Region: Kurashiki City

Funao Winery Wine and Music Festival

Held on 11/23 (Sun) Funao Winery Wine and Music Festival Enjoy delicious food and sweets while listening to music with a glass of wine in hand

Group photo

Kurashiki Goodwill Guides Association “Japanese Language Salon” A place where foreign residents connect with the community while learning Japanese

FY2025 Kurashiki Disaster Preparedness Fair

Held on 11/23 (Sun) FY2025 Kurashiki Disaster Preparedness Fair A collection of tips to help you, useful for adults and children alike

Left: Kotaro Nagao of Tamashima Bar BRUNO. Right: Masatoshi Fukuda, assistant priest at Haguro Shrine.

Held on Monday, November 24 (national holiday) Sake Offering Festival Enjoy carefully selected food and sake at Haguro Shrine while giving thanks to nature

Participants signing in sign language

Held 11/15 (Sat)–26 (Wed) Tokyo 2025 Deaflympics Four athletes and a coach from Okayama Prefecture to compete ~

Special Exhibition “Mitsunori Yabe and Taro Yabe: Kurashiki, the Hometown of My Father” (held through December 21, 2025) — An exhibition in Kurashiki celebrating the warmth and humor between father and son

Special Exhibition: “Mitsunori Yabe and Taro Yabe: Kurashiki, the Hometown of ‘My Dad’” (held through December 21, 2025) An exhibition of parental warmth and laughter in Kurashiki

Image courtesy of FM Kurashiki

“Gather Around, Elementary School Students!”: Oimatsu Elementary School (Broadcast September 20, 2025)Oimatsu Elementary School’s efforts to create a better school, guided by the motto “O-I-MA-TSU”

Memorial Symposium “Director Shuji Takashina and the Ohara Museum of Art” (held on October 17, 2025): Reflecting on the Life of a Giant of Knowledge

Memorial Symposium “Director Shuuji Takashina and the Ohara Museum of Art” (held on October 17, 2025) Reflecting on the Life of a Giant of Knowledge

Hashimaya

Kurashiki Byobu Festival (held October 18 and 19, 2025) A seasonal autumn tradition featuring works by local high school and university students, along with new initiatives such as audio navigation

Takashima, probably near the site of an old settlement.

Mizushima Community Salon “Talking About Takashima, Part 2” (held September 14, 2025) Exchange between Takashima residents and students living in the city, brought together by postwar research findings

Restoration of El Greco’s The Annunciation at the Ohara Museum of Art completed for the first time in 66 years; preview exhibition opens, drawing visitors into the vivid colors of the original painting.

Restoration of El Greco’s The Annunciation at the Ohara Museum of Art completed for the first time in 66 years; pre-exhibition begins Drawn in by the vivid colors of the original painting

Jeans Museum 2

Japan Heritage Festival in Kurashiki Excursion: “The ‘White’ and ‘Blue’ That Color Kurashiki” (held October 26, 2025) A day trip to visit Kojima’s constituent cultural properties and experience craftsmanship