ACCESS
from
Major Cities
to Okayama
to Each Areas
JR・Bus・Shared taxi
Touring by car
If you want to enjoy not only the artworks but also the attractions in the area, we recommend touring the area by car.
Car rental information
Sightseeing Taxi
Parking Information
| Area | exhibition areas | Regular car |
|---|---|---|
| Tsuyama | Joto Area Joto's Old Townhouses PORT ART&DESIGN TSUYAMA |
Please park in a paid parking lot around Tsuyama Station or Arne Tsuyama (commercial facility, paid*) and use the Tsuyama City Art Circulator Bus (free) *2 hours free parking for shopping or using the facilities in the building |
Josai Area Sakushu Folk Crafts Museum/Josai Romance Hall |
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Shiroshita Square/Tsuyama Wonder Museum Tsuyama Castle (Kakuzan Park) |
30 vehicles (Tsuyama Tourist Information Center parking lot) |
|
Shurakuen Garden |
130 vehicles |
|
Tsuyama Railroad Educational Museum |
35 vehicles |
|
Green Hills Tsuyama |
360 vehicles (No.1 South parking lot)*Nearest to the artwork（Nearby Green Hills Region Center ） 30 vehicles (No.3 South parking lot) |
|
| Nagi | Nagi MOCA/Spark Nagi Indoor Gateball Field |
400 vehicles (including parking lots in the vicinity) *Spark Nagi indoor Gateball Field 9/28 Parking Unavailable |
| Niimi | Makido Cave/Fureai Center Maki |
100 vehicles |
Ikurado Cave |
200 vehicles (No.1 parking lot) 100 vehicles (No.2 parking lot) |
|
Manabi no Mori Niimi Library |
202 vehicles |
|
| Maniwa | GREENable HIRUZEN |
1,000 vehicles (Hiruzen Kogen Center parking lot) |
Katsuyama Historical Preservation District, etc |
470 vehicles (Katsuyama Culture Center parking lot and others) |
|
| Kagamino | Okutsukei Valley |
20 vehicles (Otsuri Onsen parking lot) |
Okutsu Promotion Center |
250 vehicles |
| exhibition areas | Regular car |
|---|---|
Joto Area Joto's Old Townhouses PORT ART&DESIGN TSUYAMA |
Please park in a paid parking lot around Tsuyama Station or Arne Tsuyama (commercial facility, paid*) and use the Tsuyama City Art Circulator Bus (free) *2 hours free parking for shopping or using the facilities in the building |
Josai Area Sakushu Folk Crafts Museum/Josai Romance Hall |
|
Shiroshita Square/Tsuyama Wonder Museum Tsuyama Castle (Kakuzan Park) |
30 vehicles (Tsuyama Tourist Information Center parking lot) |
Shurakuen Garden |
130 vehicles |
Tsuyama Railroad Educational Museum |
35 vehicles |
Green Hills Tsuyama |
360 vehicles (No.1 South parking lot) 30 vehicles (No.3 South parking lot) |
| exhibition areas | Regular car |
|---|---|
Nagi MOCA/Spark Nagi Indoor Gateball Field |
400 vehicles (including parking lots in the vicinity) *Spark Nagi indoor Gateball Field 9/28 Parking Unavailable |
| exhibition areas | Regular car |
|---|---|
Makido Cave/Fureai Center Maki |
100 vehicles |
Ikurado Cave |
200 vehicles (No.1 parking lot) 100 vehicles (No.2 parking lot) |
Manabi no Mori Niimi Library |
202 vehicles |
| exhibition areas | Regular car |
|---|---|
GREENable HIRUZEN |
1,000 vehicles (Hiruzen Kogen Center parking lot) |
Katsuyama Historical Preservation District, etc |
470 vehicles (Katsuyama Culture Center parking lot and others) |
| exhibition areas | Regular car |
|---|---|
Okutsukei Valley |
20 vehicles (Otsuri Onsen parking lot) |
Okutsu Promotion Center |
250 vehicles |
Touring by bus
As the event will be held over a wide area, all venues will be accessible by public transport and special bus services will be operated to enable people to enjoy sightseeing in the surrounding area.
①Official Tour Bus
Forest Festival of the Arts Okayama: Clear skies Country Official Tour
Forest Enchantment
- Overview
The places where artworks are located are spread over a wide area. To efficiently visit the venues, we offer a tour bus service with a guide over two routes: the history route and the nature route. Combining these two routes allows visitors to visit all the art exhibition areas.The information provided by the expert tour guides will enhance your appreciation of the artworks.
- Schedule
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Month Day September - 28th
- 29th
October - 5th
- 6th
- 12th
- 13th
- 14th
- 19th
- 20th
- 26th
- 27th
November - 1st
- 2nd
- 3rd
- 4th
- 8th
- 9th
- 10th
- 15th
- 16th
- 17th
- 22nd
- 23rd
- 24th
- Departure / arrival points
- Okayama Station (West Gate Bus Terminal)
- Tsuyama Station (North Gate Bus Terminal)
- The plans
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Okayama Station
the history route
(the areas of Tsuyama and Nagi)12,000 yen per adult (lunch included)[Contents]Okayama Station = Area on the periphery of Tsuyama Castle (Viewing artworks & lunch)= Green Hills Tsuyama area=Area in the vicinity of Nagi MOCA= JR Tsuyama Station (You may disembark here)=Okayama Station (arrive at approx.18:30)the nature route
(the areas of Niimi, Maniwa, and Kagamino)12,000 yen per adult (lunch included)[Contents]Okayama Station=Makido Cave, Ikurado Cave area=Shinjo Village (Lunch)=Hiruzen area= Okutsu area=JR Tsuyama Station (You may disembark here)=Okayama Station (arrive at approx.18:10)Tsuyama Station
the history route
(the areas of Tsuyama and Nagi)10,000 yen per adult (lunch included)[Contents]Tsuyama Station = Area on the periphery of Tsuyama Castle (Viewing artworks & lunch)= Green Hills Tsuyama area=Area in the vicinity of Nagi MOCA=Tsuyama Station (arrive at approx.16:40)the nature route
(the areas of Niimi, Maniwa, and Kagamino)10,000 yen per adult (lunch included)[Contents]Tsuyama Station=Makido Cave, Ikurado Cave area=Shinjo Village (Lunch)=Hiruzen area= Okutsu area=Tsuyama Station (arrive at approx.17:00) -
- *The price includes tax.
- *Tours will not be held if the number of applicants is less than 10.
- *The fees for the paid venues/Festival Passport is not included in the tour price.
You need to buy Festival Passports or Single-venue tickets to view artwork of admission fee. - *The children’s tour fee will be 1,000 yen less than the adult fee per person.
- *There is not a fee for infants and toddlers who sit on the laps of adults (one child per adult). However, a separate lunch will not be served to them.
- *Tours may be canceled in the event of bad weather, natural disasters, etc.
- How to use
Advance booking required
- How to book
Ryobi Tours Friends Pack Reservation Center
+81-(0)86-226-1515 (10:00-13:00 Weekdays only)
To book through websaite, click here and follow the instruction (Japanese only)
②Art Loop Bus
Commencing from Tsuyama Station, a daily bus service connects various exhibition areas during the event. These areas include the Kagamino/Okutsu area, Maniwa/Hiruzen area, Niimi/Makido Cave, Ikurado Cave area.
Operating date
No service on Mondays (if Monday is a national holiday, no service on the following Tuesday.)
Schedule
Tsuyama Station 9:15 dep. → 9:55 arri. Okutsu area* 10:45 dep. → 11:45 arri. Hiruzen Highland 12:45 dep.
→ 13:55 Makido Cave 14:55 dep. → 15:20 arri.&dep. Ikurado Cave → 15:45 arri.&dep. Niimi Station → 16:45 arri. Tsuyama Station
*On Wednesdays, the route will be via Katsuyama.
Tsuyama Station 9:15 dep. → 9:55 arri. Okutsu area* 10:45 dep. → 11:30 arri. Katsuyama 12:30 dep.
→ 13:10 arri. Makido Cave 14:30 dep. → 14:55 arri.&dep. Ikurado Cave → 15:10 arri.&dep. Niimi Station → 16:10 arri. Tsuyama Station
* Details of the Okutsu area
9:55 arri. Okutsu Promotion Center 10:10 dep. → 10:20 arri. Okutsu Promotion Center 10:40 dep.
→ Okutsu Onsen 10:45 arri.&dep.
*Because there is no parking lot for buses at Okutsukei Valley, the bus will let passengers off there and then return to the Okutsu Promotion Center.
You may not be able to board if the bus is full.
Prices
One fare: 500 yen (no charge for children of elementary school age or younger, or for persons with disabilities**)
*Cashless payment as a general rule
** Persons with a physical disability certificate, rehabilitation certificate, mental disability certificate, or document proving that they have an intractable disease, and one person accompanying them (fee deductions or exemptions are also provided with display of the Mirairo ID, an application for persons with disability certificates)
③Local Buses
There are local bus services to the exhibition sites and sightseeing spots. Buses serve the areas of Tsuyama, Niimi, Maniwa, Kagamino, and Nagi.
1 Tsuyama City Art Loop-line Bus
- Operating date
* No tours on Mondays (Except if Monday is a national holiday, in which case there will be no tours on the following Tuesday.)
- Prices
free
- Schedule
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Bus stop 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Tsuyama Station 9:00 9:40 10:25 11:20 12:40 13:30 14:20 15:30 Tsuyama Railroad Educational Museum 9:05 9:45 10:30 11:25 12:45 13:35 14:25 15:35 Josai Romance Hall 9:15 9:55 10:40 11:35 12:55 13:45 14:35 15:45 Arune Tsuyama 9:20 10:00 10:45 11:40 13:00 13:50 14:40 15:50 Tsuyama Tourist Center 9:25 10:05 10:50 11:45 13:05 13:55 14:45 15:55 Shurakuen Garden 9:35 10:15 11:00 11:55 13:15 14:05 14:55 16:05 Green Hills Tsuyama 9:50 10:30 11:15 12:10 13:30 14:20 15:10 16:10 Tsuyama Higashi Community Center 10:05 10:45 11:30 12:25 13:45 14:35 15:25 16:25 Joto Tourist Parking 10:10 10:50 11:35 12:30 13:50 14:40 15:30 16:40 Tsuyama Station 10:20 11:00 11:45 12:40 14:00 14:50 15:40 16:50 - Contact
+81-(0)868-22-3310 (Tsuyama City Tourist Agency)
2 Yunogo Onsen shuttle bus
- Operating date
* No tours on Mondays (Except if Monday is a national holiday, in which case there will be no tours on the following Tuesday.)
- Prices
One fare: 200 yen
*Advance booking required
Available only to guests staying at Yunogo Onsen.
Please make a reservation at the time of facility booking or at least 2 days in advance with the accommodation facility.- Schedule
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To Yunogo Onsen
Bus stop Schedule Tsuyama Station 17:15 Yunogo Onsen 17:45 To Tsuyama Station
Bus stop Schedule Yunogo Onsen 8:15 Tsuyama Station 8:45 - Contact
+81-(0)868-72-0374 (Yunogo Onsen Tourist Information Center)
3 Nagi ↔ Okayama shuttle bus
- Operating date
No service on Mondays (if Monday is a national holiday, no service on the following Tuesday.)
- Prices
Okayama Station－Nagi Terrace one-way fare:1,800 yen round‐trip fare:3,300 yen
Okayama Station－Yunogo Onsen one-way fare:900 yen
Yunogo Onsen－Nagi Terrace one-way fare:900 yen
Advance reservations are accepted up to 17:00 on the day before the intended reservation day.- Schedule
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To Nagi Terrace
Bus stop Schedule Okayama Station (West Gate Bus Terminal) 10:00 Yunogo Onsen 11:20 Nagi Terrace 11:50 To Okayama Station
Bus stop Schedule Nagi Terrace 16:30 Yunogo Onsen 17:00 Okayama Station (West Gate Bus Terminal) 18:15 - Contact
+81-(0)86-253-8559 (INARI-KOTSU Co.,Ltd. )
Click here for more details :INARI-KOTSU Co.,Ltd.
4 Tsuyama Station ↔ Nagi Terrace
The service operates one bus on one route every hour.
Click here for the timetable for routed (regular) buses: CHUTETSU-HOKUBU BUSTemporary direct bus will operate on weekends and national holidays during the festival.
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[Temporary direct bus]
Bus stop Schedule Tsuyama Station 9:40 Nagi Terrace 10:10 - Prices
one-way fare:830 yen
- Contact
+81-(0)868-27-2827(CHUTETSU-HOKUBU BUS)Until September 30, 2024
+81-(0)868-35-0182(CHUTETSU-HOKUBU BUS)Until October 1st, 2024
5 Okutsukei Valley forest shuttle bus
- Operating date
every day during the festival
- Prices
Free riding all day: 1,000 yen*Free for children under 12 (elementary school age or younger)
- Schedule
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Bus stop 1 2 3 4 Okutsu Promotion Center 10:30 11:30 12:30 13:30 Pothole 10:35 11:35 12:35 13:35 Otsuri Onsen 10:40 11:40 12:40 13:40 Otsuribashi Kitazume 10:45 11:45 12:45 13:45 Okutsu Onsen Hanabijin no Sato 10:50 11:50 12:50 13:50 Michi-no-Eki Okutsu Onsen 10:55 11:55 12:55 13:55 Okutsu Promotion Center 11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00 ※There is no stop at the Kagamino Modern Art Museum.
10/26(Sat) - 11/17(Sun): Schedule below
Bus stop 1 2 3 4 5 6 Okutsu Promotion Center 10:30 11:30 12:30 13:30 14:30 15:30 Pothole 10:35 11:35 12:35 13:35 14:35 15:35 Otsuri Onsen 10:40 11:40 12:40 13:40 14:40 15:40 Otsuribashi Kitazume 10:45 11:45 12:45 13:45 14:45 15:45 Okutsu Onsen Hanabijin no Sato 10:55 11:55 12:55 13:55 14:55 15:55 Michi-no-Eki Okutsu Onsen 11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00 15:00 16:00 Okutsu Promotion Center 11:05 12:05 13:05 14:05 15:05 16:05 - Contact
+81-(0)868-52-9100(Kagamino Tourism Society)
6 Okayama - Hiruzen (direct service via Katsuyama)
- Operating date
Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays during the festival
- Prices
one-way fare:3,000 yen
round‐trip fare:4,000 yen- Schedule
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To Hiruzen Highland
Bus stop 1 2 Okayama Station (East Gate Bus Terminal) 8:06 11:56 Katsuyama Station 10:05 13:55 Hiruzen Highland 11:02 14:52 To Okayama Station
Bus stop 1 2 Hiruzen Highland 12:48 16:18 Katsuyama Station 14:00 17:35 Okayama Station (East Gate Bus Terminal) 15:49 19:24 - Contact
+81-(0)868-27-2827(CHUTETSU-HOKUBU BUS)Until September 30, 2024
+81-(0)868-35-0182(CHUTETSU-HOKUBU BUS)Until October 1st, 2024*You can also tour the festival by riding routed buses and community buses.
Click here for more details: CHUTETSU-HOKUBU BUS
7 Makido Cave and Ikurado Cave shuttle bus
- Operating date
Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays during the festival
- Prices
free
- Schedule
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Niimi Station → Ikurado Cave → Makido Cave
Bus stop 1 2 3 Niimi Station 10:50 13:30 15:35 Manabinomori Niimi Library 10:55 13:35 15:40 Ikura Station 11:10 13:50 15:55 Ikurado Cave 11:12 13:52 15:57 Makido Cave 11:33 14:13 16:18 Makido Cave → Ikurado Cave → Niimi Station
Bus stop 1 2 3 Makido Cave 11:50 14:30 16:45 Ikurado Cave 12:11 14:51 17:06 Ikura Station 12:13 14:53 17:08 Manabinomori Niimi Library 12:28 15:08 17:23 Niimi Station 12:33 15:13 17:28 - Contact
+81-(0)867-72-1177 (Niimi City Tourist Association)
* Regular routed buses operate on the same route.
Click here for more details: Bihoku Bus
Touring by train
You will have a lot of fun riding the tour train to the Forest Festival of the Arts!
The Tsuyama and Kishin lines will be operating special trains during convenient time periods.
