Region: Kurashiki City

Ichinokuchi Sluice Gate (Mizue, Funao, Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture)

Ichinokuchi Sluice Gate The starting-point facility of the Takase waterway, which carried cargo to Tamashima Port from the Edo period through the Taisho period

Scenes from Shimotsui Yoiakari

The folk song “Shimotsui-bushi,” passed down since the Edo period Shimotsui’s efforts to preserve a folk song with a history of about 150 years

Japanese-Style Proposal Grand Opening

Waryu Proposta Grand Opening (Opened October 1, 2025) In addition to Japanese sweets, lunch and dinner are also on offer. A new Japanese breeze is blowing through the Bikan Historical Area

Type B continuous employment support center “Hyon”: Where “Why are you like that?” becomes a strength. A traditional home where participants and the local community come together, differences and all, and shine together.

Type B Continuous Employment Support Office “Hyon”“Why is it like that?” becomes a source of value. A traditional house where users and the community mix together and shine

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Atelier Daisy Nurturing children’s ability to express themselves through art and English

Person in charge holding a flyer

Held on 10/26 (Sun) Tokyo 2025 Deaflympics to be held: Learn about the Deaflympics Hear from athletes from Okayama Prefecture competing in the Olympics for people with hearing impairments

Okayama Prefecture Ryokan Association Training Course

Okayama Prefecture Ryokan Association Training Course “Ryokan Culture in Tamashima” (held September 4, 2025) Experience Ryokan Culture in Tamashima

Image courtesy of FM Kurashiki

“Gather Around! Elementary School Students” Akasaki Elementary School Edition (broadcast August 9, 2025) The bonds fostered through warm exchange with the community, teachers, and classmates build unity. The ties of Akasaki Elementary School, with a history spanning more than 150 years

Mr. Ando holding a flyer

Held on 11/9 (Sun) Kurashiki Shien LABO Research Gathering A research gathering for an in-depth discussion of the “here and now” and “future” of disability welfare

Photo Studio Hokkori CLIP — We want to help you “CLIP” your gentle moments in photographs.

Photostudio Hokkori CLIP We want to help you “CLIP” a gentle moment in a photograph

[Held on Saturday, October 18] “Wishes Come True When You Put Them into Words” Publication Commemorative Lecture — Keiko Tanaka, one of Japan’s top simultaneous interpreters XXX

Held on 10/18 (Sat) Publication Commemorative Lecture: “Put Your Wishes into Words and They Will Come True” Why not explore English expressions and language with Keiko Tanaka, one of Japan’s top simultaneous interpreters?

Minki Isozaki Memorial Hall

Minki Isozaki Memorial Hall The ninja mansion where Kinkanen, conceived by one of the inventors of the patent system who sacrificed sleep to develop it, rests