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Sailing along a peaceful
canal in the well-preserved
Edo-era town of Kurashiki
y
Kurashiki
倉敷
! C5 ⌂ Okayama
Prefecture £ n North
building, 2nd Floor; www.
kurashiki-tabi.jp/tourist-
information-center
The Edo-period mercantile
town of Kurashiki is beau-
tifully preserved. Kurashiki
means “storehouse village,”
a reference to the dozens of should be accessible – even to
granaries (kura) with mortar the people of a relative back-
and black-tiled walls that dot water such as Kurashiki. It
the town. In the heart of the includes rare works by the EAT
old city, the Bikan Historical likes of Matisse, Renoir, Picasso,
Area just south of the station, Degas, and Gauguin, and
200-year-old kura flank a genuine master pieces, like El Ajitsukasa Nomura
tranquil canal lined with Greco’s The Annunciation. The Try the local specialty
willows. Many of the kura have annex houses an out standing here: demikatsu-don –
been convert ed into galleries, collection of works from Japan’s rice with cabbage and
restaurants, inns, and tasteful mingei (or folk craft) scene. deep-fried pork cutlets
shops and boutiques. The small Kurashiki in a thick sauce.
In the old district the finest Archaeological Museum ! C5 ⌂ 1-10 Heiwacho,
museum is the Ohara Museum occupies an old kura and Kita, Okayama-shi,
of Art. The collection was includes items excavated in 700-0827
com missioned by industrialist the region. In the Kurashiki § (086) 222-2234
Ohara Magosaburo in 1930 on Folk Art Museum you’ll find 
the premise that great art folk crafts housed in con-
necting kura. The Japan Rural
Toy Museum has an extensive Azuma Sushi Sun
display of traditional old toys This station restaurant
from around the world. specializes in Ebi Meshi –
rice cooked with shrimp
Ohara Museum of Art in a sweet, brown sauce.
" ⌂ 1-1-15 Chuo § (086) ! C5 ⌂ 2F Sansute
422-0005 # 9am–5pm Okayama, 1-1
Tue–Sun Ekimotomachi, Kita-ku,
Okayama-shi 700-0024
Kurashiki Archaeological ∑ azumazushi.ecgo.jp
Museum 
" ⌂ 1-3-13 Chuo § (086)
422-1542 # 9am–5pm Café Moni
Wed–Sun
Noted for its chiffon
Kurashiki Folk cakes, and light meals.
Art Museum ! C5 ⌂ 10-22 Honmachi,
" ⌂ 1-4-11 Chuo Kita-ku, Okayama-shi
# 9am–5pm Tue–Sun 700-0901 ∑ industries-
moni.com
Japan Rural Toy Museum 
Koraku-en Garden in " ⌂ 1-4-16 Chuo
Okayama, featuring # 9am–5pm daily (from
vast stretches of lawn 10am Dec–Feb)
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