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Bitchū Matsuyama Castle Guide: Floating Castle & Sea of Clouds

June 16, 2026 / Autumn Foliage, Castles with Original Castle Keep, Chūgoku Region, Hidden Gems, Okayama Prefecture, Top 100 Japanese Castles

Imagine stepping onto a mountain ridge at dawn to find a 400-year-old feudal fortress completely suspended over a brilliant, white ocean of mist. Bitchu Matsuyama Castle (備中松山城) in Okayama Prefecture, famously known as Japan’s “Castle in the Sky”, is the country’s highest original surviving castle, and catching its ethereal unkai (sea of clouds) phenomenon is […]

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Takahashi City and the Amazing Sea of Clouds View

June 28, 2024 / Camping, Castles with Original Castle Keep, Chūgoku Region, Okayama Prefecture

Takahashi (高梁市) City in Okayama Prefecture is a great place for anyone after some stunning sea of cloud pictures. Within the city, it has not one, but two spots where you have a high chance of capturing the stunning weather phenomenon. You might even have a sunrise over the sea of clouds on one side of the

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Mt.Yatakayama and How to Spend a Night at Yatakayama Park

June 28, 2024 / Camping, Chūgoku Region, Okayama Prefecture

Another great place to admire the view of the sea of clouds is Mt.Yataka (弥高山). Even taller than Mt. Komatsu, at 654 meters above sea level, the sea of clouds continues further across the horizon to the distant mountains of the Shikoku region. As with Bitchū Matsuyama Castle, your best chance to see the sea

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Fukiya Furusato Village and the Bengala Dye Industry

June 28, 2024 / Chūgoku Region, Museums/Galleries, Okayama Prefecture

From Takahashi‘s city center, if you continue traveling in a northwest direction deep into the mountain up to the plateau, which is 500 meters above sea level, the Fukiya Furusato Village (吹屋ふるさと村) will suddenly appear in front of you. The village looks so out of place because it doesn’t quite blend in with the natural

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