The following facilities are available from JR Kurashiki Station.

(1) Kurashiki International Hotel

You will view Shiko Munakata's board paintings (prints) displayed all over the wall in the lobby.

(2) Shinkeien and Ohara Museum of Art

You will enjoy the Japanese garden on the grounds of the Ohara Museum of Art and pass through a kura-zukuri building. At the same time, you can see the plaster warehouses that represent Kurashiki.

(3) Walking along the river

You will stroll along the Kurashiki River, enjoying the scenery of willows, plaster and sea cucumber fences, and gray tile roofs.

(4) Ivy Square

A former textile factory of KURABO (now Kuraray Co., Ltd.), this brick building established in 1889 has been reused as a hotel, restaurant, souvenir store, and the KURABO Museum.

(5) The Chugoku Bank Kurashiki Branch

Built in 1922, this two-story Renaissance-style building has a hipped roof and trussed shed framing. It has a granite exterior with a copper shingle roof and three roof windows.