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An experiential road station where you can pick strawberries and oyster huts. It is located along the Okayama Blue Line and is easy to access. Starting with strawberry picking in the spring, you can enjoy barbecue in the summer, tangerine hunting in the fall, and oyster huts in the winter according to the season. In the oyster hut, as well as grilled oysters using oysters from the local specialty of Mushiaki, as well as ahijo and others. Strawberry picking is a reservation priority, free-to-eat, condensed milk with unlimited time. At the direct sales office, local souvenirs such as seasonal vegetables from local farmers, processed products made with shiruses and shrimp, which can be caught by cow windows, and kibidango are also available. It is not a "stop" roadside station, but a "go" roadside station.

A museum where you can experience the origins of Yūji art in the hometown of Yūji Takehisa, a poet painter who is from Okayama and represents Taisho Roman. The nearly 250-year-old, thatched-roofed birthplace, which remains the room where Yūji spent up to the age of 16, will be opened to the public as a museum, and you can also enjoy a special exhibition of paintbrush works tailored to the seasons that this museum is proud of. In addition, "Shōnenzanso", which has restored an atelier and residence designed by Yūji himself, will display works on the theme of Yūji's life, design, and music. Cafe is also popular.

As a museum specializing in sword swords, which is rare in Japan, the museum has six annual exhibition changes, mainly the sword of Bizen Nagafumi, and displays Japanese swords from Kokin East and West. In the workshop, you can see the work of the craftsmen involved in the Japanese sword making, as well as the training of the swordsmiths. Experience courses are also substantial, and in addition to full-scale sword-making courses to carry out quenching and paper knife courses to be easily enjoyed, various events are also held during the special exhibition period. A visit to the public of the powerful old-fashioned smelting.

The beauty of Tajima in Setouchi from the observation deck is truly amazing. It is also the first sunrise spot here, which was selected as "Asahi Hyakukyo". The family can enjoy a mini-SL, a mini-railway park with plenty of play equipment such as cycle cars, restaurants and JA direct sales outlets.

The forest of wild birds, which measures about 120,000 square meters in size, is planted with about 2000 trees of Japanese cherry trees and Japanese cherry trees, which are filled with flowering visitors during the flowering period. The Asahi seen from the summit has also been selected as the Hundred of Japan, and the scene of the cherry blossoms, which are gradually illuminated and colored by the morning sun, is a stunning beauty that touches the kotome. In addition, the view of the Seto Inland Sea is wonderful from the summit, and you can also see Shōzu and Yashima on a good day. You can also enjoy bird watching on the observation road (1 hour lap). Adjacent Facility Okayama Iko no Mura (fee) The cherry blossoms seen from the open-air bath and the beauty of Tashima in the Seto Inland Sea are exceptional beauty.

One-day bathing facilities that draw hot springs, one of the most prominent radium content in the Chugoku region. The large baths are lined with medicinal water and vibrabus, which can be expected to have a synergistic effect with hot springs.

The museum was built under the concept of "work = space", produced by the architect Arashi Isozaki. The permanent works such as Shusaku Arakawa + Madolyn Gins "The Omnipresent of the Garden, Nayi's Ryōanji-Building Body", Kazuro Okazaki "HISASHI-Addenda", and Aiko Miyawaki "Uturohi". It also serves as a base for transmitting contemporary expressions through exhibitions and events with a variety of works by artists in and outside Okayama Prefecture.

Exchange-experiential agricultural park located in northeastern Okayama Prefecture. The park, which has an area of about 20ha, includes athletic facilities, a petting zoo where you can feed rabbits, a lawn square, a restaurant, and a shop selling local vegetables. There are also experience menus such as experience learning such as ice cream making and bread making, and harvesting experiences such as strawberry picking and sweet potato digging, so it's good to stay at the lodge in the forest and enjoy plenty of time.

Takigawa, which flows southward from the prefectural border between Okayama and Tottori prefectures through Nayi and Katsuo towns. Since the water quality is good and there are many living organisms, Takigawa has long been inhabited by many fireflies and is known as "Takigawa Firefly". The fireflies can be seen in various places along the Takigawa River.

There are lots of engrossing plays, including "Tom's Naughty Square," which is an image of the wild mountains where Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry used to run around, and "Huck's House," which became athletic, and "Village School," which has a mysterious mechanism. There are also campsites and cottages, so let's stay and play.