First day
Okayama
Korakuen Garden and Okayama Jo Castle
One of the three most beautiful traditional style gardens in Japan and Okayama Jo castle next to it.
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Dress up in Kimono (Japanese style clothing) or pottery art challenge
You can feel Japanese traditional culture yourself by putting on Kimono.
Bizenyaki is one of the six oldest potteries in Japan, please try it.
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<Lunch> Bara sushi
Luxurious Okayama’s local cuisine filled with fruits of the sea and seasonal vegetables.
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Canal cruise in Kurashiki historic area
A small sightseeing boat. You can enjoy the artistic scenery of old houses with white walls and green willows.
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Picking of grapes or peaches
Okayama is quite famous and popular for delicious fruits, particularly tastes of white peaches and grapes are superb.
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<Lodgment> Chiya hot spring <Dinner> Various dishes of Chiya Wagyu beef
In the outdoor bath area you can enjoy seasonal scenery. (e.g. snow in the winter).
Beef is juicy and tender. You can easily feel condensed delicious tastes in your mouth.
©新見千屋温泉いぶきの里
Second day
Okayama→Tottori
Bike cycling in Hiruzen plateau
One of the most popular mountain plateau areas in the western Japan with the spacious landscapes is best for cycling
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Paper making by hand
You can experience and learn the traditional paper making process by yourself.
Soba (buckwheat) noodles making by hand
You can make soba noodles by hand from the soba flour with instructors’ kind and decent assistance.
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<Lunch> Own make Soba
After unexperienced struggles, the taste must be naturally quite superior.
Camel riding or sand board challenge in Tottori Sand Dune
You can look around the area by riding a real camel.
You can slide down steep slopes looking sand hills and the blue sea – thrilled with briskness.
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Sightseeing boat or canoe challenge in the seaside area of Uradome
You can see strange rocks, cliffs and caves from the boat in the supreme blue sea.
You can enjoy canoe with fishes where the degree of water cleanness is ultimate.
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<Lodgment> Daisen hot spring <Dinner> Crab nabe (pot dish)
Snow and rain have fallen down in the magnificent Daisen area and were warmed by ground heat for a long time period.
All theories aside, one of the best delicacies in Tottori must be crab.
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Third day
Tottori→Hiroshima
Milking in a farm or horse riding
Jersey cattle is famous in Hiruzen plateau. You can try milking in a farm.
Everyone including first-timers can enjoy horse riding in hill sides’ beautiful greens.
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Okonomiyaki (Japanese pan cake – Hiroshima style) making
You can try Okonomiyaki making on a big and thick iron plate.
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<Lunch> Own make Okonomiyaki
Taste is rather different from Osaka style. You must be deeply fascinated.
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Two World Heritages “Itsukushima Shrine” and ”Atomic Bomb Dome”
It was built over the sea more than 1400 years ago. It is also a National Treasure.
You can learn the sadness of atomic bombs and wars as well as the pricelessness of peace.
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<Lodgment> Hiroshima hot spring <Dinner> Grilled oysters
From the bath room you can take a wonderful view of Seto Inland Sea.
Famous Hiroshima oyster is called “milk in the sea” and full of nutrition.
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Fourth day
Hiroshima→Okayama
Shukkeien garden
It wan landscaped for the lord after the West Lake in Hangzhou of China. You can enjoy beautiful scenery with rich nature.
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Port and fighting ships or Sake brewery
Kure port is the base of Japanese Navy. You can closely witness fighting ships.
Hiroshima is very famous for Japanese sake brewery. You can visit some of many prestigious factories.
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<Lunch> Onomichi Ramen noodles
In Hiroshima, Onomichi ramen noodles is specially recommended.
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Chikuwa (deep fried fish paste) making
You can try chikuwa making by using local fresh fishes.
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Beer brewery factory
You can learn the production process at one of the famous KIRIN’s factories.
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