Okayama Castle
Okayama, Japan
🏯 Landmark
Known as "Crow Castle" for its black exterior, Okayama Castle is a landmark of Okayama city hosting seasonal illuminations and cultural festivals.
Address: 岡山県岡山市北区丸の内2-3-1
Website: okayama-castle.jp
Upcoming Events (171)
Okayama Castle 60th Reconstruction Anniversary × Juufuutei Raden Collaboration
Sep 19, 2026 - Nov 29, 2026 · 🎗️ Culture
Inukai Bokudo Memorial Museum Autumn Exhibition "Bokudo, God of Constitutional Politics"
Oct 1, 2026 - Nov 30, 2026 · 🖼️ Exhibition
Kurashiki Tamashima Mystery Rally: Karasu Tengu and the Phantom Tsukumogami Encyclopedia
Oct 1, 2026 - Nov 30, 2026 · 🎗️ Culture
PARCO PRODUCE 2026 "American Dream" at Hallenowa
Oct 2026 1-4 · 🎤 Performance
Bizen Osafune Japanese Sword Museum Autumn Special Exhibition "Protective Swords"
Oct 3, 2026 - Nov 23, 2026 · 🖼️ Exhibition
Shimotsui Evening Lanterns: Port of the Kitamaebune
Oct 3, 2026 · 🌈 Illumination
SELP Kokokara Marché 2026 (Branch Okayama Kitanagase)
Oct 3, 2026 · 🍜 Food & Drink
Sightseeing Train La Malle de Bois "La Malle Setouchi"
Oct 3, 2026 · 🎗️ Culture
Yamada Bee Farm Gallery Special Exhibition "Millet and the Masters of the Barbizon School"
Oct 3, 2026 - Nov 29, 2026 · 🖼️ Exhibition
Autumn Umaimon Market (Okayama South Village)
Oct 3, 2026 · 🍜 Food & Drink
Akaiwa Gourmet, Marché & Ennichi Festa (Sanyo Fureai Park)
Oct 3, 2026 · 🏮 Festival, 🍜 Food & Drink
Tsuyama Machi-Haku 2026: Town-Wide Experience Expo (Reservation Required)
Oct 3, 2026 - Nov 30, 2026 · 🎗️ Culture
Maniwa Art Tour (Reservation Required)
Oct 3, 2026 · 🖼️ Exhibition
Former Okayama Kaikosha Autumn Festival Night Picnic 2026
Oct 2026 3-4 · 🏮 Festival
Okayama Forest Park German Forest Forest Music Festival
Oct 3, 2026 · 🎵 Music
Okayama Curry Festival 2026
Oct 2026 3-4 · 🍜 Food & Drink
Vecchio Bambino 2026 Autumn Meeting
Oct 2026 3-4 · ⚽ Sports
Tōnin Festival (Kajinami Shrine)
Oct 3, 2026 · 🏮 Festival
Fukiya Art Exhibition
Oct 3, 2026 - Nov 1, 2026 · 🖼️ Exhibition
Ushimado Olive Garden Hot Air Balloon Ride
Oct 4, 2026 · 🎗️ Culture
Hinase Autumn Oyster Fes 2026
Oct 4, 2026 · 🍜 Food & Drink
Hatsuratsu Ibara Fureai Festa
Oct 4, 2026 · 🏮 Festival
22nd Wasshoi Wansaka Kibi Highland Festa
Oct 4, 2026 · 🏮 Festival
Dance Performance "The Restaurant of Many Orders" by Yuko Hirai & Maniwa Locals
Oct 4, 2026 · 🎤 Performance
eSports & STEAM Education Event at the Former Shizutani School
Oct 4, 2026 · 🎗️ Culture
Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art Special Exhibition: Insect Exhibition by Takeshi Yoro and Kenji Kohiyama
Oct 9, 2026 - Nov 29, 2026 · 🖼️ Exhibition
Hirakushi Denchu Art Museum Special Exhibition "Resonating Forms"
Oct 9, 2026 - Dec 6, 2026 · 🖼️ Exhibition
Hotel Granvia Okayama "Okayama Gastronomy": Tsuyama Heritage Dinner (Reservation Required)
Oct 9, 2026 · 🍜 Food & Drink
Setouchi City Museum of Art: Tetsuro Kadonaga Exhibition "Wooden Birds"
Oct 9, 2026 - Dec 6, 2026 · 🖼️ Exhibition
Okayama Omachi Rice and Local Sake Festival 2026 (Okayama Convention Center)
Oct 9, 2026 · 🍜 Food & Drink
Autumn Okayama Momotaro Festival & Gather at Okayama Castle
Oct 2026 10-11 · 🏮 Festival, 🍜 Food & Drink
Yamada Honeybee Farm & Shine Muscat Picking Tour (Reservation Required)
Oct 10, 2026 · 🍜 Food & Drink
Okayama Arts Festival 2026: Noh and Koto Stage "Jinkuro Inari Story"
Oct 10, 2026 · 🎤 Performance
Mori no Machi Grace THE MARKET
Oct 2026 10-11 · 🍜 Food & Drink
Okayama Arts Festival 2026: Seinendan "Night on the Galactic Railroad" at Hallenowa
Oct 10, 2026 · 🎤 Performance
Katsuyama Culture Center Hishio: Tetsuo Kusama Exhibition "Colorful World of Kusama"
Oct 10, 2026 - Nov 8, 2026 · 🖼️ Exhibition
Shinshin Sansan 2026
Oct 10, 2026 - Nov 8, 2026 · 🖼️ Exhibition
La Malle de Bois Wine Train Day Trip to Niimi (Reservation Required)
Oct 10, 2026 · 🍜 Food & Drink
Okayama Momotaro Airport Sky Day Festa 2026
Oct 10, 2026 · 🎗️ Culture
Bizen City Museum of Art Special Exhibition "Ceramic Resonance"
Oct 10, 2026 - Dec 20, 2026 · 🖼️ Exhibition
45th Shoo Town Kintoki Festival
Oct 11, 2026 · 🏮 Festival
Bizen Takebe Autumn Grand Festival (Takebe Matsuri)
Oct 11, 2026 · 🏮 Festival
New Rice Harvest Experience: Tsuyama Feast Tour (Reservation Required)
Oct 11, 2026 · 🍜 Food & Drink
Autumn Kitanagase Balloon Garden
Oct 11, 2026 · 🎗️ Culture
38th Okayama Kibi Highland Wheelchair Road Race (Reservation Required)
Oct 11, 2026 · ⚽ Sports
Revived! Ibara Line Tipsy Train (Reservation Required)
Oct 11, 2026 · 🍜 Food & Drink
Kasaoka Islands Tour
Oct 11, 2026 - Nov 28, 2026 · 🌿 Nature
Tsuyama Autumn Gourmet Festival
Oct 11, 2026 · 🍜 Food & Drink
Hare no Kuni Okayama-kan: Okayama Rice Tasting & New Rice Sale
Oct 2026 11-12 · 🍜 Food & Drink
Ifurai Museum 43rd Autumn Jomon Open-Fire Pottery Festival
Oct 11, 2026 · 🎗️ Culture
Gozenshu Tsujihonten Brewery Direct Sale
Oct 11, 2026 · 🍜 Food & Drink
Miyama English Garden: Bizen × Whichford in Miyama
Oct 11, 2026 · 🌿 Nature
Nostalgic School Lunch at the Former Senkyo Elementary School (Reservation Required)
Oct 12, 2026 · 🍜 Food & Drink
Ibara Railway Denim Train Completion Marché
Oct 12, 2026 · 🍜 Food & Drink
Okayama Korakuen Pine Straw Wrapping
Oct 14, 2026 · 🎗️ Culture
2nd Niku Kyun in OKAYAMA
Oct 2026 16-18 · 🍜 Food & Drink
Akkeshisou (Glasswort) Festival
Oct 2026 17-26 · 🌿 Nature
5th Harenomino Okayama Shirouchi
Oct 2026 17-18 · 🍜 Food & Drink
Ensemble Pastorale Okayama Special Concert (Okayama University Junko Fukutake Hall)
Oct 17, 2026 · 🎵 Music
Tamashima Port Tea Houses Tour (Reservation Required)
Oct 2026 17-18 · 🎗️ Culture
Okayama Literature Festival 2026 Autumn
Oct 17, 2026 - Nov 3, 2026 · 🎗️ Culture
Sightseeing Train "SAKU Bi SAKU Raku" Special Tour (Lottery)
Oct 17, 2026 · 🎗️ Culture
"Doing JAPAN" at Okayama Castle
Oct 17, 2026 - Nov 3, 2026 · 🎗️ Culture
Kasaoka City Chikkyo Art Museum Special Exhibition: Sakakibara Shiko
Oct 17, 2026 - Nov 29, 2026 · 🖼️ Exhibition
Working Trucks Family Festa 2026 (Okayama South Village)
Oct 17, 2026 · 🎗️ Culture
Kamikokoro Sake Brewery Autumn Festival
Oct 2026 17-18 · 🍜 Food & Drink
Kasaoka Bay Farm Roadside Station 15th Anniversary Thanksgiving
Oct 18, 2026 · 🍜 Food & Drink
Universal Sports Festival 2026
Oct 18, 2026 · ⚽ Sports
Ashimori Melon Festival
Oct 18, 2026 · 🍜 Food & Drink
45th Hiruzen Highland Marathon 2026 (Reservation Required)
Oct 18, 2026 · ⚽ Sports
15th Tamago Festival
Oct 18, 2026 · 🍜 Food & Drink
Momotai Fes 2026 (Okayama South Village)
Oct 18, 2026 · 🍜 Food & Drink
38th Shingo Furusato Festival
Oct 18, 2026 · 🏮 Festival
Katsuyama Festival Katsuyama Danjiri Clash
Oct 2026 19-20 · 🏮 Festival
Okayama Korakuen Autumn Special Opening of Enyotei
Oct 2026 19-25 · 🎗️ Culture
Okayama Arts Festival 2026 "Literature in the Theater vol.3: Yoko Ogawa × Reading × Music"
Oct 21, 2026 · 🎤 Performance
Fairy Forest Glass Museum "Shapes of Light" Exhibition
Oct 21, 2026 - Apr 19, 2027 · 🖼️ Exhibition
Japanese Experience: Kyogen Viewing and Lord's Banquet (Okayama Korakuen, Reservation Required)
Oct 23, 2026 · 🎤 Performance
Ushimado Olive Harvest Festival 2026
Oct 24, 2026 · 🍜 Food & Drink
35th Ginpu Autumn Brewery Festival (Itano Sake Brewery)
Oct 2026 24-25 · 🍜 Food & Drink
Natori Office Production "Fruit That Won't Ripen" at Hallenowa
Oct 24, 2026 · 🎤 Performance
Asakuchi Observatory Festa 2026
Oct 24, 2026 · 🎗️ Culture
FAN2026 (Niimi Ikoi to Fureai Park)
Oct 24, 2026 · 🏮 Festival
Yakage Artists Stroll 2026
Oct 2026 24-25 · 🖼️ Exhibition
4th Okayama Momo Anime Festival
Oct 24, 2026 · 🏮 Festival
1st Denim and Night Market
Oct 24, 2026 · 🍜 Food & Drink
SETOUCHI CONTEMPORARY 2026
Oct 2026 24-25 · 🖼️ Exhibition
Otoshima Festival
Oct 2026 24-25 · 🏮 Festival
Shippoichi vol.23 (Okayama Forest Park German Forest)
Oct 25, 2026 · 🍜 Food & Drink
Fire Land in Hokoten!
Oct 25, 2026 · 🏮 Festival
Kuse Festival Danjiri Clash
Oct 2026 25-26 · 🏮 Festival
Outdoor Disaster Preparedness Fes in Kitanagase
Oct 25, 2026 · 🎗️ Culture
42nd Bisei Furusato Festival
Oct 25, 2026 · 🏮 Festival
Flower & Greenery Harmony Festa in Nishigawa
Oct 25, 2026 · 🌿 Nature
Anzenji Temple Autumn Festival
Oct 25, 2026 · 🏮 Festival
Food & Agriculture Marché
Oct 25, 2026 · 🍜 Food & Drink
Railway Day Commemorative Festa (Kurashiki Freight Terminal)
Oct 25, 2026 · 🎗️ Culture
75th Okayama Chrysanthemum Exhibition
Oct 27, 2026 - Nov 11, 2026 · 🌿 Nature, 🎗️ Culture
7th Kojima Noh: Noh Masks from the Nozaki Family Collection
Oct 27, 2026 · 🎤 Performance
40th Bizen Osafune Chrysanthemum Exhibition
Oct 28, 2026 - Nov 20, 2026 · 🖼️ Exhibition, 🌿 Nature
Inukai Bokudo Memorial Museum Crossword Challenge
Oct 29, 2026 - Dec 13, 2026 · 🎗️ Culture
Meet the Fermentation Meisters: Maniwa Fermentation 2-Day Trip (Reservation Required)
Oct 2026 30-31 · 🍜 Food & Drink
Kibitsu Shrine Special Tour: Bizen and Bitchu Ichinomiya Pilgrimage (Reservation Required)
Oct 31, 2026 · 🎗️ Culture
Prefectural Library Festa
Oct 31, 2026 - Nov 8, 2026 · 🎗️ Culture
24th Saeki Red-Crowned Crane Festa
Oct 31, 2026 · 🌿 Nature
55th Culture Festival: Hokubo Cultural Exchange Festival
Oct 31, 2026 - Nov 1, 2026 · 🎗️ Culture
EV Test Drive Festa (Okayama International Circuit, Reservation Required)
Oct 31, 2026 · ⚽ Sports
Bitchu Shiosou in Kojima (Mt. Ojigatake Summit Lawn)
Oct 31, 2026 - Nov 1, 2026 · 🏮 Festival
Kibiji Stroll by Stylish Bicycle (Reservation Required)
Oct 31, 2026 - Nov 1, 2026 · ⚽ Sports
Asakuchi Washu Garden
Oct 31, 2026 · 🍜 Food & Drink
24th Sunset Festa in Kojima
Oct 31, 2026 - Nov 1, 2026 · 🏮 Festival
Kurashiki Kirameki no Michi
Oct 31, 2026 - Jan 31, 2027 · 🌈 Illumination
Meguru Tsunagaru Fermentation Fes 2026 (GREENable HIRUZEN)
Oct 31, 2026 · 🍜 Food & Drink
Vintage Clothing Love Festival in Hokancho #14
Nov 1, 2026 · 🎗️ Culture
DESIGN GOALs Okayama Agri-Welfare Karuta Tournament & Marché
Nov 1, 2026 · 🎗️ Culture
39th Niimi Shingo Lakeside Marathon (Reservation Required)
Nov 1, 2026 · ⚽ Sports
Okayama Arts Festival 2026: National Theatre × Touken Ranbu ONLINE Japanese Dance with Higekiri & Hizamaru
Nov 1, 2026 · 🎤 Performance
19th Saidaiji Gofuku-dori Retro Marché
Nov 1, 2026 · 🍜 Food & Drink
Setouchi Ushimado International Exchange Festa 2026 (Korean Envoy Procession)
Nov 1, 2026 · 🏮 Festival, 🎤 Performance
Fureai Festival in Tōji 2026
Nov 1, 2026 · 🏮 Festival
Okayama Maekawa Architecture Walking Tour 2026 (Reservation Required)
Nov 3, 2026 · 🎗️ Culture
Machiya de Class 2026 (Reservation Required)
Nov 2026 3-29 · 🎗️ Culture
UNO HOTEL Earth Tone Live
Nov 3, 2026 · 🎵 Music
Reiwa Nihonshu Setouchi Derby 2026
Nov 3, 2026 · 🍜 Food & Drink
Bizen City Museum of Art Monthly Tea Ceremony (Reservation Required)
Nov 3, 2026 · 🎗️ Culture
Kurashiki Architourism Building Tour (Reservation Required)
Nov 6, 2026 · 🎗️ Culture
PARCO PRODUCE 2026 "Three Ghosts" at Hallenowa
Nov 2026 6-8 · 🎤 Performance
Kojima Fes Autumn 2026 #Seniisai
Nov 2026 7-8 · 🏮 Festival
2nd Tea Rooms and Contemporary Art (Tamashima, Reservation Required)
Nov 2026 7-8 · 🖼️ Exhibition
27th "Welcome to Autumn-Colored Shizutani" at the Former Shizutani School
Nov 2026 7-23 · 🌿 Nature
Shiki Theatre Company Musical "A Chorus Line" at Hallenowa
Nov 7, 2026 · 🎤 Performance
Okayama Marathon 2026 (Reservation Required)
Nov 8, 2026 · ⚽ Sports
5th Autumn Sake Festival
Nov 8, 2026 · 🍜 Food & Drink
Furusato Katsuyama Autumn Leaves Festival
Nov 8, 2026 · 🏮 Festival, 🌿 Nature
Okayama Korakuen Workshop: Zodiac Ornaments with Jindai Washi (Reservation Required)
Nov 8, 2026 · 🎗️ Culture
Okayama Korakuen Workshop: Christmas Wreath with Tatami Edging (Reservation Required)
Nov 13, 2026 · 🎗️ Culture
Soprano Yuri Morimoto × Pipe Organ Yoko Nagai Duo Concert (Okayama Nazarene Church)
Nov 14, 2026 · 🎵 Music
Hiruzen Candle Night (Hiruzen Herb Garden Herbill)
Nov 14, 2026 · 🌈 Illumination
Seto Ohashi Bridge Backyard Tour: Yoshima Bridge Exploration (Reservation Required)
Nov 14, 2026 · 🎗️ Culture
4th Setouchi Mushima School: Find and Name Mushima's Photo Spots (Reservation Required)
Nov 14, 2026 · 🎗️ Culture
Machi no Bunkasai 2026
Nov 15, 2026 · 🎗️ Culture
KOJO Rice Festival 2026
Nov 15, 2026 · 🍜 Food & Drink
Takebe Marché
Nov 15, 2026 · 🍜 Food & Drink
37th Tamashima Fureai Local Products Fair
Nov 15, 2026 · 🍜 Food & Drink
Okayama Autumn Harvest Festival Local Produce Marché 2026
Nov 15, 2026 · 🍜 Food & Drink
A Special Night Savoring Tsuyama Food Culture in a Magical Garden (Reservation Required)
Nov 2026 19-29 · 🍜 Food & Drink
Okayama Castle Autumn Ujo Togenkyo Illumination
Nov 2026 20-29 · 🌈 Illumination, 🎗️ Culture
Gozenshu Sake Festival 2026 Autumn
Nov 2026 21-22 · 🍜 Food & Drink
37th Kinosuke Puppet Theater Festa (Setouchi City Central Community Hall)
Nov 2026 21-22 · 🎤 Performance
Mt. Tenjin Climbing Challenge (Reservation Required)
Nov 22, 2026 · ⚽ Sports
Nationwide Deep-Sleep Planetarium for Adults (Sci-Pia, Reservation Required)
Nov 23, 2026 · 🎗️ Culture
Compagnie Derashinera "Classic Masterpiece Theater" Vol.4 "Cinderella" at Hallenowa
Nov 23, 2026 · 🎤 Performance
Tsugaru Shamisen Uma Ebina Garden Concert (Okayama Korakuen)
Nov 26, 2026 · 🎵 Music
Okayama Coffee Time
Nov 2026 28-29 · 🍜 Food & Drink
Setouchi Mushima Daffodil Planting Tour (Reservation Required)
Nov 28, 2026 · 🌿 Nature
"Meguri: Kindaichi Kosuke Path 2026" (Reservation Required)
Nov 28, 2026 · 🎗️ Culture
Noufuku Marché 2026 (Shimoishii Park)
Nov 28, 2026 · 🍜 Food & Drink
Cosplay Event "1,000 Kosuke Kindaichis" (Reservation Required)
Nov 28, 2026 · 🎗️ Culture
Harvest Thanksgiving Festival "Atagocchi"
Nov 29, 2026 · 🏮 Festival
Hallenowa Produced Musical "Dear Miss Nightingale"
Dec 5, 2026 · 🎤 Performance
5th Kurashiki City Rogaining in Chayamachi (Reservation Required)
Dec 19, 2026 · ⚽ Sports
Come Come Rai Rai Antique Market (Okayama South Village)
Dec 2026 19-20 · 🍜 Food & Drink
Okayama Korakuen Photo Exhibition
Dec 19, 2026 - Jan 3, 2027 · 🖼️ Exhibition
Momoko Takeda × Hironori Naito "Others" at Hallenowa
Dec 19, 2026 · 🎤 Performance
Hitomi Nishizaki Piano Recital at Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art Hall
Dec 20, 2026 · 🎵 Music
Okayama Korakuen New Year Festival
Jan 2027 1-3 · 🏮 Festival
New Year Reading Ceremony at the Former Shizutani School (Reservation Required)
Jan 4, 2027 · 🎗️ Culture
Okayama Korakuen Lawn Burning
Feb 3, 2027 · 🎗️ Culture
Okayama Korakuen Burning of Pine Straw Wraps
Feb 17, 2027 · 🎗️ Culture
Okayama Korakuen Opening Anniversary
Mar 2, 2027 · 🎗️ Culture
Early Spring Gathering at the Former Shizutani School
Mar 13, 2027 · 🎗️ Culture
Past Events (10)
Okayama Castle Bizen Pottery Workshop: Painting Carp Streamers & Helmets
Apr 13, 2026 - May 10, 2026
Spring Crow Castle Illumination 2026
Apr 24, 2026 - May 5, 2026
Crow Castle Play 2026
May 3, 2026
First Ever! Ujo Sky Lantern Festival
May 4, 2026
Kids Fire Festival 2026 at Crow Castle
May 4, 2026
Okayama Castle Tanabata Decorations 2026
Jul 2026 1-7
Pokemon TV Anime Summer Holiday at Okayama Castle
Aug 2026 1-23
Fun Bizen Pottery Small Plate Making
Aug 2026 2-31
Uraja Shirouchi Night 2026
Aug 22, 2026
Nihonshu Go-Around 2026
Oct 1, 2026
