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Kurashiki

Kurashiki is one of Japan's great old merchant towns, with around half a million citizens today. Sitting along a scenic canal at the foot of Mt. Wikivoyage

Population 474,862 (Wikidata)

Live guide From your hotel

Before you go

Emergency numbers in Japan

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Japan

Getting there

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Still gathering the markets around Kurashiki. I'll let you know here when it's all in — or open the live guide.

Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

  1. Kurashiki Hina Meguri

    February – March

    A display of Hina Dolls for the Girls' Festival from late February to mid-March.

  2. Kojima Textile Festival

    April

    Held in Kurashiki's Kojima area, the textile capital of Japan, the festival features a variety of vendors with the locally-made denim being the star.

  3. Heartland Kurashiki

    May

    Also known as the Kurashiki Wisteria Story (くらしき藤物語), the festival takes place in the Bikan Historic District. The event features amazake drinking, traditional music performances, and singing.

    Official site

  4. Tenryo Summer Festival

    July

    A big festival with drums and events during the daytime and a large evening parade to kick off the start of summer and the end of the rainy season

    Official site

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Kurashiki); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Eating nearby

All 12 places to eat

Getting around

More train stations: Nishitomi 2.2 km, Fukui 2.5 km, Urada 2.9 km, Nishiachi 3.6 km, Yayoi 4.7 km, Sakae 5.4 km, Chayamachi 5.5 km, Kuguhara 5.7 km, Tokiwa 5.8 km

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