Region: Kurashiki City

Bessho-san photographed in front of Tamaido Honpo

Founded in 1868, Tamaido Honpo A long-established Japanese confectionery shop that has continued to walk alongside Tamashima’s history

Mabi Bamboo Shoot Digging Experience Mabi bamboo shoots are white and sweet! Try your hand at harvesting them for the first time.

Mabi Bamboo Shoot-Digging Experience Mabi bamboo shoots are white and sweet! Try your hand at harvesting for the first time

The 4th Enjoy Bitchu Jizake Fes SAKEbe!! will be held on June 8 (Sat.) and 9 (Sun.). Sake breweries from across Bitchu will gather in one place. A local sake event that we especially want local residents to experience.

Held Sat., June 8 and Sun., June 9 4th Enjoy Bitchu Jizake Fes SAKEbe!! Bitchu sake breweries gather in one place. A local sake event that we especially want local people to experience

Betty's Store

Betty Smith “Jeans Museum & Village” A symbol of Kojima where you can learn and have fun while experiencing the story of jeans

The close-knit Yoden and Nakatomi.

Shimotsui Yokocho A yokocho that envisions a future for Shimotsui where people gather and bustle continues, built on a commitment to local production for local consumption

Kikkodo: Murasuzume and Matcha

Kikkodo The birthplace of Kurashiki’s traditional confection, Murasuzume. Also recommended are Kurashiki’s first Baumkuchen and the Murasuzume hand-baking experience.

Spring 2024 Kojima Festival #TextileFestival

2024 Spring Kojima Fest #Seni-sai (held April 27 and 28, 2024) A day to discover bargains and local gourmet food

Ohara Museum of Art Foundation Press Conference on the Foundation’s Name and Organizational Changes (held March 22, 2024) A New Challenge: A Research Institute Operating a Museum

Morikami holding a promotional flyer

Held on 5/25 (Sat) Yosuke Ochimizu and Tatsuya Mishiro Talk: “Never Give Up on a Challenge—A Dream Five Years in the Making and What Comes Next” The challenge of a woman who started wheelchair walking tours in the Bikan Historical Area

Finished sakura mochi

57th Gathering of Older Deaf People in Kurashiki (held on April 7, 2024) Making, chatting, and eating—hands never stop while making sakura mochi

Kurashiki Ivy Square

“Kurashiki Ivy Square” as an Architectural Structure A multi-purpose tourist facility created by renovating the factory buildings of KURABO INDUSTRIES LTD. (Kurashiki Architecture Journey Vol. 8)

Customers who pick up the artwork.

10th Handcrafts Fair Now being held at Tenmaya Kurashiki Store through Monday, May 13! I went to look for favorite items to bring into everyday life