Korakuen is one of the Top 3 Traditional Gardens of Japan. It’s located in Okayama City, Okayama, Japan and has numerous events throughout the year. For the end of the summer, they had an event after dark where you could appreciate the garden under illumination. It was so beautiful! Korakuen Garden was completed in 1700 for the Lords of the era. In 1884, it was opened to the public. Sadly, during WWII much of it was destroyed, but it was rebuild based off of paintings and pictures of the original to match as closely as possible to what it once was.
We enjoyed a delicious cup of peach kakigori (traditional shaved ice) at the food and beer gardens while listening to the crickets, cicadas, and frogs and staring at the castle above us.
Later, we went to our first Izakaya (a casual dining and drinking restaurant) and enjoyed yaki niku (grilled meat). We finished the night by wandering around the city after dark. It was quiet and beautiful. 🙂
http://www.okayama-korakuen.jp/english/index.html
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11 Comments
Great video Sonnie, those gardens looked amazing – definitely a good choice to go for the night viewing (not to mention being cooler too I'll bet)!
You're in Godzilla country!! That's why the dinosaurs!! 😁
Wow! Even in Glasgow where it a bracing 2 degrees today,shaved ice looks amazing.Booking a flight!
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Oh man! I want a shaved ice machine like that for my home!
Nice! Grilled chicken gizzards and shaved ice! Much too yummy! Funny I was just wondering about you folks with the storms over there and all, we just had one pass by us! Stay safe!
and I thought Americans did massive portions that was some summer treat lol hope you enjoyed.
Well… Did you single handedly finish that Mountain 😮 of Shaved Ice, peach Compote & condensed milk!! 😕 treat before it melted to a pool of liquid! Liked that variety of griddle cooked meats..
So nice to see you again, assumed you both were getting settled down.
I thought the U.S. made the biggest portions, but that Shaved Ice, was enormous. Just hope the calories don’t match its size. Beautiful location and historic. Great video.welcome back.
Great nighttime footage, Sonnie. That shaved ice! Want!
You need to do this for a living,your travelogues are better than most on television.
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