Betty Smith Jeans Museum & Village

Betty Smith Jeans Museum & Village

Info

  • Address:
  • 5-2-70 in the town of Kojima, Kurashiki, Okayama
  • Public Transportation:  
JR Kojima Station → 10 minutes by car
  • Car Access:  
6km 15 minutes from Seto Chuo-do Kojima IC via National Route 430
  • Phone Number:  
  • 086-473-4460
  • Parking Number:  
20 units

Business Hours

9-18 o'clock (12-February from 9:30 to 17:00)

Price

Free entry

Spot Category

Museums・Science Museums・Archives


Detailed exhibition of the history and manufacturing process of jeans on the first floor of the museum


Japan's only Jeans Museum in Kojima, the birthplace of domestic jeans


The second Jeans Museum displays the history and technology of domestic jeans


Choose from fabrics, one "order jeans" in the world


"Jeans making experience" by choosing buttons, rivets, etc.

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Of the three routes of the Honshu-Shikoku cross-country bridge, the first road railway combined bridge was completed in 1988. The upper section is the Seto Chūdo, and the lower section is the JR Setohashibashi Line. The six bridges that connect Kojima to Sakade, which travel through Hitsuishi Island, Iwaguro Island, Hasa Island, Yoshima, and Mitsuko Island are the Shimotsui Setodai Bridge (suspension bridge), the twin bridge of the Takaishi Island Bridge and Iwaguro Island Bridge (both cable-stayed bridge), the Yoshima Bridge (truss bridge), the Kitabisan Seto Bridge, and the Nanabisan Seto Bridge (both suspension bridges). The construction period is nine years and six months, with a total cost of 1,133.8 billion yen. The total length of 12.3km, of which the marine area is 9.4km. If you want to cross the bus by bus, you can transfer from Kojima Station to Yoshima via the Shimoda Bus Yoshima Daini parking lot, and the Kotosan bus runs between Yoshima and Sakaide stations.

Once upon a time Shimotsui Kaifune Ekiya

Cultural facilities that have restored the Kaisenaiya of Kitamae Ship, the main building of Takamatsuya (Nakanishi Family) and the Herring House, among others. The life of the Meiji period from the late Edo period was reproduced, and the tools that were actually used in the main house were exhibited. Surrounding the courtyard, there are the Infomeshoen Hall, which introduces sightseeing points with videos, etc., a souvenir shop with a brewery, and a restaurant where you can enjoy the taste of Setouchi. It takes 40 minutes. The Shimotsui district has five constituent cultural property items, including the main building (Mukashi Shimotsui Kaikuinaiya), which is registered as a Japanese Heritage Site (Preservation District of Shimotsui-cho, Maoya Fish-Kōzō (Mukashi Shimotsui Kaikuinaiya), Shimotsui Gion, shrine votive offerings, and Shimotsui Gin). Take Shimotsui, a Japanese heritage town.

Flying Island

A flying island consisting of Ōsaishima [Ooishima] and Ōsaishima [Kobishima]. Remains from the Nara period to the Heian period have been found on Daoshima, and a number of consecrated objects have been excavated, including crystal balls and small urns, the imperial dynasty, and the shōshiki [hagiki] (excavated items are stored and exhibited at the Kasaoka Municipal Folk Hall). There are many fishing tourists, and in summer they are crowded with bathers.

Sato Yuma-do

A long-established Japanese confectionery that lasts about 180 years. It is said to have been presented to Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and the traditional taste, Yagake Yuzubeshi, is 378 yen per bottle. It has a faint Yuzu flavor. The whole yuzu, which is made by holing out the contents of yuzu and stuffed with yuzu, is 1000 yen ~. All are handmade by the recipe of the family.

The Local Art Museum

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