Fodor's Travel Video Creator @sarahsiyufy takes us to Kurashiki's Bikan Historical District, where beautifully preserved ...

A wedding business in Kurashiki City in Okayama Prefecture in western Japan has conducted a tour for three Australian companies in a bid to popularize wedding tourism.

Ebisu-yu has barely changed since it opened. Its deep granite tub draws regulars and tourists, but rising fuel costs and ...

Kurashiki is a city in southern Okayama Prefecture, only a 20-minute local train ride from the Okayama shinkansen station. Kurashiki played an important role in the economy of the eastern Chugoku ...

The first time I saw Kurashiki was on a whirlwind tour of Japan – a case of "if it's lunchtime it must be Fuji". That was 20 years ago, but I've never forgotten the calm grace of the old merchant ...

Hiroyuki Hara is pictured in front of the Kurashiki Observatory museum in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, on March 21, 2026. (Kyodo) KURASHIKI, Japan (Kyodo) -- In November, the Kurashiki Observatory ...