Hiroshima Airport 1 hr 45
Saijo Inari (31 min)
One of the three most important Inari shrines in the country, this temple features a huge torii. Ikeda Zoo (12 min)
Long-running zoo, founded in 1953, housing exotic animals, some of which can be fed by visitors. Yumeji Art Museum (7 min)
Museum featuring works by Takehisa Yumeji, plus a reconstruction of the artist's studio. Okayama Castle (14 min)
Replica of a 16th-century castle featuring historical exhibits & artifacts & expansive gardens. Okayama City Handayama Botanical Gardens (11 min) Okayama Orient Museum (7 min)
Major art museum with a collection of thousands of pieces of historical art from the Middle East. Kurashiki Bikan Historical Quarter (39 min)
Historic area with classic architecture situated along a canal, with shops, eateries & galleries. Takamatsu Castle (33 min) Okayama Korakuen (13 min)
Restored 18th-century gardens once used by Edo period rulers, with ponds, temples & resident cranes. Kibitsu Shrine (25 min)
Big Shinto shrine, known as a National Treasure & a pristine example of kibitsu-zukuri architecture. Okayama Prefectural Museum (7 min) Kibitsuhiko Shrine (20 min)
Shinto structure with an inner shrine rebuilt in 1697, with the remainder reconstructed in 1936. Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art (10 min) Ohara Museum of Art (37 min)
Country's oldest private museum, opened in 1930, with French sculptures & modern Japanese paintings. Hayashibara Museum of Art (11 min)
Art museum with a vast collection of traditional weaponry, Noh costumes & Japanese lacquer pieces. | 
