Latest Events in Okayama City(May Updated)

The Silk Road connects the East and the West. It has been an important channel for communication and trade since ancient times, and a place of cultural integration where many ethnic groups have risen and fallen. This exhibition will introduce cultural relics collected by museums and research institutions in Luoyang, Xi'an, Lanzhou, Dunhuang, and Xinjiang. This is the first large-scale exhibition held abroad after the successful application for World Heritage status, with a total of 44 "first-class cultural relics", which are China's most precious treasures. We will display a group of aromatic treasures from the West and the North, Tang Dynasty masterpieces with deep roots in Japan, and exquisite Buddhist art.

Ghibli Park, a park facility that expresses the world of Studio Ghibli works, has opened in Aichi Prefecture's Expo Memorial Park. Director Goro Miyazaki, who oversees the production site, has worked on Satsuki and Mei's House and the Ghibli Museum in Mitaka, and has produced animation works such as Earthsea, From Up on Poppy Hill, and Earwig and the Witch. Ghibli Park is a place where you can wander and discover the world of animation at your own pace. An exhibition that takes you behind the scenes of the creation of Ghibli Park will be touring the country.

Inspired by Haruki Murakami's enigmatic character, Aomame, from his novel 1Q84, The Parks of Aomame will run through the city of Okayama. These interconnected parks, both real and imagined, will draw upon Aomame's silent struggles and her complex existence within two parallel worlds. The Okayama Art Summit 2025 will transform the city into a realm in which reality and imagination blend seamlessly. This ambitious event will reimagine Okayama’s public spaces, forgotten corners and urban parks, creating a map of wonder.