Old city of Kurashiki, Okayama

If you travel west of Japan and have a chance to visit Okayama, take few more ride on the train to visit Kurashiki where you can enjoy the old style city.

Walking about 10min from Kurashiki station, you'll find a preserved area of the old city of Kurashiki.

There's a small river running between the middle of the city where you can take a ride on a classical wooden boat, observing historical buildings on both sides.

This is a picture of the old city of Kurashiki I took at dawn, before tourist started coming.
(Love the mirroring effect of the city in undisturbed water!)

You can spend couple hours walking not only the main street, but also the back street where you can find white walled historical buildings too.

Also at the entrance of the area, there's a store where you can experience cooking a famous Okayama snack called 'Mura suzume'.

If you like walking around historical places in Japan, Kurashiki is one place I would recommend people to go.