Okayama has many dishes that feature some of their most popular locally-caught fish. It wouldn’t be Twinspeak without us gorging on some of Okayama’s local speciality dishes, and thanks to the prefecture’s proximity to both mountainous land and sea, they boast plenty of good eats. There are plenty of other attractions in or around Okayama City which makes it great for those looking for stops outside of the most famous cities, whether or not you stay a night. There are also tea houses dotted throughout the garden, meaning there are plenty of options for refreshments during the day – traditional Japanese meals and snacks, ice cream for hot weather, and hot tea for when it’s cold. They’re close by to each other and within walking distance from the Shiroshita Tram Station (城下駅). We paid a visit to the Okayama Korakuen Garden (岡山後楽園) and the Okayama Castle (岡山城), which are both very popular places to visit. The koi fish line up to be fed by the visitors of the Korakuen Garden. It’s similar to mochi glutinous rice dumplings with its soft, chewy texture, and variations on flavours and fillings can be found at souvenir stores near popular tourist locations. One of its most popular souvenirs to take home is kibidango millet dumplings (黍団子), the snack from his mother which won the friendship of his famous companions. As such, you can find statues depicting Momotarou and his companions on their adventures all throughout the city.
His name, meaning roughly “Peach boy” in English, is derived from him having been born from a giant peach. Okayama’s famed peaches is a central selling point of the city’s tourism campaign, thanks to the city also being the setting for the famous Japanese folklore surrounding a boy named Momotarou (桃太郎). Okayama for a Visit The Okayama Korakuen Garden is a peaceful and picturesque, perfect for a walk. The out-of-the-way mountainous farm locations made it difficult to work into a tight 7-day schedule, but the charm of what Okayama had to offer secured it a 1-day spot in our schedules. Keen to boost the number of stops using our 7-day JR West Sanyo-San’in Pass, Okayama came on our radar when we learned that of their most notable agricultural products, two would be coming into fruit-picking season just at the time of our visit in June: grapes and peaches. The city of Okayama is no different, though this took a bit of research to learn. Our JR Pass, which we used to plan a route through West Japan that ended up with Okayama as a stop. Even prior to Covid-19, domestic travel has always been a popular pastime for locals whose prefectures have unique points of interest that draw travellers, even from just the next province over. Tourists visiting Japan, especially for the first time, often have itineraries whose cities include a handful of the top names – Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Hiroshima – but many of Japan’s smaller cities hold just as much charm.
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