Map showing location of Tsuyama in Okayama Prefecture (as of 2006).

Tsuyama (津山市; -shi) is a city located in Okayama, Japan. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 563 pixels Full resolution (1281 × 901 pixel, file size: 35 KB, MIME type: image/png) Map of Okayama Prefecture highlighting Tsuyama city. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 563 pixels Full resolution (1281 × 901 pixel, file size: 35 KB, MIME type: image/png) Map of Okayama Prefecture highlighting Tsuyama city. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... A city ) is a local administrative unit in Japan. ... Okayama Prefecture ) is located in the ChÅ«goku region on HonshÅ« island, Japan. ...

As of 2003, the city had an estimated population of 89,974 and the density of 484.43 persons per km². The total area was 185.73 km². The area increased in 2005 as the result of a merger with adjacent towns, which also boosted the city's population to more than 100,000. 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Population density by country, 2006 Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...

The city was founded on February 11, 1929. Tsuyama natives of note include singer of B'z Koshi Inaba. February 11 is the 42nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Ercole de Roberti: Concert, c. ... Bz (pronounced bees) is a Japanese hard rock band comprised of Tak Matsumoto (松本 孝弘 Matsumoto Takahiro, Guitar) and Koshi Inaba (稲葉 浩志 Inaba Kōshi, Vocal). ... Koshi Inaba , born on September 23, 1964 in Tsuyama, Okayama Prefecture) is a Japanese vocalist. ...

Tsuyama is known for the 17th-century Tsuyama Castle, whose grandeur was said to rival that of Himeji Castle in neighboring Hyogo Prefecture. The castle was destroyed in 1874, and today only the stone foundations remain, save for a single turret that was reconstructed in 2005. The castle ruins remain Tsuyama's main tourist attraction along with Joto Street, a narrow street of old, traditional buildings that was once part of the pilgrimage route from Kyoto to Izumo, and Shurakuen Garden, a traditional Japanese garden constructed in 1657. view from Nishi-no-maru Himeji Castle (姫路城; -jō) is a Japanese castle located in Himeji in Hyogo Prefecture. ... Hyōgo Prefecture (兵庫県 Hyōgo-ken) is located in the Kinki region on Honshu island, Japan. ... Year 1874 (MDCCCLXXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link with display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Kyoto )   is a city in the central part of the island of HonshÅ«, Japan. ... Izumo can refer to: Izumo, Shimane, a city in Japan. ... This view from the Symbolic Mountain Lookout in Cowra, NSW shows many of the typical elements of a Japanese garden Stone lantern amid plants. ... Events January 8 - Miles Sindercombe, would-be-assassin of Oliver Cromwell, and his group are captured in London February - Admiral Robert Blake defeats the Spanish West Indian Fleet in a battle over the seizure of Jamaica. ...

The 1938 Tsuyama massacre, in which 21-year-old Mutsuo Toi murdered 30 people in the course of one and a half hours, took place in a village near Tsuyama which became part of the city of Tsuyama in 2005. It was considered for several decades to be the world's largest massacre committed by a single criminal. Year 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Tsuyama massacre was a murder spree that occurred on 21 May 1938 in the very rural village close to Tsuyama city in Okayama, Japan. ...

Japanese actor Joe Odagiri was born in Tsuyama. Joe Odagiri (オダギリ ジョー or 小田切 譲 Odagiri Jō, born February 16, 1976) is a Japanese actor, who was born in Tsuyama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. ...

Festivals

Cherry Blossom Festival (early April) - This event is held in Kakuzan Park where around 5000 cherry blossom trees attract people from all over western Japan. “Cherry Blossom” redirects here. ...

Gongo Festival (First Saturday and Sunday of August) - The Gongo, or Kappa, is a fictitious animal said to live in rivers. The festival is based around the legend that the Gongo can be seen in the Yoshii River in summer and culminates in a spectacular firework display.

Tsuyama Fall Festival (Mid to late October) - Many people parade through the town wearing omikoshi and pulling danjiri. This article, image, template or category belongs in one or more categories. ...

Sister Cities

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External links

• Tsuyama official website in Japanese, and some information in English

• Tsuyama tourism information in English, from the Japan National Tourism Organization

• Tsuyama High School with some information in English

• Tsuyama National College of Technology with some information in English

• [1] Haiku and Photos about Tsuyama Town / Asian Haiku Travelogue / Izumo Kaido

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Okayama Prefecture
Cities
Akaiwa | Asakuchi | Bizen | Ibara | Kasaoka | Kurashiki | Maniwa | Mimasaka | Niimi | Okayama (capital) | Setouchi | Soja | Takahashi | Tamano | Tsuyama
Districts
Aida | Asakuchi | Kaga | Katsuta | Kume | Maniwa | Oda | Tomata | Tsukubo | Wake
See also: Towns and villages by district edit

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