mph
OVERVIEW
WALK: 10m from Hotel Best Grande Okayama to Okayama Station
TRAIN: 30m from Okayama Station to Kirashiki
WALK: 10m from Kirashiki Station to Historic Kirashiki District
TRAIN: 30m from Kirashiki Station to Okayama Station
WALK: 10m from Kirashiki Station to Hotel Best Grande Okayama
Thirty minutes by train from Okayama is Kirashiki, a historic district that flourished from rice trade from 1600-1850’s. Canals were constructed between large warehouses to float rice to the port. Today the warehouses have become shops and eateries with a small peppering of period residents.
Linda Scandore 