Okayama Prefecture

Built around ports on the Seto Inland Sea and castle towns of the Okayama Plain, Okayama Prefecture grew into an important regional centre in western Japan. Its southern shore faces the sheltered inland sea, while the north rises towards the Chūgoku Mountains. Okayama City is known for Okayama Castle and Korakuen, one of Japan’s three great landscape gardens. In Kurashiki, the Bikan Historical Quarter preserves Edo-period storehouses beside a canal, recalling the city’s role in the rice trade. The prefecture is also associated with white peaches and muscat grapes. View additional webcams nearby to better understand how Okayama Prefecture relates to the Seto Inland Sea and western Honshu.

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