Last weekend we made a day trip Okayama with some of our closest friends. Our first stop was a garden called Korakuen. The garden, which was built in the seventeenth century by the local feudal lord. It is ranked as one of Japan's three most beautiful landscape gardens. It contains ponds, tea houses, pavilions, woods, several small shrines and wide lawns. Okayama Castle, also known as "the Crow," stands just next to Korakuen. We spent about an hour and a half walking around the garden, enjoying our time with friends in such a beautiful setting. After leaving the garden we took a short ride to a famous old city that seemed to be almost frozen in time. Kurashiki was founded in the early 1900s as a store house town. Known as a center for storing rice form the surrounding areas. These store houses have now been turned into shops that sell everything to traditional Japanese crafts to Hello Kitty merchandise. We had so much fun just walking around soaking up the traditional Japanese atmosphere. All in all it was a wonderful day. We feel so blessed to have been able to experience such a beautiful part of Japan with our good friends.
Korakuen
Audrey and I in front of "The Crow"
Making wishes and trying to get our rocks to stay on top so that our wishes will come true
Great Friends!
Lovers in Kurashiki
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