• A Quick Guide to Okayama’s Art Island

    Just a few kilometers off the coast of Okayama lies a small island called Inujima. It’s the only inhabited island in the prefecture, with a population of just 47. It’s…

  • Okayama Castle at Dusk

    Covered in black clapboards, Okayama Castle is known as Ujo, or “crow castle.” Fittingly, it sits atop one of three hills overlooking the Asahi river. Perhaps even more fittingly, it…