Japan is drowning in visitors. But two hours west in Kurashiki, the Edo period is intact, the canals are uncrowded and the denim is world-class. ByDavid Hochman, Contributor. Forbes contributors ...

Kurashiki is a city in southern Okayama Prefecture, only a 20-minute local train ride from the Okayama shinkansen station. Kurashiki played an important role in the economy of the eastern Chugoku ...

In hosting the April 22 and 23 Labour and Employment Ministers’ Meeting ahead of the G7 Summit in Hiroshima, Kurashiki in Okayama Prefecture has secured its place as a first-class MICE destination.

When people plan a trip through western Japan, they often rush between Osaka’s neon and Hiroshima’s memorial park. Yet tucked quietly between these two icons lies a town that feels almost like a ...

MANILA, Philippines — Japanese team Kurashiki Ablaze will be leaning heavily on defense when they test their mettle in the PVL Invitational Conference finals against the Creamline Cool Smashers on ...

The Arii neighborhood of the Mabicho district of the Okayama Prefecture city of Kurashiki is seen submerged by muddy water on July 7, 2018. (Photo courtesy of a local resident) KURASHIKI, Okayama -- ...

My dad calls them dungarees, although in my book, that’s something different. Maybe your Japanese mother calls them G-pan, a name that came from “G.I. pants,” trousers that, in the mid-20th century, ...