Region: Okayama Prefecture

Race dates from August 1 to 22 National Ice Cream Festival 2024 at Boat Race Kojima Enjoy summer with 100 varieties of local ice cream from across Japan

Mr. Sekiya reading The 11 Cats

The Complete Noboru Baba Exhibition: He Drew, Created, and Enjoyed—Nyago! Commemorative Lecture (held July 27, 2024)Noboru Baba, who continued to pursue genuine humor, and his editor, Yuko Sekiya

Commemorative photo

38th Spring Jomon Open-Fire Pottery Festival (held on April 28, 2024) A day of firing pottery with the power of the sun, wind, and fire in an open-air kiln on the earth

Bitchū Takahashi Matsuyama Dance

Held 8/14 (Wed)–16 (Fri) Bitchu Takahashi Matsuyama Odori Let’s all dance! One of Okayama Prefecture’s three largest Bon dances, continuing for 377 years this year

FLCB

FLCB (FUN LIFE CENTER BUILDING) A multipurpose facility for “enjoying life.” It aims to be a “hub” where local people gather.

Inside the seven-colored dome

“Kurashiki Goldfish Museum: The Story of Dragons and Goldfish,” woven from Kurashiki’s art and traditions On now through Monday, September 16, 2024! An otherworldly aquarium where goldfish and dragons dance

A sweets café and direct-from-the-farm market featuring an abundance of local fruit at Kurashiki Fruit Village, Tamashima Yashima (Tomita)

Kurashiki Fruit Village A sweets cafe and farm-direct market in Yashima, Tamashima (Tomita), featuring an abundance of local fruit

Staff member holding a flyer

Held 7/26 (Fri)–9/1 (Sun) The Complete Noboru Baba Exhibition: Drew, Created, and Had Fun, Nyago! Enjoy the summer art museum together, children and adults alike

The 51st Kurashiki Tenryo Summer Festival

51st Kurashiki Tenryo Summer Festival (held on July 20, 2024) A day of fun at Kurashiki’s major summer event, filled with smiles and laughter

Mr. Ishibashi (left) and Mr. Sakamoto (right) holding promotional flyers

Held on 8/4 (Sun) Kurashiki City Sign Language Circle Liaison Council 40th Anniversary Lecture Experience the sign language of deaf people featured on NHK E-Tele’s “Minna no Shuwa”

Participants chatting as they lay out karuta cards

Sign Language Study Session (held June 22, 2024) Planned by young sign language users! Signers and sign language learners honed their signing skills while exchanging with one another

Kurashiki City-Wide Earthquake Response Drill

Held on 9/26 (Thu) Kurashiki Citywide Earthquake Response Drill Learn the safety actions to take when an earthquake strikes—“Drop, Cover, and Hold On”—and prepare to reduce the unexpected