11 Sights in Kurashiki, Japan (with Map and Images)

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1. 倉敷市立自然史博物館

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倉敷市立自然史博物館 Phronimoi / CC BY-SA 3.0

Kurashiki City Museum of Natural History is a museum located in Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture. Located near Kurashiki City Library and Kurashiki City Art Museum. It opened on November 3, 1983. There are 4 permanent exhibition halls and 1 special exhibition hall on the 3 floors, with exhibits such as animals and plants in Okayama Prefecture, insects, fossils and meteorites in the world. For the purpose of managing, displaying and improving cultural accomplishment related to natural history, research is sometimes conducted at the request of local governments.

Wikipedia: 倉敷市立自然史博物館 (JA)

2. Ohara Museum of Art

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The Ohara Museum of Art in Kurashiki was the first collection of Western art to be permanently exhibited in Japan. The museum opened in 1930 and originally consisted almost entirely of French paintings and sculptures of the 19th and 20th centuries. The collection has now expanded to include paintings of the Italian Renaissance and of the Dutch and Flemish 17th century. Well-known American and Italian artists of the 20th century are also included in the collection.

Wikipedia: Ohara Museum of Art (EN), Website

3. 日本第一熊野神社

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Kumano Shrine (熊野神社, Kumano Jinja) is a Kumano shrine located in Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. It is called "Japan First Kumano Twelve Shrines Gongen Shrine". The gods of worship are Inami, Inagi, Ieto Miko, and Hayatamanoo. The shrine has a similar format to the Kumano Hongu Taisha Shrine along with the 3rd, 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, and 6th halls from the left.

Wikipedia: 熊野神社 (倉敷市林) (JA), Website

4. 藤戸寺

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Fujito-ji (藤戸寺, Fujito-ji) is a temple of the Koyasan Shingon sect located in Fujito, Fujito-cho, Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. The mountain number is Hodarakushan. The main statue is Senju Kannon. It is known as "Fujito no Daishi-sama" and "Temple of Genpei Battle Memorial".

Wikipedia: 藤戸寺 (JA)

5. 鴻八幡宮

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Konohachimangu (鴻八幡宮) is a Shinto shrine (八幡宮) located in Kojima, Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. It is the lower town of the former Kotoura Town, the upper town, the mouth of Tanoguchi, and the soji god of Karakoto, and the former shrine is a prefectural shrine.

Wikipedia: 鴻八幡宮 (JA)

6. 倉紡記念館

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Cangfang Memorial Hall is an enterprise museum of Cangfu Textile located in Cangfu Ivy Plaza, Cangfu City, Okayama Prefecture. Cangfu Textile started its business in 1888 (Meiji 21), and was built as a warehouse for raw cotton storage. National registration or building.

Wikipedia: 倉紡記念館 (JA)

7. Brazilian Park Washuzan Highland

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Washuzan Highland (鷲羽山Highland) is an amusement park located in Shimotsui, Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. The previous catch phrase was "Amusement park with a view of the Great Seto Bridge". Currently, it is "Brazilian Park Washuzan Highland".

Wikipedia: 鷲羽山ハイランド (JA), Website

8. Kurashiki Kinenkan

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The Kurashiki Folk Crafts Museum is a registered museum in Okayama Prefecture located in Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture, that preserves and exhibits folk crafts from around the world related to daily life. It is operated by the Kurashiki Folk Art Museum.

Wikipedia: 倉敷民藝館 (JA)

9. 吉備寺

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Kibiji Temple (吉備寺) is a temple of the Shingon sect located in Mabi-cho, Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. The mountain number is Kagamirinsan. The main statue is said to be a gyoki work by Yakushi Nyorai, and it is a secret Buddha.

Wikipedia: 吉備寺 (JA)

10. 日本キリスト教団天城教会

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日本キリスト教団天城教会 Tatushin / CC BY-SA 3.0

Amagi Church (天城Church) is a church of the Japan Christian Church located in Amagi, Fujito-cho, Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. The hall is designated as an important cultural property of Okayama Prefecture.

Wikipedia: 天城教会 (JA)

11. 五流尊瀧院

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Goryu Sontaki in is a Shugendo temple located in Hayashi, Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. The main statue is the eleven-sided Kannon. It is the head temple of "Shugendo", a sect of the Tendai Shugenke.

Wikipedia: 五流尊瀧院 (JA)

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