Japan Heritage

Kurashiki Folding Screen Project

Kurashiki Folding Screen ProjectA Japanese-style painting project in which students from Kurashiki University of Science and the Arts create folding screens from scratch

Tatetsuki Site

Tatetsuki Site, the “Spiral-Band Stone,” the sacred object of Tatetsuki Shrine, and Koikui Shrine A mysterious archaeological site and legendary shrine dating back about 1,800 years

Betty Smith, Japan’s first manufacturer of women’s jeans, continues to create jeans with new value.

Betty Smith Japan’s first women’s jeans manufacturer, continuing to create jeans with new value

Kurashiki Byobu Festival: Scenes from the 2024 event

Kurashiki Byobu Festival Reviving a historic custom that disappeared in the Meiji era. Bringing the town back to life to preserve Kurashiki’s history and culture

Exploring the deep connection and mystery between Okayama and peaches: Why is Momotaro associated with Okayama, and why are white peaches a local specialty?

Exploring Okayama’s Deep Connection with Peaches and Its Mysteries Why Does Okayama Have Momotaro and White Peaches as a Specialty?

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

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

Appearance

Inoue House Over 300 years old. The oldest surviving townhouse in the Bikan Historical Area, opened to the public after nearly 10 years of preservation and restoration work

Interior of the Kojima Torajiro Memorial Gallery

Kojima Torajiro Memorial Gallery, Ohara Museum of Art An annex honoring Kojima Torajiro, who contributed to the Ohara Museum of Art’s collection

Appearance

Former Nozakihama Lighthouse A rare wooden lighthouse that has watched over the town of Kojima since the Edo period—well worth a visit alongside the Nozaki Family Salt Industry Museum

Itashiki Sluice Gate: The only Japan Heritage component cultural property in Mizushima, it tells the history of land reclamation and marks the boundary between reclaimed land and filled-in land.

Itashiki Sluice Gate The only Japan Heritage component cultural property in Mizushima, telling the history of land reclamation and marking the boundary between reclaimed land and filled land