Things to do in Okayama with kids 3 spots · 0 easy
Okayama gets fewer rainy days than almost anywhere in Japan, which makes plans easier to keep. Kurashiki's canal runs between white-walled warehouses and you can take a flat-bottomed boat down it, and the Peach Boy story started here.
Ikeda Zoo✓ easy
A zoo built into an Okayama hillside, with a steam locomotive parked among the animals.
Shibukawa Zoo✓ easy
A zoo inside a national park, with four kilometers of dirt paths and no dangerous animals.
Kasaoka City Horseshoe Crab Museum✓ easy
The world's only museum devoted to horseshoe crabs, with a full-size dinosaur park attached.