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Encyclopedia > Bizen


Bizen (備前市; -shi) is a city located in Okayama, Japan. The city is particularly famous for its Bizen-yaki pottery.


As of 2003, the city has an estimated population of 28,030 and the density of 209.71 persons per km. The total area is 133.66 km.


The city was founded on April 1, 1971.


External links

  • Official website (http://www.city.bizen.okayama.jp/) in Japanese
  • Wikitravel: Bizen (http://wikitravel.org/en/article/Bizen)

Bizen was also an old province of Japan.



  Okayama Prefecture
Cities
Bizen | Ibara | Kasaoka | Kurashiki | Niimi | Okayama (capital) | Setouchi | Soja | Takahashi | Tamano | Tsuyama
Districts
Aida | Akaiwa | Asakuchi | Atetsu | Jobou | Katsuta | Kawakami | Kibi | Kojima | Kume | Maniwa | Mitsu | Oda | Oku | Shitsuki | Tomata | Tsukubo | Wake



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Bizen travel guide - Wikitravel (426 words)
Bizen (備前; [1]) is the eastern part of Okayama prefecture on the Japanese island of Honshu.
Bizen — literally "before (the plain of) Bi" — is an ancient province known for precisely one thing: Bizen-yaki (備前焼), the oldest and most revered form of pottery in Japan.
Bizen is a sprawling area, but Imbe is easily covered on foot from the train station.
BIZEN Menu - EY Net Japanese Pottery Primer (229 words)
Bizen is an unglazed stoneware usually fired with red pine wood.
The clay used is also from the Bizen area of Japan (central city is Imbe).
In the current Bizen scene, there are three potters who stand out in their excellence in instilling the Momoyama spirit and technique in their creations.
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