Ryokan in Kurashiki

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A canal lined with willows and white-walled storehouses in the Bikan historical quarter, once a shipping point for rice. The canal is a 10-minute walk from Kurashiki Station, a short train ride from Okayama on the Sanyo Shinkansen.

Kurashiki through the year

Spring春
March to May
In nearby Okayama cherry trees first bloom around 28 March in an average year.
Summer夏
June to August
On a Saturday late in July the Kurashiki Tenryo Summer Festival brings teams of Daikan-bayashi dancers into the streets at the edge of the Bikan district.
Autumn秋
September to November
Autumn colours reach the lowlands of western Japan in late November.
Winter冬
December to February
From late February the Kurashiki Hina Meguri sets out Girls' Day dolls in old houses and shops around the canal, among some 170 places in the city.

The ryokan

Ryokan Kurashiki 旅館くらしき
An eight-room ryokan in converted merchant houses and stores on the canal in Kurashiki's Bikan quarter, some of them from the late Edo period. Every room has a wooden bath, dinner is kaiseki in the restaurant, and there is no hot spring.
Onsen
NoNone at the ryokan
Bath in your room
Every roomKoyamaki or cypress, by room
Tattoos
Not stated
See rooms and rates at Ryokan Kurashiki