This tour visits major sights of Okayama and Tottori prefectures, focusing on the small historic cities of each region, and the natural and manmade wonders found in the countryside between them. You travel in a private vehicle with a guide, staying in characterful local accommodation.
You meet your guide and driver at Okayama Station and drive into Tottori Prefecture to visit Hanakairo Flower Park, a massive garden with exotic plants and views of the volcano Mt. Daisen. Then you head to Hiruzen Highland in northern Okayama Prefecture, a plateau at an elevation of 500 metres with many outdoor attractions. You stay at Misasa Onsen where dinner (included) is served at your hotel.
After breakfast, you leave the hotel and drive to the Kanba Falls, one of the highest waterfalls in western Japan. Then you drive to Fukiya, a historic town with a street of Edo period buildings uniformly painted with bengara ferric oxide, Fukiya Furusato Mura, you learn about the traditional industries that sustained the region. Next you visit impressive Bitchū Matsuyama Castle, with towering wall perched high on a mountaintop and explore Bitchū Takahashi, a picturesque town in the mountains of Okayama Prefecture. You return to Okayama Station where the tour ends.
