Area: Bikan Historical Area

Scenes from the seminar

Consumer Seminar to Protect You: “Feel Secure by Knowing! How to Deal with Online Ads” (held January 24, 2026) Attend the seminar to improve your online literacy

From left: Mimasaka roasted bancha tea, Zetto Wan, and matcha latte.

Saryo Cha Terrace A Japanese tea specialty shop illuminating the future of Okayama tea farms and tea drinkers

Bitchu Kurashiki-gaku 20th Anniversary Symposium: “The Ohara Family’s Contributions to Society”

Held on 2/12 (Thu) Bitchu Kurashiki-gaku 20th Anniversary Symposium: “The Ohara Family’s Contributions to Society” Learn about Kurashiki’s history at a free lecture series that has continued for 20 years and 200 sessions

Kurabo Memorial Hall Room 1

Kurabo Memorial Hall Also recognized as Japan Heritage, Kurabo’s corporate museum tells the story of Japan’s spinning industry and the history of Kurashiki

A member of the “Enjoying Life in Town” group holding a pamphlet

Held on 1/31 (Sat) Magic Hour Honmachi Nokishita Bar On the evening of the fifth Saturday, Honmachi Street in the Bikan Historical Area becomes everyone’s living room

What Is This? DAYS Roundtable Discussion

Nannan DAYS 2025 Roundtable Discussion (held on November 23, 2025) Looking back on new initiatives to make museums more accessible and considering challenges ahead

Easy Japanese Tour

Nannan DAYS 2025 (held on November 15 and 16, 2025) A first-time initiative aimed at making the museum accessible to everyone. I took part as a person with a hearing impairment.

Tea house ochazuke set

Waryu Proposta A hearty breakfast in Kurashiki: warm up with fragrant genmaicha ochazuke

1925 Symposium & Architecture Tour “Opening Up 1925 Through Architecture—Opening It Further to Archaeology, Mingei, and Art” (held on November 29, 2025) Connections between architecture and culture 100 years ago

1925 Symposium & Architecture Tour: “Opening Up 1925 Through Architecture—Further Exploring Archaeology, Mingei, and Art” (held November 29, 2025) Connections Between Architecture and Culture 100 Years Ago

Naoki Okamoto

Until 1/18 (Sun) Naoki Okamoto Painting Exhibition: “The Air of Memory” Held in Kurashiki for the first time. Experience Okamoto’s world as a Western-style painter, not as a bird’s-eye-view map artist.

Kojima Torajiro Memorial Gallery’s first year-end cleanup. Grand opening in April 2025. This is “the Year of Kojima Torajiro.”

Kojima Torajiro Memorial Gallery holds its first year-end cleanup Grand opening in April 2025. This is the “Year of Kojima Torajiro”

Attorney Kawada and Mr. Akazawa

Held on 1/24 (Sat) Consumer Seminar to Protect You: “Feel at Ease by Knowing! How to Deal with Online Ads” We want you to develop a sense that “something isn’t right.”