Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Okayama, Japan
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4.3 km
75 m
Explore Okayama in Japan with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.
Individual Sights in OkayamaSight 1: Okayama Prefectural Museum
Okayama Prefectural Museum is a museum in Kita-ku, Okayama, Japan. It was built to house important artifacts from the prefecture dating from prehistory through modern times.
Sight 2: Kōraku Garden
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.
Sight 3: Okayama Castle
Book Ticket*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.
Sight 4: 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.
Sight 5: Okayama Shrine
Okayama Shrine is a shrine located in Kita -ku, Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture. The old business is prefectural shrine.
Sight 6: Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art
The Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art is located in Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. It is one of Japan's many museums which are supported by a prefecture.
Sight 7: Okayama Orient Museum
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.
Sight 8: Okayama Symphony Hall
Okayama Symphony Hall is a concert hall in Okayama, Okayama, Japan. It opened in 1991 and seats 2,001. Yoshinobu Ashihara was the architect, with acoustical design by Nagata Acoustics.
Sight 9: 金光山 岡山寺
Okayama Temple is a Buddhist temple of the Tendai sect located in Kita-ku, Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. The name of the mountain is Mt. Kinkozan. Amitabha, Thousand-handed Kannon, and Shakyamuni are the main Buddhas. Before the Middle Ages, it was located in the area of Okayama Joji (near the current Okayama Civic Hall).
Sight 10: 柴岡山 光珍寺
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.
Sight 11: 岡山シティミュージアム
Okayama City Museum is a museum in Okayama City, located in the Lit City Building in Kita-ku, Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan.
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