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Our guide
Mount Washū is a 133 m hill in Shimotsui, in the city of Kurashiki, Okayama, long famous for its view of the Seto Inland Sea and its scattered islands, and now also for its commanding view of the Great Seto Bridge, one of the three links between Shikoku and Honshu. On the hill are a visitor centre and two viewpoints, and near the car park stands a stone with a local poet's comic verse saying that Mount Washū is the one souvenir he would like to take home.
We have not checked a public-transport route, so plan the journey on the map before you go.
Written by japan-spots.com (2026-09-22) from the sources credited on this page. Distances are straight lines between map positions.
Photos
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence — see credits
- Mount Washu - Looking at the Seto Inland Sea — Yoshi Canopus · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Washuzan-vc5961 — 日: Jnn · CC BY 2.1 jp · source · resized
- Obatake, Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture 711-0924, Japan - panoramio (15) — kdewa · CC BY 3.0 · source · resized
- Great Seto Bridge-3 — ZENsan · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Kurashiki City Kojima town seen from Washuzan skyline — Tatushin · Public domain · source · resized
- 倉敷市児島 鷲羽山 山頂より 大畠漁港 児島湾海岸 ＠ - panoramio — Yoshio Kohara · CC BY 3.0 · source · resized
- 倉敷市児島 瀬戸大橋 （鷲羽山ハイランド） - panoramio — Yoshio Kohara · CC BY 3.0 · source · resized
- 鷲羽山から見た下津井瀬戸大橋の夜景 - panoramio — r18 INO (PACHIMO) · CC BY 3.0 · source · resized
- 鷲羽山 ビジターセンター - panoramio — Yoshio Kohara · CC BY 3.0 · source · resized
What this place is
Mount Washu or Washū-zan (鷲羽山) is a 133 meter hill in Shimotsui (下津井), Kurashiki, Japan, but famous traditionally for viewing the Seto Inland Sea dotted with various small islands, and now for commanding the majestic view of the Great Seto Bridge, one of the three bridges connecting Shikoku Island with the main Honshu Island. On the hill are the visitor center and two observation points. Near the parking lot, now free, stands the stele of a local haiku poet's kyoka, "Shima hitotsu miyage ni hoshii Washū-zan" (島一つ土産に欲しい鷲羽山), which means: Mount Washu is the only precious souvenir that I want to bring back home from this trip.
Background text adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
What to expect at this type of place: Mountain
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