Bizen (備前市; -shi) is a city located in Okayama, Japan. The city is particularly famous for its Bizen-yaki pottery. This article is about the Japanese municipality system. ... Okayama Prefecture (岡山県; Okayama-ken) is located in the Chugoku region on Honshu island, Japan. ...
As of 2003, the city has an estimated population of 28,030 and the density of 209.71 persons per km². The total area is 133.66 km². 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Population density can be used as a measurement of any tangible item. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...
The city was founded on April 1, 1971. April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ...
External links
Official website in Japanese
Wikitravel: Bizen
Bizen was also an old province of Japan. The article incorporates text from OpenHistory. ... Before the modern prefecture system was established, the land of Japan was divided into tens of Kuni (国, Countries). ...
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.
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