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Encyclopedia > Okayama

Okayama (岡山市; -shi) is the capital city of Okayama Prefecture in the Chugoku region of Japan.


As of 2003, the city has an estimated population of 633,705 and the density of 1,234.62 persons per km². The total area is 513.28 km².


The city was founded on June 1, 1889.


The city is known as the site of the Korakuen Garden and the striking black Okayama Castle. The popular Japanese folktale of Momotaro may have originated there.


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  Okayama Prefecture Symbol of 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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Okayama Prefecture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (558 words)
Okayama Prefecture was formerly divided into Bitchu Province, Bizen Province, and Mimasaka Province until the Meiji Restoration.
Okayama Prefecture borders Hyogo Prefecture, Tottori Prefecture and Hiroshima Prefecture.
Most of the population is concentrated around Kurashiki and Okayama, and the northern mountains are declining in population.
Okayama - Wikitravel (964 words)
Okayama (岡山) is the capital of Okayama prefecture in the Chugoku region of Japan, on the southern coast of the island of Honshu.
Okayama is also the starting point of express trains across the Seto Inland Sea to Takamatsu and other destinations on the island of Shikoku.
Okayama's main sights are all clustered in a large park on the eastern side of the side.
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