Sights in Kurashiki
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Ōhashi House
Between the station and the canal area is the beautifully restored Ōhashi House, built in 1793. The house belonged to one of Kurashiki's richest families and was built at a time when prosperous merchants were beginning to claim privileges that had previously been the preserve of the samurai.
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Ōhara Museum of Art
This is Kurashiki's premier museum, housing the predominantly Western art collection amassed by local textile magnate Ōhara Magosaburō (1880–1943), with the help of artist Kojima Torajirō (1881–1929). The varied assemblage of paintings, prints and sculpture features works by Picasso, Cézanne, El Greco and Matisse, and one of Monet's water-lilies paintings (said to have been bought from the man himself by Torajirō while visiting Monet's home in 1920). While no rival to the major galleries of Europe, it's an interesting collection and one of the town's biggest attractions for Japanese tourists.
The valid-all-day ticket gets you into the museum's Craft and Asiatic…
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Kurashiki Museum of Folk-craft
Housed in an attractive complex of rice warehouses dating from the late 18th century, with interesting exhibits of ceramics, glassware, textiles and furniture.
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Kojima Torajirō Memorial Hall
Kojima Torajirō was the European- style painter who went above and beyond in helping Ōhara build up his art collection; head to this museum to immerse yourself in his life.
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Japan Rural Toy Museum
Four rooms are crammed with displays of wooden toys, masks, dolls and spinning tops (including a world record breaker), and a colourful array of kites just beckoning to be put on a breeze. You can purchase a new toy of your own in the attached shop.
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Ivy Square
Present-day Ivy Square was once the site of Ōhara's Kurabō textile factories. The company moved into more modern premises a long time ago, and the red-brick factory buildings (dating from 1889) now house a hotel, restaurants, shops and yet more museums, including the Kurabō Memorial Hall, where you can learn all about the history of the Japanese textile industry.
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Achi-jinja
A short walk from the canal area are the steep stone steps that lead up to this shrine in the Tsurugata-yama-kōen, a park that overlooks the old area of town.
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