[Heisei#44] Back to Edo period along the Kurashiki canal

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Gateway to Shikoku, Kurashiki (倉敷) in Okayama prefecture, is a convenient step to leave Honshu and reach Japan’s fourth island. But the quiet city, with its black and white storehouses and its canal, is way more than that. A stroll in the historical district of Bikan allows to imagine what life was like back in the beginning of Edo period. The city is thus one of the hundred landscapes of Heisei Era. And the southern district of Kojima is surprisingly the birthplace of Japanese denim.

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Gondola tour on Kurashiki canal (500 yen for 20 minutes)
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The Ivy square is an impressive green bubble in the heart of the city!
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Momotaro’s museum about the old Japanese tale “Momotaro”, the story of a young boy who came on Earth inside a giant peach…
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A long line to get a rare “happy pudding”…
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Kojima denim street.

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South of Kojima, the view over Seto Inland Sea and the Shikoku just across the Seto Ōhashi.

 

How to get there?

Kurashiki is only about 15 minutes by train from Okayama (320 yen, JR Pass ok) with either local or rapid trains.

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Kurashiki is also the birthplace of Momotaro, the boy who was born in a peach and whose story was sung by Japanese singer Campanella (Wednesday campanella).

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