Kurashiki Bikan Historical Quarter

Kurashiki City, where the Kurashiki Bikan Historical Quarter is found, thrived as a town for vendors in the Edo Period. Kurashiki Bikan Historical Quarter is a zone where the cityscape of the days of yore still remains. Included inside this cityscape are habitations with white dividers that were particularly found in Honcho and Azumacho, and these are available to people in general as a conservation and touring area. At the Kurashiki Bikan Historical Quarter, there are numerous places of interest, for example, the Ohara family house and Kurashiki IVY Square, where structures from the days of yore still remain.

There is likewise the Ohara Museum of Art, Japan Folk Toy and Doll Museum, and Yumiko Igarashi Museum, where the structures of both retro, present day, Japanese, and Western are blended and give this area a lovely trademark. There are numerous espresso and trinket shops, so shopping while at the same time going for a stroll through this elegant cityscape is likewise something charming. There are likewise offices where you can appreciate such exercises as making candles or earthenware production by hand.