Okayama and Korakuen

You can see how intense the rain was...

 Okayama was... wet. It rained. We lucked out in Hiroshima, but Okayama was wet. Typhoon was upon us.

We had an amazing little hotel, Hotel Maira. The room felt more western, as it was bigger than I expected, with wifi, a comfortable bed and a nice clean bathroom. They had free vanilla ice cream, coffee/drinks and free breads for breakfast. It was about twenty-five per night. I would have liked to stay longer just because the hotel was nice and in a central location

We arrived early, left our stuff there and went out exploring, despite the rain.

We went to Korakuen, one of the three most beautiful gardens in Japan. Even soaked and hot it was beautiful. We had a beautiful view of Okayama castle (which is much smaller than other castles we have seen.).

Beautiful koi filled lake in the center.

 We crossed a bridge to get to the castle which was setting up for an event later that night. If it had been nice out we would have gone. It was a relaxed day for the most part, as we weren't far from our hostel. A short walk and bus ride.

Golden fish from the top observatory

Okayama Castle. Raining, and bloody hot, yet still beautiful.

Okayama was a nice city, very green. We didn't get to see too much since we were there for a day. Despite having one of the top three gardens and a creepy black castle, this city is famous for PEACHES. Peaches the size of your FACE that taste so wonderful. They cannot be compared to any sort of peach in America. Completely different and so wonderful.

A famous childrens tail takes place in Okayama, and it has to do with peaches! A boy born from a peach! Here is the tail Momotaro (The Peach Boy!).