Kurashiki and the Kibi Plain Bicycle Road

Kurashiki is a city 15 minutes by train from Okayama, and its biggest attraction is the Bikan area, which is a kind of a "old town". To be honest, this was not a highlight on my trip, and left Kurashiki after lunch. But things got better. I took the local train for two stations to Soja where I rented a bike for ¥1000 and then rode along the Kibi plain bicycle road which took me along the countryside past temples, burial mounds and acres. I then returned the bicycle on another train station and from there go back to Okayama. The distance is some 15 km, although my trip was a little longer as I lost my ways a few times.

1. Alley in Kurashiki	2. The Ohashi House	3. The Ohashi House II	4. The Bikan Area I
5. The Bikan Area II	6. The Bikan Area III	7. The Bikan Area IV	8. The Bikan Area V
9. Pizza Baker?	10. The Bikan Area VII	11. The Temple Hill	12. View from the Temple Hill
13. Tivoli	14. Bell Tower I	15. Bell Tower II	16. Soja
17. First Stop	18. The Kibi Plain I	19. The Kibi Plain II	20. Bitchu Kokubun-ji
21. Around Bitchu Kokubun-ji I	22. Around Bitchu Kokubun-ji II	23. On the Road Again	24. Countryside Houses
25. Birds on the River	26. Mirrored Bridges	27. Kibi-Plain Village	28. Mirrored Cars
29. Village Temple	30. Pine over Pond	31. Kibitsu-jinja I	32. Kibitsu-jinja II
33. Kibitsu-jinja III	34. Funny Bridge	35. Raking Gravel	36. Hill with Cherry Trees
37. Bird by Canal	38. Kibitsuhiko-jinja	39. Old Tree	40. Kibitsuhiko-jinja III

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