Japan · 2 PLACES TO EXPLORE

A little more
of Okayama.

Find places to visit in Okayama. See what catches your eye, then save a few favorites for your trip.

Okayama · JP

Fujita Shrine

Fujita Shrine (Fujita-jinja) sits in the reclaimed coastal plains of Minami Ward, Okayama, under a wide open sky where wheat ripens in spring and rice in autumn. Built in 1915 as a guardian of the Kojima Bay land-reclamation lands, it is one of Japan's rare shrines that enshrines the deities of both Ise Jingu and Izumo Taisha in a single complex—combining the heavenly kami of Ise with the earthly kami of Izumo. Beyond its unusual divine pairing, the shrine is bound up with the story of Meiji-era industrialist Fujita Denzaburo, whose family founded it to honor the vision that drove one of modern Japan's most ambitious civil-engineering projects. Businesspeople and entrepreneurs still come to pay their respects at this place shaped by his determination. The compact, well-kept grounds pair traditional shrine carpentry with quietly memorable features: a nagare-zukuri main hall and a shinmei-zukuri worship hall, a ginkgo sacred tree, a dragon-shaped purification basin, a Fujita Tenmangu chapel and monuments to the family. Visitors are free to walk and pray at any time, making it an easy and atmospheric stop in southern Okayama.

Buddhist temple

Okayama · JP

Otokuji

Otokuji is a small Rinzai Zen temple in the rural Natsukawa neighborhood of Kita Ward, Okayama, affiliated with the Tōfuku-ji school. Though it draws few outside visitors, those who come find a place of quiet solemnity.

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Japan · 2 PLACES TO EXPLORE

A little more
of Okayama.

Find places to visit in Okayama. See what catches your eye, then save a few favorites for your trip.

Shinto shrine

Okayama · JP

Fujita Shrine

Fujita Shrine (Fujita-jinja) sits in the reclaimed coastal plains of Minami Ward, Okayama, under a wide open sky where wheat ripens in spring and rice in autumn. Built in 1915 as a guardian of the Kojima Bay land-reclamation lands, it is one of Japan's rare shrines that enshrines the deities of both Ise Jingu and Izumo Taisha in a single complex—combining the heavenly kami of Ise with the earthly kami of Izumo. Beyond its unusual divine pairing, the shrine is bound up with the story of Meiji-era industrialist Fujita Denzaburo, whose family founded it to honor the vision that drove one of modern Japan's most ambitious civil-engineering projects. Businesspeople and entrepreneurs still come to pay their respects at this place shaped by his determination. The compact, well-kept grounds pair traditional shrine carpentry with quietly memorable features: a nagare-zukuri main hall and a shinmei-zukuri worship hall, a ginkgo sacred tree, a dragon-shaped purification basin, a Fujita Tenmangu chapel and monuments to the family. Visitors are free to walk and pray at any time, making it an easy and atmospheric stop in southern Okayama.

Buddhist temple

Okayama · JP

Otokuji

Otokuji is a small Rinzai Zen temple in the rural Natsukawa neighborhood of Kita Ward, Okayama, affiliated with the Tōfuku-ji school. Though it draws few outside visitors, those who come find a place of quiet solemnity.