岳の棚田
有田地域の山の多い地形を最大限に活用するため、江戸時代（1603-1868）初期の農民たちは苦労して多くの斜面に棚田を築きました。有田町の北西部にある絵のように美しい岳の棚田は、1999年に農林水産省によって「日本の棚田百選」に選ばれました。約570枚の棚田は、雨水を蓄え、自然生態系を保護するために重要です。標高約400メートルにあり、棚田からは有田地域とその周辺地域を見渡すことができます。
条件が揃うと朝に雲海が現れ、神秘的で美しい風景になり、写真愛好家に人気のスポットとなっています。
다케노타나다 계단식 논
아리타 지역의 산이 많은 지형을 최대한 활용하기 위해 에도 시대(1603~1868) 초기의 농민들은 고생하여 많은 사면에 계단식 논을 만들었습니다. 아리타초 북서부에 있는 그림처럼 아름다운 다케노타나다 계단식 논은 1999년에 일본 농림수산성에 의해 ‘일본 계단식 논 백선’에 선정되었습니다. 약 570개의 계단식 논은 빗물을 저장하고 자연 생태계 보호에 중요한 역할을 합니다. 해발 약 400m에 있으며, 계단식 논에서는 아리타 지역과 그 주변 지역을 바라볼 수 있습니다.
조건이 갖춰지면 아침에 운해가 나타나 신비롭고 아름다운 풍경이 되며, 사진 애호가들에게 인기 있는 장소가 됩니다.
Kakumeikan Hall
Located near Okayama Korakuen’s Main Gate, the Kakumeikan Hall currently serves as a hall for various meetings and events. The house is also connected by corridors to surrounding buildings including the Enyotei House and the Eisho-no-ma Room.
The current building was constructed in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, in 1892 and was relocated to Okayama Korakuen in 1949 after the original building was destroyed in the 1945 air raids. The original building, dating from the seventeenth century, featured a thatched roof and had several different rooms to accommodate guests and family members of the daimyo lord when they visited the garden.
After ownership of the garden was transferred to Okayama Prefecture in 1884, the building was named Kakumeikan, or “crane cry house,” because the cries of the Crane Aviary can be heard there. During the Meiji era (1868–1912), the building was refurbished with a large hall the size of 150 tatami mats that could be used to host large groups of people. Between 1884 and 1909, the hall was used for the Okayama Prefectural Assembly.
The current building is similar to the previous one in terms of proportions, but it features a tiled roof and was constructed in the style of a traditional samurai residence.
