自転車で倉敷を楽しむKurashiki is a small city in Okayama Prefecture, south of the Kansai region.
One area of the city in particular has been well preserved.
It is centered on a canal that was built in the Edo Period when the city was a distribution area for rice.
In the canal area, many of the former rice storehouses - "kura" - have been renovated and reborn as museums, stores, cafes.
To get to the area, it is a ten-minute walk from JR Kurashiki Station.
Within the preserved area is the Ohara Museum.
The Ohara Museum, pictured above right, was Japan's first museum of Western art.
It consists of a Main Gallery, an Annex Building, and the Kojima Museum.
The Main Gallery houses works by Picasso, El Greco, Gauguin, Modigliani, Rodin, Klee, Pollock, and Kandinsky.
The Annex has works by Japanese artists. The adjacent Craft Art Gallery has many ceramics, woodblock prints, and crafts.
The city is small and easy to cycle.
Also within this area are many shops and restaurants.
Ohara Museum
Hours: 9:00 - 17:00 (entry until 16:30)
Closed: Mondays (unless Monday is a national holiday), December 26 to 31
Admission: 1300 yen (includes entrance to the Kojima Museum)
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