Okayama
Okayama
Okayama · Japan

Himeji went white and Okayama went black, and the crows have had the credit ever since. An hour west: canals, willows, and a quarter that made its money in cotton and still looks it.

— Wish you were here, Fernando

Postcards from Okayama

A black castle, a canal quarter, and the town that taught Japan to make denim.