22 Sights in Okayama, Japan (with Map and Images)

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Welcome to your journey through the most beautiful sights in Okayama, Japan! Whether you want to discover the city's historical treasures or experience its modern highlights, you'll find everything your heart desires here. Be inspired by our selection and plan your unforgettable adventure in Okayama. Dive into the diversity of this fascinating city and discover everything it has to offer.

Sightseeing Tours in Okayama

1. Okayama Castle

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Okayama Castle

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.

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2. 最上稲荷山 妙教寺

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Mogami Inari is a Nichiren Buddhist temple located in Kita-ku, Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. The official name is Mogami Inariyama Myokyoji. Since it is located in the Takamatsu district of Kita-ku, Okayama City, it is also called Takamatsu Inari.

Wikipedia: 最上稲荷 (JA)

3. Kōraku Garden

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Kōraku Garden Fjkelfeimvvn / CC BY 3.0

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.

Wikipedia: Kōraku-en (EN), Website

4. Kibitsuhiko Shrine

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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).

Wikipedia: Kibitsuhiko Shrine (EN)

5. 高松城址公園

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Takamatsu Castle of Bitchū Province was a Sengoku period Japanese castle located in what is today the Kayo neighborhood of Kita-ku, Okayama in Okayama Prefecture. The style of the castle was a hirajō with no stone walls, but only earthen walls. The castle was surrounded by marshes, which formed a natural moat. Its ruins have been protected by the central government as a National Historic Site since 1902.

Wikipedia: Takamatsu Castle (Bitchū) (EN)

6. Ki castle

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Ki castle

Ki castle was an ancient kōgoishi type castle (also known as a Korean-style fortresses in Japan located in the city of Sōja, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. Its ruins have been protected as a National Historic Site since 1986. Portions of the castle were reconstructed in the early 2000s.

Wikipedia: Ki castle (EN)

7. 安仁神社

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Ani Shrine (安仁神社) is a Shinto shrine located in Okayama City, Japan. It is one of three governmental Shinto shrines dedicated to imperial ancestors. It is a Beppyo shrine, or a shrine that is particularly notable in a certain way with a significant history to it.

Wikipedia: Ani Shrine (EN)

8. 啓運山盛隆寺

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啓運山盛隆寺

Shengryuji Temple is a temple of Nichiren Buddhism located in Senao, Minami-ku, Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. The name of the mountain is Mt. Keiun. The former main mountain is Kominato Birth Temple. Seishi Dharma. At the head of the tower, there are Ansho-in, Joen-in, Zenritsu-in, Chio-in, Kangyo-in, and Isshin-ji temples in the vicinity. Because of the devastation of faith in other regions, it is said that Senken is a hoka.

Wikipedia: 盛隆寺 (岡山市) (JA)

9. 金光山 岡山寺

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Okayamaji is a Buddhist temple of Tendai sect in Kita -ku, Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture. The mountains are Mt. Konkosan. Amida Nyorai, Senju Kannon, and Shaka Nyorai are the main gods. Prior to the Middle Ages, it was located in Okayama Castle's Guo (now near Okayama Civic Center).

Wikipedia: 岡山寺 (JA)

10. Hayashibara Art Museum

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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.

Wikipedia: Hayashibara Museum of Art (EN)

11. Okayama Orient Museum

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Okayama Orient Museum is a museum of Ancient Near Eastern, Roman provincial, Byzantine, Sassanian, and Islamic Art in Kita-ku, Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. As of 2007 there were some 4,852 items, including a winged Assyrian relief from the palace of Ashurnasirpal II in Nimrud, Mesopotamia, acquired to mark the institution's 25th anniversary.

Wikipedia: Okayama Orient Museum (EN)

12. 蔭涼寺

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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.

Wikipedia: Inryō-ji (EN)

13. 妙福寺

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Myōfukuji Temple is a temple of Nichiren Buddhism located in Seikibashi, Kita-ku, Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. The name of the mountain is Mt. Huihi. The former main temple is Ōmotoyama Myokenji Temple (Shijōmon-ryū), and the temple is a temple hall.

Wikipedia: 妙福寺 (岡山市) (JA)

14. 岡南新保駅

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Okaminami Shinbo Station is a station (defunct) of the Okayama Rinko Railway that once existed in Shinbo, Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture (now Minami-ku). On December 30, 1984 (Showa 59), it was abandoned due to the abolition of the Okayama Rinko Railway Line. The home is still in place as of 2021 (Reiwa 3).

Wikipedia: 岡南新保駅 (JA)

15. 柴岡山 光珍寺

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Kochinji Temple is a temple of the Tendai sect located in Kita-ku, Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. The name of the mountain is Shibaokayama. The honzon is Amitabha. It is the Bodhi Temple of the Ukita clan.

Wikipedia: 光珍寺 (JA), Website

16. 亀山城

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Kameyama Castle , also well known as Numa Castle, is the remains of a castle structure in Higashi-ku, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. Its ruins have been protected as an Okayama City Designated Historic Site.

Wikipedia: Kameyama Castle (Okayama) (EN)

17. 妙法寺

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妙法寺

Myohoji Temple is a temple of Nichiren Buddhism located in Hamano, Minami-ku, Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. The name of the mountain is Kanzen Mountain. The former main temple is the Ōmotoyama Kominato Birth Temple.

Wikipedia: 妙法寺 (岡山市) (JA)

18. 蓮休寺

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蓮休寺

Renkyuji Temple is a temple of Nichiren Buddhism located in Kamo, Kita-ku, Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. The name of the mountain is Mt. Hoyi. The former main temple is a stone pagoda temple in Mukohi City, Kyoto Prefecture.

Wikipedia: 蓮休寺 (JA)

19. 牟佐大塚古墳

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牟佐大塚古墳

Musa Ōtsuka Kofun (牟佐大塚古墳) is a Kofun period burial mound located in the Musa neighborhood of Kita-ku, Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, in the San'yō region of Japan. The tumulus was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1930.

Wikipedia: Musa Ōtsuka Kofun (EN)

20. 信城寺

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信城寺

Shinjoji Temple is a Nichiren Buddhist temple located in Niwase, Kita-ku, Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. The name of the mountain is Mt. Hosho. The former main temple is the Ōmotoyama Nativity Temple (Minobumon-ryū) and the Shrine Dharma Circle (奠統会).

Wikipedia: 信城寺 (JA)

21. 神宮寺山古墳

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神宮寺山古墳

Jingūjiyama Kofun (神宮寺山古墳) is a Kofun period burial mound located in the Nakai neighborhood of Kita-ku, Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, in the San'yō region of Japan. The tumulus was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1959.

Wikipedia: Jingūjiyama Kofun (EN)

22. 津島遺跡

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津島遺跡 Fjkelfeimvvn / CC BY 3.0

Tsushima Site is an archaeological site with the traces of a Yayoi period settlement, located in the Izumi neighborhood of Kita-ku, Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, in the San'yō region of Japan. It was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1971, with the area under protection expanded in 2002.

Wikipedia: Tsushima Site (EN)

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