Places for a rainy day
Choose museums, indoor visitor facilities and cafés while keeping outdoor walking short.
38 verified places
Honmachi
3 verified placesGeGeGe Yokai Museum
A small museum on the second floor of Honmachi Kurashikiya devoted to GeGeGe no Kitarō and other yokai.
Momokuri Museum
A small exhibition and sales facility that introduces handmade wooden dolls, tableware, and household goods.
Kamikura
A Japanese restaurant in Honmachi that serves seafood from Setouchi and local sake from Okayama. It accommodates everything from lunchtime meals to nighttime pub use.
Achi
1 verified placesShodoshima Ramen HISHIO Kurashiki Bikan
This ramen shop's signature dish is “Sho Soba,” which uses soy sauce from Shodoshima and anchovies from Setouchi.
Around the Kurashiki River
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Hayashi Genjuro Shoten
A former pharmacy converted into a complex of shops, a memorial room and a rooftop observation deck.
Japan Rural Toy Museum
A museum opened in 1967 that stores and exhibits local toys from all over Japan.
Katarai-za Ohara Residence
This facility opens the former Ohara family residence, which is a nationally important cultural property, to the public and introduces the history of eight generations of the Ohara family.
Kibi-bi Museum
A small museum that introduces archaeological materials related to Kibi, Bizen ware, swords, and paintings and calligraphy.
Kurashiki Archaeological Museum
This museum uses a rice storehouse from the Edo period and exhibits archaeological materials from the Kibi region.
Kurashiki City Art Museum
A municipal art museum located in the former city hall designed by Kenzo Tange and exhibiting art related to Kurashiki.
Kurashiki Museum of Folkcraft
A museum that uses a rice warehouse from the late Edo period to introduce folk crafts from Japan and overseas.
Kurashiki Museum of Natural History
A municipal natural history museum that introduces Okayama's topography, creatures, and fossils.
Momotaro Karakuri Museum
A museum of optical illusions and hands-on tricks based on the story of Momotarō.
Ohara Museum Kojima Torajiro Memorial Hall
A memorial museum exhibiting the works of Western painter Torajiro Kojima and the ancient Egyptian and West Asian art he collected.
Ohara Museum of Art
Opened in 1930, this is a private art museum that introduces Western art, Japanese modern and contemporary art, and crafts.
UKIYO-E KURASHIKI / Kuniyoshi Museum
An art museum that permanently exhibits Utagawa Kuniyoshi's ukiyo-e prints and conveys the charm of the works from the Bikan Historical Quarter.
Achinosato Tsuneya
A Japanese restaurant in Honmachi, housed in a merchant’s home built about 230 years ago and overlooking its courtyard.
Bukkake-an Furuichi
A bukkake udon specialty store run by Furuichi, which was founded in 1948. It uses Bizen ware for the vessels.
French Restaurant Premier
A French restaurant serving Setouchi seafood and local vegetables alongside duck and beef dishes.
Kurashiki Ramen Masuya
A local ramen restaurant that uses soy sauce, garlic, ginger, green onions, and eggs from Kurashiki.
Kurashiki Takadaya
A yakitori restaurant that operates in a townhouse in Honmachi. A wooden sign and noren curtain mark the entrance.
Local Cuisine Hamayoshi
An Okayama local restaurant that uses fish from the Setouchi Inland Sea, such as mamakari, Spanish mackerel, octopus, and conger eel.
Mingei Jaya Shinsui
A local restaurant located in Honmachi. It serves fish dishes from the Seto Inland Sea and oden made without soy sauce.
Onigiri Kometaku
A store specializing in onigiri made with freshly cooked rice. A list of items is posted at the entrance of the townhouse.
Restaurant Hachikengura
This French restaurant is housed in a building that is over 200 years old and used to be the Ohashi family's rice storehouse.
Restaurant Kiyutei
A Western restaurant near the Kurashiki River that is housed in a building from the Meiji period. It serves steaks and course meals.
Restaurant Wisteria
The main restaurant of Kurashiki Kokusai Hotel. It offers French cuisine using seasonal ingredients from Setouchi.
Ryokan Kurashiki Restaurant
A Japanese restaurant within an inn converted from a former merchant house beside the Kurashiki River.
Sumibi Kushiyaki Karaage Vista
A townhouse-style restaurant in Achi that serves charcoal-grilled skewers and fried chicken.
Taishotei
A local-cuisine restaurant on Honmachi-dori, centred on Seto Inland Sea seafood.
Honmachi and Higashimachi side
4 verified placesKurabo Memorial Hall
This museum is housed in a former raw cotton warehouse and introduces the history of Kurashiki Spinning and the Japanese textile industry.
Sagittarius Gallery
A gallery in a Honmachi townhouse.
Yumiko Igarashi Museum
An art museum that introduces the original drawings and creative world of manga artist Yumiko Igarashi.
Shippouen
A dining room on the east side of Honmachi-dori, serving set meals and everyday dishes in a townhouse.
South of the historical quarter
2 verified placesBitchu Local Sake Bar Suiyobi
A central sake bar that mainly sells local sake from the Bitchu region. The white bricks along the street are the landmark.
Tofu Kamataya
A tofu restaurant near Ivy Square. It serves homemade tofu meals and sweetened soy milk and okara.
Station to the quarter entrance
2 verified placesKyu-Hondotei
An old Italian house located between Kurashiki Station and the Bikan Historical Quarter. It serves homemade fresh pasta and aged dough pizza.
Misokatsu Umenoki
A Western restaurant that serves miso cutlet that is grilled instead of fried. It is located on the northwest side of the Bikan Historical Quarter.