18 Sights in Okayama, Japan (with Map and Images)
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Okayama Castle is a Japanese castle in the city of Okayama in Okayama Prefecture in Japan. The main tower was completed in 1597, destroyed in 1945 and replicated in concrete in 1966. Two of the watch towers survived the bombing of 1945 and are now listed by the national Agency for Cultural Affairs as Important Cultural Properties.
2. Kibitsuhiko Shrine
Kibitsuhiko Jinja (吉備津彦神社) is a Shinto shrine in the Ichinomiya neighborhood of the city of Okayama in Okayama Prefecture, Japan. It is the ichinomiya of former Bizen Province. The main festival of the shrine is held annually on the third weekend of October. Theshrine is also known in literature as the Asahi-no-miya (朝日の宮).
3. 金光山 岡山寺
Okayama Temple is a Tiantai Buddhist temple located in the north area of Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture. The mountain number is Jinguang Mountain. Amitabha Buddha, Avalokitesvara with Thousand Hands and Sakyamuni are the original statues. Before the Middle Ages, it was located in Guo, Okayama City II (now near Okayama Citizens Guild Hall).
4. 岡南新保駅
Okaminami Shinbo Station (岡南新保駅, Okaminami-Shinbo-eki) is a disused railway station on the Okayama Rinko Railway that once existed in Shinbo, Okayama City (now Minami-ku), Okayama Prefecture, Japan. The station was closed on December 30, 1984 due to the abolition of the Okayama Rinko Railway Line. The home is still there (2021).
5. 岡山市立オリエント美術館
Okayama Orient Museum is a museum of Ancient Near Eastern, Roman provincial, Byzantine, Sassanian, and Islamic Art in Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. As of 2007 there were some 4,852 items, including winged Assyrian reliefs. The museum is a prize-winning design by Okada & Associates.
6. 安仁神社
Anren Shrine is a shrine located in Nishioji, East District, Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture. Shi Neishe (the famous God Society) is prepared for the former Guoyuan Palace. The old society was the national currency society, and now it is the attached shrine of this hall of the shrine.
7. 蔭涼寺
Inryō-ji is a Buddhist temple in Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. It is also known as Inryo-ji, Inryou-ji, or Inryoji. It is a temple of the Myōshin-ji school of the Rinzai sect in Japanese Zen. The temple was founded in 1632 during the Edo period by Ikeda Tadakatsu.
8. 吉備津神社
Kibitsu Jinja (吉備津神社) is a Shinto shrine in the Kibitsu neighborhood of Kita-ku, Okayama in Okayama Prefecture, Japan. It is the ichinomiya of former Bitchū Province. The main festivals of the shrine is held annually on the second Sunday of May and on October 15.
9. 信城寺
Shinjō-ji (信城寺, Shinjō-ji) is a Nichiren Buddhist temple located in Niwase, Kita-ku, Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. The mountain number is Hoseongsan. The former main mountain is the Daihonzan Birth Temple (Minobumon-ryū) and the Ōshi Hōen (奠統会).
10. 最上稲荷山 妙教寺
Mogami Inari (Mogami Inari) is a Nichiren Buddhist temple located in Kita-ku, Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. The official name is Mogami Inariyama Myokyoji. Since the location is in the Takamatsu district of Kita-ku, Okayama City, it is also called Takamatsu Inari.
11. Hayashibara Art Museum
The Hayashibara Museum of Art is an art museum owned by the Hayashibara Group, and located at 2-7-15 Marunouchi, Kita-ku, Okayama, the site of a former guesthouse beside the inner moat of Okayama Castle. Its 6,832 square meter interior was designed by Kunio Maekawa.
12. Okayama Korakuen
Kōraku-en is a Japanese garden located in Okayama, Okayama Prefecture. It is one of the Three Great Gardens of Japan, along with Kenroku-en and Kairaku-en. Korakuen was built in 1700 by Ikeda Tsunamasa, lord of Okayama. The garden reached its modern form in 1863.
13. 妙福寺
Miaofu Temple is a Rilianzong Temple located in Qinghui Bridge, Shibei District, Okayama Prefecture. The mountain number is Huiri Mountain. The former Benshan was Miaoxian Temple in Daboshan (four gates), which is the method edge of expanding the master.
14. 蓮休寺
Lianxiu Temple is a Rilianzong Temple located in Jiamao, Shibei District, Okayama Prefecture. The name of the mountain is Shiyi Mountain. Old Benshan is the Shita Temple in the Japanese city of Kyoto Prefecture, where students learn from the law.
15. 妙法寺
Myōhoji Temple (明法寺) is a Nichiren Buddhist temple located in Hamano, Minami-ku, Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. The mountain number is Mt. Kanzen. The former main mountain is the temple of Kominato.
16. 犬養木堂記念館
Inukai Boku Doki Nenkan (Inukaiboku Doki Nenkan) is a memorial hall for dog yōki in Okayama Prefecture, located in Kita-ku, Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. In addition, "Kido" is the issue of Inu Yoki.
17. 柴岡山 光珍寺
Guangzhen Temple is a Tiantai Temple located in the north area of Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture. The mountain name is Chai Gang Shan. This deity is Amitabha Buddha. This is the Bodaiji of Yuxi Duoshi.
18. 津島遺跡
The Tsushima Ruins (津島Ruins) are settlement ruins centered on the Yayoi period, spread around the Okayama Prefectural General Ground in Izumi Town, Kita-ku, Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan.
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