| other amenities include a business center, communal microwaves and a guest laundry (fee). breakfast is free. parking is extra. featuring simple decor and pine furnishings, the straightforward rooms come with flat-screen tvs and free wi-fi. check-in time: 3:00 pm. a 3-minute walk from okayama train station, this unpretentious business hotel is 2 km from okayama castle and 3 km from the handayama botanical garden. all also offer minifridges and air-conditioning
Hiroshima Airport 1 hr 43
Hayashibara Museum of Art (10 min)
Art museum with a vast collection of traditional weaponry, Noh costumes & Japanese lacquer pieces. Kibitsu Shrine (20 min)
Big Shinto shrine, known as a National Treasure & a pristine example of kibitsu-zukuri architecture. Okayama Orient Museum (9 min)
Major art museum with a collection of thousands of pieces of historical art from the Middle East. Kurashiki Bikan Historical Quarter (37 min)
Historic area with classic architecture situated along a canal, with shops, eateries & galleries. Yumeji Art Museum (7 min)
Museum featuring works by Takehisa Yumeji, plus a reconstruction of the artist's studio. Kinojo Castle Ruins (43 min) Ohara Museum of Art (35 min)
Country's oldest private museum, opened in 1930, with French sculptures & modern Japanese paintings. Ikeda Zoo (9 min)
Long-running zoo, founded in 1953, housing exotic animals, some of which can be fed by visitors. Kibitsuhiko Shrine (17 min)
Shinto structure with an inner shrine rebuilt in 1697, with the remainder reconstructed in 1936. Okayama Castle (10 min)
Replica of a 16th-century castle featuring historical exhibits & artifacts & expansive gardens. Okayama Korakuen (8 min)
Restored 18th-century gardens once used by Edo period rulers, with ponds, temples & resident cranes. Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art (9 min) Saijo Inari (26 min)
One of the three most important Inari shrines in the country, this temple features a huge torii. Okayama City Handayama Botanical Gardens (11 min) Takamatsu Castle (28 min) | 
