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bamboo, pine, plum, and Orient Museum
cherry trees, along with tea " ⌂ 9-31 Tenjincho
Did You Know? bushes. The nearby castle is § (086) 232-3636
incorporated into the design. # 9am–5pm Tue–Sun
When the Seto Ohashi Okayama Castle is called
Bridge was completed, the “Crow’s Castle” due to its Okayama Prefectural
in 1988, it was the black walls. Destroyed in World Museum of Art
longest bridge War II, the exterior of the 16th- " ⌂ 8-48 Tenjincho
§ (086) 225-4800
century castle was rebuilt in
EXPERIENCE Western Honshu r the like. More items owned by t
in the world.
1966. The interior displays
# 9am–5pm Tue–Sun
samurai helmets, swords, and
the Ikeda clan are on view at
the Hayashibara Museum of
Okayama
Inbe
Art, just south of the castle.
To the northeast, the Orient
伊部
岡山
Museum traces how Near-
! C5 ⌂ Okayama
! C5 ⌂ Okayama Prefecture
Eastern art reached Japan via
k £ n Outside JR Stn;
Prefecture £ n in Inbe JR
the Silk Route. The Okayama
www.okayama-kanko.net/
Prefectural Museum of Art
sightseeing/en
The home of Bizen pottery,
has a collection of mostly
The former center of a domain 20th-century Japanese Stn; (0869) 64-1100
Inbe is full of shops, galleries,
ruled by the feudal Ikeda paintings and a few works and kilns. Originating in the
fam ily, Okayama today is a by older artists. Kamakura period, Bizen-ware
vibrant modern city. Japanese is earthy, unglazed, and prized
tou rists come to marvel at the Koraku-en Garden by tea-ceremony enthusiasts.
Seto Ohashi Bridge, linking " ⌂ 1-5 Korakuen @ Koraku- The Bizen Pottery Traditional
Okayama with Shikoku, which en-mae stop # 7:30am– and Contemporary Art
is over 8 miles (13 km) long. 6pm daily Museum displays superb
The Koraku-en Garden, examples from the Muromachi,
one of Japan’s “famous three” Okayama Castle Momoyama, and Edo periods.
gardens, was commissioned " ⌂ 2-3-1 Marunouchi
by Lord Ikeda and completed # 9am–5:30pm daily Bizen Pottery Traditional
in 1700. Though a classic stroll and Contemporary
garden, it was the first in Japan Hayashibara Museum Art Museum
to have large expanses of lawn. of Art " ⌂ 1659-6 Inbe § (0869)
The garden is divided into " ⌂ 2-7-15 Marunouchi 64-1400 # 9:30am–5:30pm
three sections and features # 10am–5pm Tue–Sun Tue–Sun

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