Category: Okayama

Kirashiki Streets –  April 9, 2025 

  • 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. 

Kirashiki.
View from a Kirashiki’s period residence.
Today’s lady in kimono.
Swarming tourists with phone or food in hand.

Korahuen Garden –  April 8, 2025

  • Location:  Okayama – Day 1
  • Walk:  Okayama 
  • Weather:  45-75°/ partly cloudy, wind 15-25 mph HOLD ONTO YOUR HAT.

OVERVIEW

WALK: 5m from Hotel Miyjima Villa to Miyajima Port 

FERRY: 15m from Miyajima Port on JR Ferry to Miyajimaguchi Port 

WALK: 5m from Miyajimaguchi Port to Miyajimaguy Station 

TRAIN:  45m @ 11:03pm from Miyajimaguchi Station on Tokaifo*San-yo Line to Hiroshima Station @11:31pm

TRAIN: 1h 30m @ 11:38pm from Hiroshima Station on Kodaka 850 Line CAR 5 SEAT 12-A to Okayama Station @12:55pm 

WALK: 15m from Okayama Station to Hotel Best Grande Okayama

Korahuen Garden one of the three best gardens in Japan. It powerfully showcases all for seasons. 

Korahuen Garden.
Stepping Stones.
Japanese Maple Trees.
Japanese maple trees in the spring.