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Land of the Momotaro peach legend, with sweet white peaches, Kurashiki's canal quarter and Korakuen, one of Japan's three great gardens. Also famous for denim.

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Best Hotels Near Kitanagase Station | The Dome-Side Newcomer
Hotels

Best Hotels Near Kitanagase Station | The Dome-Side Newcomer

Okayama's west-side newcomer — a mall village on the old freight yard, dome events, and the hub one…

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Best Hotels Near Kurashiki Station | The Canal Quarter of White Walls
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Best Hotels Near Kurashiki Station | The Canal Quarter of White Walls

Willows over a merchant canal, El Greco in a Greek temple, denim in the lanes — and the…

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Best Hotels Near Nakasho Station | The Corridor’s Quiet Middle
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Best Hotels Near Nakasho Station | The Corridor’s Quiet Middle

Between the garden city and the canal quarter — a campus-and-stadium stop with the corridor's kindest rates.

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Best Hotels Near Shin-Kurashiki Station | The Canal Town Gateway
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Best Hotels Near Shin-Kurashiki Station | The Canal Town Gateway

Sanyo Shinkansen Guide · Shin-Kurashiki Station Best Hotels Near Shin-Kurashiki Station: The Gateway to the Canal Town —Bikan…

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Best Hotels Near Okayama Station | Garden City & Shikoku Gateway
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Best Hotels Near Okayama Station | Garden City & Shikoku Gateway

Sanyo Shinkansen Guide · Okayama Station Best Hotels Near Okayama Station: Garden City &the Gateway to Kurashiki and…

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Sanyo Shinkansen Guide: Osaka to Hiroshima, Fukuoka & Hakata
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Sanyo Shinkansen Guide: Osaka to Hiroshima, Fukuoka & Hakata

Shinkansen Line Guide · Sanyo Shinkansen Sanyo Shinkansen Guide: Osaka to Fukuoka Along the Inland Sea —Kobe, Himeji,…

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Ghibli’s Real Architecture: Edo-Tokyo Open Air Museum, Yokohama Yamate & Kurashiki
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Ghibli’s Real Architecture: Edo-Tokyo Open Air Museum, Yokohama Yamate & Kurashiki

Ghibli films carry a deep affection for buildings: old wooden houses, Western-style mansions, merchant homes standing since the…

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Shirakawa-go & Gokayama: UNESCO Thatched Farmhouses in the Japanese Alps
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Shirakawa-go & Gokayama: UNESCO Thatched Farmhouses in the Japanese Alps

Deep in the mountain valleys where the Sho River (庄川) cuts through the Japanese Alps between Gifu and…

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Howl’s Moving Castle Real Location | Kurashiki Japan
Culture & History

Howl’s Moving Castle Real Location | Kurashiki Japan

Ghibli Real Locations · Howl’s Moving Castle Howl’s Moving Castle:The Japanese Town With European Bones Kurashiki Bikan Quarter…

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