Things to do in  Kurashiki

Step back in time with a visit to the Kurashiki Bikan Historical Quarter (Kurashiki Bikan Chiku), a beautifully preserved old town just a short jaunt from Okayama. Here, you'll find old white-washed buildings with mushikamado latticed windows, pretty walkways, occasional stone bridges, and picturesque, willow-flanked canals.

Featuring works from American and European luminaries, such as El Greco, Picasso, Modigliani, Pollock, and Warhol, the Ohara is Japan's first museum of Western art. More than a typical art museum, its collections aim to bridge Western and Japanese aesthetics, mixing Western art with Japanese paintings, woodcuts, pottery, and works from the Mingei Folk Craft Movement.