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| KURASHIKI CITY |
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Kurashiki City is as good a choice as can be for the traveler seeking to discover 'authentic'
Japanese culture and history. A thriving commercial hub since feudal days with important
rice shipments from its busy port, it continues to prosper in part for the nostalgic aura still
wafting through ancient streets and many current cultural attractions. Kurashiki's rich past
and present cultural attractions has been a magnet for famous artists and many of the
finest representatives of Japanese culture who often exhibit their works or just come to
enjoy this beautiful town. Kurashiki is proud of cultural facilities such as the Ohara
Museum of Art, Japan's first privately owned gallery to display works by unsurpassed
painters as El Greco, Monet, Gauguin, Picasso and sculptor Rodin to name but few. The
benign climate yields delicious fruit, seafood and excellent locally brewed sake that
creates a mouth-wateringly good local cuisine. |
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| 1. Kurashiki Bikan Historical District | 2. Ohara Museum of Art |
 Still extant 17th Century granaries, white walls, latticed
windows and black tiles contrasting with the green
backdrop of elegant willows shadowing the Kurashiki River,
the impression created on any visitor is visually striking and
evocative of traditional Japanese sense of austere beauty
maintained in Bikan Historical District.
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 Ohara Museum of Art built in 1930 was
architecturally designed to imitate the
ancient Greek Pantheon. The cherished
aim of Magosaburo Ohara was to
provide a fitting home for a splendid
collection of Western art by masters
such as El Greco, Monet, Renoir,
Gauguin, Picasso, Matisse and Rodin.
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| 3. Kurashiki Museum of Folkcraft | 4. Ohashi House |
 Three rice granaries re-structured
to display an impressive 1,000
folk-craft objects including
ceramics, rugs, textiles, wood and
bamboo ware from Japan and
other countries.
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 An elegant Edo Period (1603 - 1867)
wooden house in the 'Machiya' style, the
Ohashi House was the residence of a
powerful Kurashiki merchant family.
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| 5. Japanese Rural Toy Museum | 6. Achi Shrine |
 Next to Kurashiki Museum of Folkcraft, 5,000
fascinating toys and Japanese crafted favorites
are displayed in a former private residence.
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 Dedicated to Kurashiki's patron
deity, splendid Achi
Shrine provides a
glorious vista of
ancient warehouses
in Kurashiki's Bikan
Historical District.
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| 7. Honmachi & Higashimachi Historical Avenues |
 The rustic side of
Kurashiki with old,
unembellished
homes still intact is
best explored via
the road traversing
working class
neighborhoods.
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